over 27 years of catch people caring

OVER 27 YEARS OF CATCH PEOPLE CARING
Report To The Community 2006
CITIZENS
ACTING
TOGETHER
CAN HELP,
INC.
Contents
CATCH People Care........................................................................................1
Statement from the CEO .................................................................................2
Statement from the Chairman of the Board ....................................................2
27 Years of Service to the Community ............................................................3
Programs & Locations .....................................................................................5
Mental Health Services ....................................................................................7
Residential & Emergency Services .................................................................11
Anna's House - Profiling Our Most Recent Residence...................................13
Developmental Disabilities Services ..............................................................14
Management Services ....................................................................................17
Financial Review ...........................................................................................19
Board of Directors .........................................................................................21
Executive Staff ...............................................................................................23
CATCH People Care
Citizens Acting Together Can Help, Inc. (CATCH)
has been providing a comprehensive continuum of
treatment, training and education, residential, consultation,
and family support services to persons with cognitive delays,
behavioral health issues, developmental disabilities
and substance abuse challenges for over 27 years …
and our outreach continues to expand each and every year.
We believe that all individuals deserve a caring community,
a place to call home – albeit temporary at times – and most
important, a level of personal dignity that comes from
functioning as independently as possible.
In efforts to uphold and fulfill our credo, the CATCH
staff of compassionate professionals is dedicated to building
bridges within the communities we serve to facilitate
programs and services that enrich the lives of our consumers…
be it family member, friend or neighbor.
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STATEMENT FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CATCH – has been a cornerstone and anchor in the
South Philadelphia community since 1979. As a
well-established, licensed, credentialed provider of Community
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Services,
CATCH acknowledges its ongoing responsibility to serve and
enhance the community at large. CATCH, Inc. reasserts its
public commitment to the Philadelphia region to conduct all
its programs at the highest level, with the best personnel,
utilizing the best resources, creating the most stabilizing
environment as financed and enabled by the public grant
structures in the Behavioral Health System.
Citizens Acting Together Can Help, Inc. (CATCH) has
spent the past three decades building its capacity to provide a
high level of quality behavioral health and mental retardation
services in an ever changing environment. We are a hands-on
organization where each person is valued for his/her
contribution to the success of the organization. The efforts of
our Board of Directors and staff, as well as the steadfast support
of our local, Commonwealth and Federal representatives have
made it possible to continue to expand our programming and
to serve our community.
The program orientation of CATCH, Inc. focuses on the
global “Recovery” of each consumer whether child or adult.
The constant goal of each program is to develop realistic,
specific and individualized programs for each person to
achieve, to live and to succeed at home, at work, at play and in
the evolving course of every critical relationship.
Currently, CATCH’s Executive Practices and Procedures
are more efficient than ever. Newly designed programs
continue to strengthen CATCH’s base of offerings. There are
increased efforts toward the employment of the
developmentally disabled; the establishment of new programs
for monitoring children; new programs for student residents of
Girard College; long-term, interventional, emergency and
residential programs continue throughout the City; ongoing
outreach in consultation to brother and sister agencies and the
expanded transportation department specializing in the
delivery of residents to medical healthcare providers
are just a few recent accomplishments of which we
are especially cognizant and proud. Finally, we are
ever grateful for the ongoing financial support and
partnering that CATCH receives from the City
of Philadelphia, Office of Mental
Health/Mental Retardation and Community
Behavioral Health, Commonwealth of PA,
as well as numerous unnamed friends
and benefactors.
The Philadelphia Behavioral Health System is in the midst
of a transformation to a more recovery oriented model. Major
changes in our Medicaid System are underway; political lines
are being drawn over the future of America's safety-net health
care coverage programs. However CATCH has remained
focused on improving the implementation of such publicly
funded programs for citizens of Philadelphia because we believe
that there are a myriad of opportunities yet available for
improving the delivery of services.
