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Valor Clinic Foundation

Hand up on the Home front

aka Valor   |   BRODHEADSVLLE, PA   |  www.valorclinic.org

Mission

VALOR Clinic Foundation provides assistance accessing benefits, and shelter to Veterans with limited or no access to care. Helps find shelter for Veterans who due to health or means are unable to find or keep shelter of their own and Post Traumatic Stress resources to Veterans through our Veterans Unstoppable program. To improve the lives of our nations Veterans. We strive to provide nation wide integrated medical care in the future. Purpose; To help Veterans and their families of all generations deal with their life challenges. Method ; Meet them where they are and flex our response to meet their needs. End State; A Veteran Community aware that someone cares about their challenges and will respond effectively with their situation in mind.

Ruling year info

2012

Founder/CEO

Mark Donald Baylis

Main address

PO BOX 315

BRODHEADSVLLE, PA 18322 USA

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Formerly known as

None

EIN

45-4634922

NTEE code info

Temporary Shelter For the Homeless (L41)

Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)

Homeless Services/Centers (P85)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Veterans struggling with the war to peace readjustment encounter significant cultural norms that cause tremendous conflict in their lives. Their military level expectations seem to exceed civilian performance norms. They rarely understand what they percieve as gross negligence and apathy and it frustrates them, creating social conflict. Veterans struggling with the emotional scars of war have the hardest time making the necessary adjstments required to flourish in the new environment. These struggles result in relationship challenges, workplace conflicts, homelessness and suicide. We currently work diligently to reduce their social conflict and heal their emotional scars. In the future we expect to bring innovative approaches to their unique health challenges as well.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Hope for the Homeless

Three phased Collective impact homeless Veteran recovery program. Phase 1 provides mobile homeless outreach supportives services providing critical life support services like clothing, food and hygiene items where the homeless who are transportaion challenged live. Case management and permenant supportive housing is available for homeless Veterans. In Phase 2 Veterans are provided option to live at one of our Homeless Veteran Sancuataries where we provide counseling, employment skills, room and board, transportation support, case management and recidivism prevention classes. Phase 3 provides house hold items and goods to set up apartments for homeless Veterans when moving into permanent supportive housing.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Homeless people

Two phase holistic approach to facilitating a healthy war to peace readjustment for Veterans struggling with the service to civilian transition. Phase 1 involves Veteran support group participation moderated by peers who guide discussion and discovery. Phase 2 is a three session retreat program that blends education, group discussion, life planning and healthy life style changes to start Veterans on a new road as productive and happy civilians.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Families

This program ensures financially struggling Veterans have the means to celebrate holidays with those they love. The below box and bags of food is delivered to the Veterans door 72-48 hours prior to a holiday.
Dozen eggs
1lb Butter
1lb bacon
1 gal milk
1 gal fruit juice
Loaf bread
Turkey
5lb potatoes
3lbs onions
3 lbs sweet potatoes
5lbs green apples
3 lbs carrots
3 cans corn
3 cans green beans
1 can cranberry sauce
1 can/jar turkey gravy
Dinner rolls
1lb brown rice
1 box turkey stuffing
1 can fruit pie filling
1 pie crust
1 can cake frosting
1 box cake mix

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Multiracial people

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

Veterans

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

2020 and 2021 were drastically impacted by COVID19. This pandemic reduced our ability to maintain previous Veteran reach numbers due to quarantine fettered access ability.

Number of people using homeless shelters per week

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The maximum capacity of our homeless Veteran recovery center is 13. Our recidivism rate is still below 10% 5 years into program.

Number of people no longer couch surfing or doubling up with others as a result of the nonprofit's efforts

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Number is a total of homeless Veterans assisted with furnishing for an apartment and successfully completed our homeless Veteran recovery program.

Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

These numbers reflect the combined impact of our collective impact approach to helping Veterans.

Number of people within the organization's service area accessing food aid

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of participants counseled

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of volunteers

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of clients served

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

It is important to note we report Veterans and dependents only in these numbers. At our Stand Down homeless outreach events we help 8:1 civilians versus Veterans. adds 15,000 in 2019 alone

Total number of clients experiencing homelessness

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Total number of client suicides

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Context Notes

Veterans Unstoppable works.

