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Battle Buddy Response Team

WHO IS BATTLE BUDDY RESPONSE TEAM®? “A battle buddy is expected to assist his or her partner both in and out of combat.” Battle Buddy Response Team® was founded in 2019 by combat Veteran, Samuel Rock after he became concerned about a fellow combat Veteran and decided to go check on him. Unbeknownst to Samuel, that simple heartfelt gesture literally saved his friend’s life, yet the gut-wrenching question of what could have happened had he not shown up, plagued his mind. Samuel was in disbelief when he learned there were no organizations that made house calls to Veterans who were in crisis and he knew he could not sit by knowing there were other Veterans suffering in silence. So, being the masterful innovator he is, Battle Buddy Response Team® – the first organization to deploy Veterans to Veterans – was created. Meeting Veterans and their families where they are (home, jail, medical facility, on the streets) is our frontline attack against suicide. Since the beginning, Samuel has grown Battle Buddy Response Team® to over 165 volunteers nationwide and has provided care and services to over 468 Veterans across the United States. Battle Buddy Response Team® believes no one who has fought for this great country should ever feel alone or suffer in silence. This is why we need your help to continue making a profound impact in the lives of Veterans and their families. Please consider volunteering or donating today! How does Battle Buddy Response Team® make a difference? Battle Buddy Response Team® prevents suicide by “Serving Veterans and Their Families”.

aka Battle Buddy Response Team   |   Martinsburg, WV   |  http://BattleBuddyResponseTeam.org

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Mission

Our Mission "Serving Veterans and their families" Our Vision "Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide"

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WHO IS BATTLE BUDDY RESPONSE TEAM®? “A battle buddy is expected to assist his or her partner both in and out of combat.” Battle Buddy Response Team® was founded in 2019 by combat Veteran, Samuel Rock after he became concerned about a fellow combat Veteran and decided to go check on him. Unbeknownst to Samuel, that simple heartfelt gesture literally saved his friend’s life, yet the gut-wrenching question of what could have happened had he not shown up, plagued his mind. Samuel was in disbelief when he learned there were no organizations that made house calls to Veterans who were in crisis and he knew he could not sit by knowing there were other Veterans suffering in silence. So, being the masterful innovator he is, Battle Buddy Response Team® – the first organization to deploy Veterans to Veterans – was created. Meeting Veterans and their families where they are (home, jail, medical facility, on the streets) is our frontline attack against suicide. Since the beginning, Samuel has g

Ruling year info

2020

Board of Director, President, and Executive Director

Samuel Rock

Main address

484 Williamsport Pike Unit 274

Martinsburg, WV 25404 USA

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EIN

83-4548981

NTEE code info

Other Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C. (F99)

Management & Technical Assistance (R02)

Search and Rescue Services (M23)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Our Mission and Vision for our organization, something of which is not fully solvable but preventable with the right methods. Allow us to work unconditionally day and night to see our working innovative solutions come to life.

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?

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

WHO IS BATTLE BUDDY RESPONSE TEAM®?

“A battle buddy is expected to assist his or her partner both in and out of combat.”

Battle Buddy Response Team® was founded in 2019 by combat Veteran, Samuel Rock after he became concerned about a fellow combat Veteran and decided to go check on him. Unbeknownst to Samuel, that simple heartfelt gesture literally saved his friend’s life, yet the gut-wrenching question of what could have happened had he not shown up, plagued his mind. Samuel was in disbelief when he learned there were no organizations that made house calls to Veterans who were in crisis and he knew he could not sit by knowing there were other Veterans suffering in silence. So, being the masterful innovator he is, Battle Buddy Response Team® – the first organization to deploy Veterans to Veterans – was created. Meeting Veterans and their families where they are (home, jail, medical facility, on the streets) is our frontline attack against suicide.

Population(s) Served
Veterans
Homeless people
People with diseases and illnesses
People with disabilities
Emergency responders

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, Adults, Homeless people, People with diseases and illnesses, People with disabilities

Related Program

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We receive calls 24/7/365 from various agencies from the VA to 911 to family members asking us to do what we do best and send one of our highly trained combat veterans to go out and check on the vet.

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

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

Adults, Veterans, Homeless people, People with disabilities, People with diseases and illnesses

Related Program

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

This is a rough number due to our increased volume and not being able to account every time we help an individuals that we help from our street ministry, response calls for crisis, disaster response.

Number of people no longer living in unsafe or substandard housing as a result of the nonprofit's efforts

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

Adults, Veterans, Homeless people, People with disabilities, People with diseases and illnesses

Related Program

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The year of 2022 we didn't attend any national disasters due to lack of funding. We are praying for more funding so we can be prepared for future missions.

Number of reports written/published

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

Veterans, Adults, Homeless people, People with disabilities, Victims of conflict and war

Related Program

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

We like to note that what is conducted here at Battle Buddy Response Team Inc. is highly confidential unless permission is given to release information. Spreading Love and Hope to All.

Number of clients served

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

Veterans, Adults, People with diseases and illnesses, People with disabilities, Homeless people

Related Program

Stop and Prevent All Veteran Suicide

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Hard to give an exact number of lives we have touched, we will do better at keeping record but we have been blessed to help a ton of Veterans and their families in crisis.

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.

We would like to accomplish one fully funded and operational command station on the west coast, east coast, florida and Tennessee before 2026. This will help us help others more effectively and efficiently across the United States.

Statistics show that an average of 22 veterans commit suicide every day, a staggering number that demonstrates the need for organizations like the Battle Buddy Response Team.

When a “BBRT Deploy Team” form is completed, a member of the team first conducts multiple safety checks to ensure the client is safe. Because all team members are military veterans and family members of veterans, they understand the stress and confusion that veterans sometimes experience.

Team Members are ready at a moments notice to deploy 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year across the United States to perform welfare checks across the nation.

We have accomplished 89 successful Deployments with one Team in five months. We have helped from mental health to veteran advocacy. We will work towards growth as our formula is working well, we need more funding for more vehicles, paid staff, and office space. These families and veterans that we helped most of them was suffering from mental health disabilities and they would tell you we saved their lives and others.

Update since we started in 2019 we have assisted over 2000 individuals across the nation. 07/2023

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 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, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

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

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

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

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Battle Buddy Response Team

Board of directors
as of 07/14/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Samuel Rock

Battle Buddy Response Team Inc.

Corey Neal

Battle Buddy Response Team Inc.

Terri Swab

Battle Buddy Response Team Inc.

Samuel Rock

Battle Buddy Response Team Inc.

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 ? Yes
  • 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? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 1/28/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

 

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/28/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • 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 use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.