Focusing on strengthening our partnership with
consumers - improving quality, decreasing inefficiencies and
building system capacity - we continually aspire to enhance
the resiliency in the people we serve while meeting our
fiscal responsibilities.
A great organization is one that delivers high quality
services and makes a positive impact on people’s lives over
a long period of time.
CATCH, Inc. is passionate about
helping people and committed to our core
values of respect, care, a passion for
innovation and integrity.
What follows is a snapshot of CATCH, Inc.
and its accomplishments over the past
two years, as well as an overview of the
many services we provide to the citizens
of Philadelphia.
Edward C. Mintzer, Jr.
Raymond A. Pescatore
Chairman, Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
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27 Years of Service to our Community.
Our beginnings can be traced back to the early 1960s
when a presidential panel presented a national plan that
established a trend away from over-utilization of large
institutions and toward community care.
A subsequent Act of Congress provided funds to build
community facilities, and a network of community-based
programs was established in the Commonwealth by the
Pennsylvania Mental Health/Mental Retardation Act of 1966.
Initially, these programs were offered through institutionbased grantees that were given responsibility for designated
areas called "Catchments." In 1979, the program at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital was transferred to a communitybased non-profit organization, Citizens Acting Together Can
Help, Inc.
The organization’s mission is to care for the vulnerable,
honor the life and dignity of all, and engage community in
compassionate service and advocacy.
At CATCH we promote
the concept of recovery
and self-determination.
The notion of recovery
from mental illness refers
to a process by which
persons create a
meaningful, productive
life despite the challenges
the illness poses (Anthony, Cohen, Farkas, & Gagne, 2002;
Deegan, 1988). Self-determination refers to the right of
individuals to have full power over their own lives,
encompassing concepts that are central to existence
in a democratic society, including freedom of
choice, civil rights, independence and self-direction
(Cook & Jonikas, 2000).
Our consumers range from those making
the transition from restricted institutional
environments, to young children making
the sometimes difficult adjustment to
school and to the elderly with their
unique needs.
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Our programs are woven into the fabric of the community
and work in conjunction with community businesses, social
organizations, community centers and schools. It is our belief
that the services and supports we provide to people with
mental illnesses will lead to a full, productive life with meaning
and purpose.
While the need for CATCH services grows, the means by
which we provide services is constantly changing. National
headlines speak of a "crisis in healthcare" and we have been on
the leading edge of adapting to this changing environment.
Through careful management, CATCH Inc. has been able
to administer our funding and payer resources to maximize the
quality of care. In many cases, our efforts have resulted in
reduced and contained costs. And our administration
continues to develop and refine its
systems to be accountable and
competitive in the cost-conscious
healthcare delivery environment
of the 21st Century.
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Programs, Sites & Locations
CATCH programs are found throughout the City, and our service sites are woven into the fabric of the communities we serve.
Facilities are easily accessible for consumers and their families.
CATCH SITES:
6. Residential Program - “Sandy's House”
521-23 Snyder Avenue
7. Respite I
Crisis Residence
8th Street & Girard Avenue
8. Liberty House Clubhouse Program
1221 South 15th Street
9. Adult Partial Hospitalization
Day Program
Adult Psychiatric Rehabilitation
1223 South 15th Street
10. Residential Program - “Anna's House”
1208 South 15th Street
11. Resource Case Management
1413 W. Moyamensing Avenue
12. CRR - 12-Bed Unit - Catharine House
756-58 South 16th Street
13. Moderate Care CRR
1823 South 19th Street
1. Administrative Offices
1409 Lombard Street
2. Children's School-Based Intensive
Case Management Program
2630 South Broad Street
3. Children's Services
1417 Oregon Avenue
4. Developmental Disabilities Services
1421 Oregon Avenue
5. Alternative II Day Program
Transportation Services
Facilities Management
Security
CRR-30-Bed Unit
Step-Down Unit
Long-Term Structured Unit
Fitness Center
2401 Penrose Avenue
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14. Adult Outpatient Services
Elderly Services
1400 Reed Street
15. School-Based Consultation and
Education Program
Quality Assurance Unit
1227 South 15th Street
16. Intensive Case Management
1413 Moyamensing Avenue
SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
1. Arthur School
20th & Catharine Streets
2. Bregy School
17th & Bigler Streets
3. Girard School
18th Street & Snyder Avenue
4. Jackson School
12th & Federal Streets
5. Nebinger School
6th & Carpenter Streets
6. Smith School
19th & Wharton Streets
7. Southwark School
9th & Mifflin Streets
8. Taggart School
4th & Porter Streets
9. Washington School
5th & Federal Streets
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CATCHMENTS
• Northwestern Human Services
• PATH, Inc.