Pounds of clothing donated

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We track items not pounds--numbers reflect individual clothing items

Number of service dogs provided to veterans

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We do not have adequate staff to support this program and have stopped directly providing dogs. We now network to other dog providers.

Number of bed nights (nights spent in shelter)

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of households furnished

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Decreasing

Number of hygiene kits distributed

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

This is for Veterans only. We distribute 8x this many to civilians

Number of veterans with PTSD served

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Veterans Unstoppable

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of meals delivered

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Hope for the Homeless

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

This number only includes Veterans

Total number of counseling sessions performed

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans

Related Program

Veterans Unstoppable

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Reduce Veteran, divorce, suicide, unemployment and homelessness through healthy life style changes.

Teach Veterans to see the world through the eyes of a civilian and why it is ok to lower their expectations of them versus other Veterans.

500 trained and motivated volunteers, a series of well focused innovative programs developed with insights for those who need vs clinical design makes them more client relevant than other programs. Additionally we have a strong grassroots following of fiscal support. Low overhead as 90% of property/facilities are owned without debt. Our hope for the homeless program is run from our homeless shelter and headquarters in Monroe County PA. It has three core areas. Those areas are Stand Downs, Paul's House and House Hold goods. This program reaches about 2000 homeless or at risk Veterans a year. The stand down portion is where most of these Veterans are reached. About 1800 homeless Veterans a year at the stand downs pre COVID. At our stand downs we help approximately 9 homeless or at risk civilians for every 1 Veteran. This ratio fluctuates by city with higher veteran to civilian percentage in Scranton our highest Veteran percentage vs Bethlehem our lowest for example.Stand downs are a homeless outreach event that provides basic life needs free to the homeless where they live. These events are conducted in Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, East Stroudsburg, Luzerne County in PA monthly. They are also conducted in Lansford every other month and Scranton twice a year. In Ohio they are conducted four times a year each in Newark and Zanesville. Additionally, we set up at the VA Stand Down in Newark. Important to know these events provide ten meals for every Veteran 18K meals and a hot meal for every civilian adding16,200 meals for a total of 34,200 meals provided in the streets and homeless camps annually. These events are supported by $400K of in kind donations, a strong team of volunteers, six buildings, four enclosed trailers, two vans, a station wagon and three box trucks. Paul's House houses and feeds about 25 Veterans a year providing about 4000 nights of shelter to homeless Veterans and almost 16,500 meals. Our dog kennel ensures homeless Veterans don't have to part with their best friend. About 20% of the Veterans who stay at Paul's House have a canine companion. Four is an average number of dogs in facility. We provide the dogs with about 1400 nights of shelter and two meals a day for about 2900 dog meals a year at the Paul's House kennel. House Hold Good program sets up homeless Veteran apartments. Numbers fluctuate between 50 and 170 apartments a year. We anticipate 2021 to have been about 80 apartments receiving 20 families meals each in addition to household necessities like pots, pans and furniture. This program adds another 1600 meals to the communities hungry Veterans plates. For a program total of 52,300 human meals a year. Our Holiday Meals program adds another 19,000 meals a year. These two programs combined provide more than 70,000 meals a year.

We have grown from assisting 45 Veterans in 2012 primarily with benefit filing and housing referrals. In 2017 we assisted more than 2000 Veterans with four programs designed and developed by Veterans for Veterans with stellar success rates.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Valor Clinic Foundation

Board of directors
as of 02/22/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mark Baylis

Valor Clinic Foundation

Term: 2012 - 2029

Sharon Henderson-Boyer

Dept Veterans Affaires

Michael Anthony Cross

Consultant

Jolen Roseberry

Retired

Daniel Kysela

PA national Guard

Doug Harsh

US Army

Aaron Russell

American irlines

Robert Williams

Retired

Glenn Smith

Financial Planner

Colleen Stevenson

Coordinated Health

Dave Blue

Entrepeneur

Nancy Bullock

Horse Rancher

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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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

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/20/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/11/2021

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Data
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.