Healing the Children Northeast, Inc.
Around the corner, around the world, one child at a time
Mission
Healing the Children Northeast's purpose is to provide free care to children throughout the world receive medical / dental care unavailable to them due to lack of medical and financial resources. We offer 3 basic programs. Domestic / International and Medical Teams Abroad. We also sponsor a scholarship program for high school seniors who plan to go into a medical field position. Since 1985, when we were founded, over 55,000 patients have been served through our programs and the combined efforts of thousands of volunteers throughout the US and abroad. We are one of 15 Chapters nationwide.
Notes from the nonprofit
Without the support of our donors, we would not be able to fulfil the expectations of our three programs, both local and abroad. Your donation, no matter how small, does make an impact of how many children we can help. Thank you.
Ruling year
1986
Program Director
Mrs. Melissa Law
Main address
PO Box 129 219 Kent Rd Suite 20
New Milford, CT 06776 USA
EIN
06-1172388
NTEE code
Health Support Services (E60)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our wish is to provide all children throughout the world to have access to medical and dental services which we provide for free. Our travel to other countries in need as well as bringing children here for medical treatment has all been put on hold due to Covid-19. We hope to double up on our trips abroad to provide services to those children we missed during 2020 when travel resumes.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Medical Teams Abroad
Arranges volunteer medical missions that provide free surigcal / Dental services on site in developing countries.
International Inbound
Our International Inbound Program works with medical professionals to bring children to the U.S. when treatment is not available in their country.
Domestic Kids
Domestic Kids treats children living in our Northeast Area.
Where we work
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In the 5 year range it shows a steady rise in number of children helped due to adding some new sites. In 2020 Covid-19 put all our travel on hold.
Number of cleft surgeries performed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These amounts come from the patient stats that come back from each medical mission.
Number of speech therapy sessions performed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
2014 was the start of bringing speech teams to train and educate cleft lip and palate baby's parents on care of and feeding issues, while working with those who had surgery to enrich their lives.
Number of speech therapy patients screened
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Children were screened to best evaluate what each childs needs would be.
Number of clinic sites
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
teams visited sites by our volunteers. This included all specialties, Plastic Surgery, Cleft teams, Speech teams, Burn teams and dental teams. In 2020 trips were put on hold due to Covid-19.
Number of dental procedures performed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
During 2018 we only sent out two dental teams.
Number of dental patients screened
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
918 patients were screened at two sites during 2018.
Number of children receiving medical services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our volunteer medical teams visited 19 locations during 2018 and evaluated and provided health services to 2341 children.
Number of Children who were treated for burn injuries
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Medical Teams Abroad
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Currently we have one burn team that travels under our Medical Teams Abroad Program. Our burn team could not travel in 2020 due to the pandemic Covid - 19.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To target more areas both here in the U.S. and abroad where children are in need of medical / dental services. Tp double up on our trips once our country and those abroad open up after the pandemic / vaccinations and it is safe to travel again.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Within the U.S. to get our name out there that we provide free services in our local region and abroad to incorporate more site visits to regions that currently lack services while finding host countries to work with our medical teams. As previously stated, we are hoping to double up on our trips to the sites we travel to and that will also include doubling up on the number of team members who travel with our groups so that we can treat the children who were not able to be seen when our trips were put on hold due to Covid-19.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Locally, creating more awareness in our local area of CT, NY, VT, ME, NH, MA, RI of the services we provide via social media and participating in local events.
Abroad, sending out surgeons to find new site locations. Sending out larger teams to the current sites.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our Medical Teams Abroad Program added three new sites in 2018: Sucre, Bolivia, a dental team to Santo Antao, Cape Verde Islands, and a training mission to Mekelle, Ethiopia. Mekelle, Ethiopia was repeated in 2019 working with their local University Hospital staff. In 2020 our trips only took place Jan-March and then were put on hold. In 2021 we plan to expand to new sites, Chennai India, also a training mission and a dental team to a new site in Riobamba, Ecuador. All are on hold due to the Corona Virus. Our International Inbound Program has assisted a child in Nairobi and in 2021 we brought in a 5 year old girl, Nagalem, from Ethiopia with a life threatening tumor. Our Domestic Kids Program has provided 3 college bound medical career scholarships, and we provided financial support for a virus related feeding local children program in our town.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Screening selection of team members who travel abroad on our medical missions that have had a conflict with more than one team member. The team leader will provide suggestions after every medical mission of any issues that occur within the group or with a particular site while team is visiting.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Healing the Children Northeast, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 07/14/2021
Robert Ryan
Jairo Castillo
Robert Ryan
Kathleen Smith McGovern
Gregory Keiser
Elise Cozzi
David Fenner
Steven Nargiso
Jairo Castillo
Joseph Rousso
Elizabeth Beals
Manoj Abraham
Helen Buhler
Lindsay Naylor
Kimberly Saussy
Deborah Fritz
Stephen Tracy
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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