• Northeast Community Center
for MH/MR
• WES Corporation
• Northwestern Human Services
of Philadelphia
• COMHAR, Inc.
• Interac, Inc.
• Community Council for MH/MR Inc.
• J.F. Kennedy Community
MH/MR Center
• Hall-Mercer Community
MH/MR Center of PA Hospital
• The Consortium, Inc.
• CATCH, Inc.
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Mental Health Services
SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN, ADULT AND
THE ELDERLY
The Mental Health Division (MH) Division provides
comprehensive psychological, psychiatric and social work
services. Through this base service unit function, treatment
and other needed services can be coordinated to maximize
quality care.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES: ASSISTANCE FOR ADULTS
AND CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY
CATCH’s Adult and Children’s Outpatient Programs offer
comprehensive treatment and counseling services to any
individual within the community. Following an evaluation, a
personalized treatment plan is developed offering services such
as individual therapy, family therapy, psychiatric evaluation,
psychological testing, medication and case management. Drug
and alcohol counseling is provided on a consultation basis
through agreements with a variety of citywide drug and alcohol
treatment programs.
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES: LIAISON FROM
INTAKE THROUGH WELLNESS
Case Management Services facilitate the progress
of the consumer’s service from the point of intake, and
continues throughout their course of service in one of the
clinical programs.
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Both Intensive Case management and Resource
Coordination programs are primarily direct care services
provided to the chronically mentally ill individuals with a
history of multiple hospitalization and non-compliance with
existing community resources. Intensive Case Management
and Resource Coordination services are designed to ensure
access to community agency services and people whose
functions are to provide the support, training and assistance
required for a stable, safe and healthy community life for the
individuals within the designated target population. Intensive
Case Managers and Resource Case managers provide the
following types of services: linking, monitoring, assessment and
service planning, accessing services, utilization, assistance in
the utilization of community resources, problem resolution and
crisis intervention.
KINSHIP CARE CASE MANAGEMENT
CATCH’s Kinship Care Program began as a federally
funded project designed to expand and enhance the range of
services for children and adolescents with serious emotional
disturbances in the South Philadelphia Community.
Today, Kinship Care operates as one of the premier child
and adolescent Intensive Case Management Programs within
the City of Philadelphia’s continuum of social work and case
management services.
Kinship Care Services are open to all children and
adolescents in the City of Philadelphia who have serious and
persistent mental health issues.
Recently, CATCH’s Kinship Care program has been
utilized to treat children and families who have multiple
complicated psychiatric, psychological and social work issues
and who have not been placed into service due to the
overwhelming citywide demand for critical care services for
children and families in crisis.
CONSULTATION AND EDUCATION:
ACCESS TO CARE FROM THE SCHOOLS
The Consultation and Education Program is a preventative
short-term school-based case management service for children
experiencing barriers to learning. This service is provided in
partnership with the Division of Community Based Prevention
Services (DCBPS) of the Department of Human Services
(DHS) and Office of Specialized Services (OSS) for the School
District of Philadelphia.
