HicksStrong Inc
EIN: 84-2612081
as of December 2022
as of December 12, 2022
Mission
Our mission is to save military lives. We aim to do this by linking active-duty service members, veterans, or their family members with qualified, confidential therapists via telehealth and we cover up to 24 sessions.
Ruling year
2022
President/CEO
Jolee Marie Hicks
Vice President
Michael Daniel Hicks
Main address
1764 Route 9 #770
Halfmoon, NY 12065 USA
EIN
84-2612081
Mental health care
Population served
Adults
NTEE code
Mental Health Association, Multipurpose (F80)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Military suicide is at epidemic levels. We are losing nearly 30 service members everyday to suicide. Our mission is to end the stigma surrounding getting mental health support in the military so that active-duty service members have a safe pathway to mental healthy support no matter where they are. We eliminate the red tape prevent service members from receiving timely mental health support. VA's all over the country have extensive waitlists sometimes exceeding 8 months to talk with someone. That is to long. Our goal is to connect service members with therapists when they need it and are never put on a waitlist.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Military mental health therapy
HicksStrong began its work in 2019 after the tragic suicide of my son Macoy Hicks, an active member of the US Navy who suffered from PTSD and a traumatic brain injury (TBI). At the time of his death, he was just 20 years old. In response to this devastating loss, our family joined with friends and community members to create HicksStrong with the mission of saving military lives.
To fulfill this mission, HicksStrong links veterans and active duty military members with qualified, licensed, confidential mental health therapy services via telehealth and cover 24 sessions. We also give out Hug Mugs, so that they feel less isolated and can receive the care that they so urgently need - wherever they are.
Hug Mugs
We give military members Hug Mugs to remind them they are loved, people care about them, and want them here tomorrow. They come with information on how to connect to services.
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Our results
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Number of people who received clinical mental health care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Military mental health therapy
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
14 requests have come in so far in January we are expected to receive over 300 request in 2023.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to save military live and end the military suicide epidemic by connecting service members, veterans, and their families with therapist via telehealth and covering the cost of their treatment up to 24 sessions.
Building on the successes of the past three and a half years, in 2023 HicksStrong will:
Objective 1: Provide 900 mental health therapy sessions to 300 participants in conjunction with four licensed therapists.
Objective 2: Of those participating in therapy, 75% will show some or significant progress.
Objective 3: Connect 100% of those needing additional support at the end of 24 sessions, to another program/provider suited to their particular needs, or reevaluate to extend additional sessions to the military member.
Objective 4: Create and deliver 1000 Hug Mugs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We partner with independently contracted therapist nation wide to ensure availability for treatment doesn't exceed 2 weeks to speak with a therapist.
To reduce duplication of services and fill gaps, HicksStrong has created a variety of partnerships. The organization maintains an updated list of additional services to help those seeking therapy services and will refer clients to these agencies that provide housing, emergency financial support, and technical training and assistance with understanding the benefits to which clients are entitled.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since being founded August 5th 2019 HicksStrong Inc. has connected over 260 service members or their families with therapist covering over 1500 therapy sessions and giving out over 2300 Hug Mugs to service members.
Over 60% of clients have experienced significant improvement with the struggle they were dealing with prior to entering our program.
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsHicksStrong Inc
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Aug 05 - Dec 31
SOURCE: IRS Form 990
HicksStrong Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Aug 05 - Dec 31
SOURCE: IRS Form 990
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
President/CEO
Jolee Marie Hicks
Vice President
Michael Hicks
HicksStrong Inc
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
HicksStrong Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/23/2023
Board of directors data
Jolee Hicks
#HicksStrong Inc.
Term: 2019 - 2022
Michael Hicks
#HicksStrong Inc.
Term: 2019 - 2022
Jolee Hicks
President
Michael Hicks
Vice-President
Sienna Hicks
Director of Social Media
Cindy Tucci
Director of Counseling Services
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- 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.
- 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.
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