The service is designed to work with the child
experiencing barriers to learning and to support the child and
family by facilitating referrals to behavioral health and
community services. This program was started eight (8) years
ago through a Federal grant that funded CATCH and three (3)
Consultation and Education Specialists (C&E’s) serving nine
schools in the original South Region of the School District of
Philadelphia. The program grew and developed in response to
the expressed needs of the Philadelphia public schools; and as a
direct result of a high level of cooperation between the District
and the child serving systems in Philadelphia. Funding for
expansion of the program has varied and included:
reinvestment monies from Community Behavioral Health;
school, cluster and Area Academic Office funds, special
education reserve funds, Safe Schools/Healthy Students funds,
funds for Safe and Drug-Free Schools; and ACCESS funds.
The primary goal of the C&E is to provide short-term
school based case management support and services to children
who have behavioral health needs, or are at risk for developing
behavioral health issues. Through prevention, they seek to
alleviate or decrease the intensity of problems and help families
to provide a safe and nurturing environment for their children.
The C&E staff provides a broad range of services to children,
their families and school personnel, including short term case
management, home visits, linkage to behavioral and
community supports, referral support, skill building, conflict
resolution and anger management.
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Mental Health Services
In addition to serving the child and family, the C&E
Program can also facilitate the development and expansion of
the schools' capacity to education children and reduce or
remove barriers to learning. C&E staff, including supervisors
and program directors, provides consultation to educational
staff, do training and professional development, and work with
educators to promote school wide behavior management
programs. Needs assessment and program development are
done collaboratively with the leadership and staff of a school.
THE LIBERTY CLUBHOUSE: MEMBERSHIP IN LIFE
Based on a model pioneered by Fountain House in New
York City, more than 30 years ago, the CATCH, Inc. Liberty
Clubhouse program one of several “second generation”
recovery oriented, vocational rehabilitation day programs. The
Clubhouse empowers its consumers (who are called members)
because they govern the program with technical assistance and
support from the staff. Membership is open to Philadelphia
residents who have chronic mental illness.
The Clubhouse is a place where members feel at home.
There, they meet friends, relax, watch television or videos and
receive information in the lounge area. If they wish, members
can participate in activities where they learn life and work
skills. These include food preparation, secretarial/clerical skills,
housekeeping/maintenance, educational services and general
computer skills.
THE NURTURE A-1 SCHOOL BASED DAY PROGRAM
The Nurture A-1 School Based Treatment Program
provides comprehensive clinical services to over 180 children
in nine different Philadelphia Public Schools. The CATCH
Nurture Program is an integral part of the elementary or
middle school, supported by the whole school staff and by
CATCH. An experienced lead mental health
clinician/professional staffs each Nurture A-1 Classroom,
supervising at least one to three behavioral health workers.
The Nurture A-1 School Based Day Program is a
ten-month, school-based calendar program supervised by a full
time mental health professional that acts as the Program
Director and each school is assisted by a care coordinator, who
keeps in contact constantly with the children's families and
helps the families access other human services entities. In
addition to the Program Director, the care coordinator, the
mental health professionals and behavioral health workers
being in the classrooms, there is a full-time psychiatrist and a
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full-time psychologist who are assigned to work with the
Nurture A-1 School Based Day Program classroom.
In addition, the Nurture A-1 School Based Day Program
operates a Therapeutic Summer Camp during the months of
July and August. This program allows the CATCH clinical
teams to maintain continuity of treatment with those children
who will return to the program in the Fall.
ADULT PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES
The Adult Partial Hospitalization Division has continued
to refine its services in order to meet the many and varied
needs of our clientele. Our two program sites offer day
treatment services to upwards of 100 clients each day, ages 1855. The Alternative II site is located at 2401 Penrose Avenue.
The Carlisle site is located at 1223 South 15th Street.
Both the Carlisle Street and the Alternative II Day
Program have developed a system of services aimed at
providing recovery oriented clinical, educational and
vocational services for individuals who are determined, via
assessment and diagnosis, to be suffering from a persistent
mental illness.
In addition, these programs provide valuable support with
educational and/or employment training experiences to
assist consumers in qualifying for other educational goals or
gainful employment.
ELDERLY SERVICES
Elderly Services offers a partial hospitalization program and
provides mental health group activities and counseling services
to designated area senior centers. The program breaks through
the traditional barriers encountered by the elderly when they
seek mental health treatment. Any individual, family, hospital
or agency that contacts the unit receives immediate attention
or referral to the appropriate resource.
RESPITE I
This 25-bed program, located on the same grounds as the
Crisis Residence, serves as the second stop for many consumers
in the continuum. Here, consumers are provided with
psychiatric, medical and social work services while they begin
their journey toward stabilization and reorganizing their lives.
Many individuals stay as long as a year or two before moving
on to the more community based Respite II.
In June of 2002, Respite I underwent a complete and
extensive renovation. Utilizing a creative architectural design,
the new Respite I stands as a state of the art
residential/treatment program that maintains the home-like
environment that is essential to the process of recovery.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REHABILITATION SERVICES
Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services, formally known
as Wraparound Services is a comprehensive Clinical Program
that efforts to develop a multi-level treatment approach for
children and adolescents with complicated and serious
emotional problems.
BHRS is comprised of a team of professionals who provide
a variety of services in a number community settings including
the child’s home and school. These professionals provide
individual assessment and clinical services along with social
support to the child, his parents, his siblings and extended
family members. Collaboration and systems co-operation are
the core principals of this service that always seems to be in
high demand throughout the city.
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Since 1983, the Quality Assurance department (QA), here
at CATCH has been utilized to augment the delivery of
behavioral health services for consumers within its Catchment
Area. Its primary role is to assist the mental health director
along with divisional directors in maintaining compliance with
regards to city, state and federal regulations. To achieve
aforementioned outcomes QA has expanded its scope, with
increase responsibilities towards program monitoring, policy
reviews, chart auditing, staff training and much more.
Moreover, QA has endeavored to shift its management
approach, in efforts to establish a better framework for
planning, implementing, and assessing all systems and
activities. For QA this shift moves CATCH, Inc. from simply
meeting standards and reacting to our environment to
developing an organizational climate which promotes
preventive and proactive measures as those embraced by the
methodologies of quality management.
Director of Mental
Health Services
Director of Adult
Outpatient, Partial
Hospital & Rehab
Services
Director of Child
Adolescent Outpatient,
Partial Hospital &
Social Rehab Services
Director of Case
Management, Outreach
& Respite Services
Director of Quality
Assurance
Chief Psychiatrist
Intake Assessment
Child/Adolescent
Outpatient Services
Intensive Care
Management Services
Mental Health Division
Quality Assurance
LTSR Director 15-Bed
Penrose & 16-Bed
Respite II, South
15th Street
Adult Outpatient
Services
Child/Adolescent
School-Based Critical
Hospital Services
Adult Partial Hospital
Services
Resource Coordination
Services
Child/Adolescent
School-Based
Outpatient Services
Geriatric Partial
Hospital Services
Training & Education
Kinship Care,
Case Management
Services
EPSDT Wrap Around
Services; Respite I
Social Rehabilitation
Services
Clubhouse
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Residential and Emergency Services
COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
These fifty eight beds located at three different sites in
South Philadelphia embody the concept of Recovery. It is in
these residential programs where consumers are taught the
necessary skills which enable them to meet their individually
specified goals and move on to a more productive life while still
dealing with a major mental illness.
T.McS. “Living at the CRR makes me happy. I have
a nice room, the food is good and I go next door to day
program. I am now attending classes for my GED and am
proud of myself.”
R.W. “Staff encourage me to become more independent
and to explore my options for vocational/educational training.
I am now attending OIC five days a week.”
While living at these sites, consumers work on issues such
as money management, budgeting, social/conflict resolution,
vocational and educational needs along with any other area
the consumer needs in an effort to achieve their goals and
become a productive member of the community.
Sandy's House - Residential Program
521-23 Snyder Avenue
A fifteen-bed residential program designed to meet the
ongoing psychiatric need of our consumers. Sandy's House is
dedicated to the principle of recovery that is we strive to have
every resident reach his/her peek potential. This is
accomplished by our dedicated staff working with the clients
on areas of the need for medication, budgeting, vocational
needs, spirituality conflict resolution and a whole host of areas
which will enable the consumer to be successful and live life to
the fullest.
V.D. “I have been with CATCH for 18 years. Sandy's
House is my home. I am in a work program 5 days a week.
I had the same job for 18 years. I like helping out at
Sandy's House.”
CR “I moved from Penrose one year ago. I have been
clean and sober for eight years. I think that the support of my
peers and staff at the CATCH residences and day programs
have been a big help in my recovery. This is a nice
neighborhood. I found a church down the street that I have
been attending.”
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Sandy's House is a long term program where clients may
stay several years, thus it gives both clients and staff time to
work on the many areas which will help them reach their goals.
CRISIS RESIDENCE
For most of our consumers, the Crisis Residence is the
entry point to our Residential Treatment continuum. This
eight bed program is designed to meet the psychiatric
emergency needs of our consumers and facilitate transfers to
longer term programs such as Respite I, Respite II and our
CRR Programs.
While at the Crisis Residence, each consumer receives a
psychiatric and physical evaluation along with prescribed
medication from our physicians. These evaluations enable our
competent staff of nurses and counselors to make the
appropriate referral to the next level of care. It is at the Crisis
Residence where the road to recovery begins.
RESIDENTIAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
The CATCH Residential and Emergency Services
encompasses a total of 138 beds. Eight are dedicated to our
Crisis Residence and the other 130 to our many Residential
Programs. All of our treatment services are predicated on the
Recovery Model. That is what we strive to have each
consumer reach his/her full potential and help them reach their
goals by working with them, individually and in small groups.
The challenges we face as a provider of these services are
many, mainly because funding doesn't always cover our costs.
We at CATCH, however, are determined to exhaust every
possible avenue to achieve our desired goal which is to help
our clients live in dignified residential settings while they
continue their journey to Recovery.
PENROSE PLACE LONG TERM
STRUCTURED RESIDENCE
C.S. came to reside at Penrose Place one year ago. She
refused to participate in groups and would never attend
community outings.
This 16-bed program is designed to meet the needs of
consumers who in the past would have resided at a State
Hospital. It is a service designed to meet the needs of the most
difficult consumers within our community system.
TLJ came to Penrose Place to live in 2001. She had been
in and out of hospitals several times every year for 12-15 years.
In addition to her high rate of recidivism, she was totally
reclusive and would do nothing except scream and yell
obscenities at staff and peers all day. Now she attends
community outings and enters her artwork and poetry in art
shows and poetry contests which are sponsored by different
consumer groups.
She had no interest in socializing with others. She
preferred to be secluded. However, she now attends
community trips and participates actively in music and
therapy groups.
Persons admitted to the program may stay up to several
years which gives the consumer and staff ample time to work
on individual goals which will enhance their lives.
Director Residential &
Emergency Services
CRR Director, 30-Bed
Penrose, 8-Bed Penrose,
12-Bed Catharine Street,
8-Bed Sigel Street,
15-Bed Sandy’s House
Associate Director
Emergency Services,
8-Bed Crisis Residence, Hall
Mercer Linkage Coordinator
Associate Director LTSR and
Respite II, 16-Bed LTSR
Penrose, 18-Bed Respite II,
16-Bed Anna’s House
Associated Director
Residential Training, Quality
Assurance;
Chief Psychiatrist
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Anna’s House – Residential Program 1208 S.15TH Street
In early May 2006, CATCH proudly opened its newest,
state-of-the-art residential facility at 1208-12 South 15th
Street – Anna’s House – named in honor of Philadelphia City
Council President, Anna C. Verna who has been an advocate
for CATCH throughout her political career.
Anna’s House will serve as home to
sixteen consumers who will receive psychiatric,
case management and life skills training while
in residence. This new location has been
designed to provide residents with the comfort
and feeling of a “real” home with a dining area
looks onto the TV room, with lots of natural
light from the adjacent backyard court.
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The original site, located across the street at 1223-25
South 15th Street, opened in 1987. For many years, it has
been the aim of CATCH, Inc. to provide quality housing in a
safe environment where an individual consumer can work on
the goal of recovery. Anna’s House
provides just that environment and more.
This new facility enables CATCH, Inc.
to extend its reach and enhance the services
it provides.
Developmental Disabilities Services
Director Mental
Retardation Services
MR Clinical Programs
Coordinator
ADT Director
Specialization is a cornerstone in today’s healthcare system.
The Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation System is
not foreign to the concept of specialization.
Employment
Coordinator
MR Supported
Employment
CATCH’s Mental Retardation System has reconfigured and
deployed its clinical resources in order to provide:
• Work as therapy for young adults.
• To serve persons with Mental Retardation and
co-occurring disabilities.
• Support frail and elderly persons with Mental
Retardation confined to nursing homes.
Employment
Modular Training Day
Program
MH Supported
Employment
Enhanced Image
Project
Employment Crew
OBRA MR Senior
Citizens Project
Job Development
WORK - OR - THERAPY
The Comprehensive Community Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Act went into effect in the 1960s. Since that time the
delivery system providing services to persons with cognitive,
developmental, and/or emotional disabilities has undergone
multiple transformations. Each expansion, each reconfiguration,
each new innovative initiative was based upon prior experience
serving “clients” with disabilities.
Shortly after the dawn of the new millennium
CATCH Inc.’s Mental Retardation Division revised its
Mission Statement –
“To support persons with Mental Retardation and their desire
to function as independently as possible in every aspect of life in
local community integrated neighborhoods.”
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In 1990 we expanded our training services from the sheltered
and protected confines of our Training Facility to the normal and
open environment of public and private businesses. Persons with
Mental Retardation desiring to function as independently as
possible had staff match their “abilities” to the employers’ “needs”.
Work – Jobs – Employment - soon became the mantra of
persons with Mental Retardation acquiring the dignity, self respect,
and increased independence associated with becoming an
employee. CATCH, Inc.’s Clinical MR Training Team soon came
to the realization that work is the best therapy for many persons
with the dis-ABILITY of Mental Retardation.
Prior to the Community Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Act, many people with Mental Retardation were
locked away in state institutions and were called “patients.”
Today many responsible people with Mental Retardation are
living and working independently in the community and are called
“co-workers” or “employees.”
SAVINGS AND SELF ESTEEM
Persons with Mental Retardation choosing to become
employed benefit from increased independence, self esteem and the
dignity associated with having a real job! The taxpayers benefit by
saving approximately one million ($1,000,000) in sheltered training
program expense over the lifetime of each employed worker with
Mental Retardation!
During the past 15 years CATCH has assisted more than 155
persons with disabilities put their abilities to work!
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Adult Training Program
CO-OCCURRING DISABILITY
Persons with Mental Retardation and co-occurring physical
challenges learn to enhance their functional skills in our new
training facility. During 2003/2004 CATCH relocated its Adult
Training Program to a newly renovated architecturally barrier free
facility near the intersection of South Broad Street and Oregon
Avenue in Philadelphia. The facility was designed to accommodate
the special needs of persons with Mental
Retardation who use mobility aids such
as walkers and wheelchairs.
Able-bodied and mobility
challenged consumers with Mental
Retardation both work on daily living
skills such as; communication, grooming
and hygiene, dressing and bathing,
cooking, etc. Health and fitness, arts
and crafts, music and other leisure activities are combined with
safety and basic academic skill training to round out the facility
based training programs. The skills acquired in the training
program are practiced in the community during numerous
excursions to; gym and fitness centers, public libraries,
neighborhood shops, restaurants, recreation facilities as well as
cultural/sporting events.
Aging
NURSING HOMES
Increased longevity has made the use of rehabilitation facilities
and nursing homes common place in our society. Persons with
Mental Retardation and co-occurring debilitating conditions are
utilizing nursing homes in increasing numbers.
Visiting activity therapists involve seniors with MR into the
normative activities of nursing homes, plan trips to special events,
restaurants, shopping malls, and keep the residents with MR
connected to their home community. The vigilance of these staff
helps to assure that appropriate nursing home care is provided to
the residents with Mental Retardation throughout the five counties
of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
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Management Services
Not-for-Profit organizations are held to higher standards of
accountability than those in the for-profit environment.
CATCH has established a Management Services Division to
meet this challenge. This department supports the efforts of
the service divisions of CATCH. The direct care staff are free
to provide the services that are so vital in meeting the needs of
our consumers.
Due to mandates by the the Federal Government
through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (HIPAA), the Management Services Division fulfills
non-clinical functions that allow for program operations
to be conducted within the framework of the current
regulatory standards.
BASE SERVICE UNIT
CATCH is one of twelve (12) Base Service Units within
the City of Philadelphia. Base Service Units are geographic
subdivisions of the City. The South Philadelphia area west of
Broad Street to the Schuylkill River is Catchment Area 2b.
CATCH is responsible for those citizens, within that area, who
avail themselves of agencies and gatekeepers to assure that
appropriate documentation of services are being maintained
and accurately reported.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES
Registration of consumer, demographic, financial and
service data are recorded and reported by this department.
All reporting of clinical services, for both internal management
purposes as well as to satisfy external regulatory demands, is
the responsibility of Management Information Systems.
CLINICAL RECORDS
Clinical Records is an important component of the
documentation process. Medical records verify the services
and programming history of the consumer. Privacy of
consumer’s medical records is strictly maintained but they must
be readily ready for immediate use in the event of emergency.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
This department is responsible for maintaining the
computer and computer networks. Virtually all information
flows electronically, hence reliable computing systems are
critical to the operations.
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TRANSPORTATION
In order to assure a continuum of care for CATCH
consumers, a safe and dependable transportation system is
essential. The transportation services are comprehensive and
include rides to and from home, to program location, medical
appointments and social activities.
CATCH’s transportation fleet is very visible in the
community. It is part of our marketing and
recruitment efforts.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
CATCH utilizes numerous facilities in which it provides
services. There are different types of facilities ranging from
residential, day program, counseling offices and administrative
areas. Each type of facility must be clean, furnished and
most importantly be in compliance with local safety, health
and fire codes.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Recruitment, employee benefit management, maintenance
of personnel and maintaining records and credentials are the
major responsibilities of this department.
Regulations have become more stringent concerning
privacy of information as well as documentation of
the staff’s professional credentials, thus making these
items more prominent responsibilities for the Human
Resources Department.
FINANCE
Accountability has transformed the responsibilities of the
department profoundly. Aside from the traditional
responsibilities of accounting, payroll preparation and billing,
the Finance Department must assure compliance with all
pertinent regulations that impact upon financial systems
of the Agency.
Facilities Management performs preventive maintenance
services, emergency repairs, performs minor renovations and
oversees major renovations that are generally subcontracted to
outside vendors.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
Summary, Statement of Revenue, Expenses and Fund Balance for Year Ending June 30, 2006 and 2005
Revenues
Grants and Contracts
Program Service Fees
Other Revenues
Total Revenues
2006
$9,083,962
$14,298,298
$249,346
$23,631,606
2005
$9,056,448
$12,769,907
$331,611
$22,157,966
Expenditures
Salaries, Wages and Benefits
Occupancy Expenses
Operating Expenses
Total Costs
2006
$16,864,055
$2,858,709
$3,606,710
$23,329,474
2005
$15,276,722
$2,777,592
$3,473,863
$21,528,177
Citizens Acting Together Can Help, Inc. (acronym CATCH) is a not-for-profit corporation providing community
mental health and mental retardation services in the designated geographic service area that includes portions of Center City
and South Philadelphia, west of Broad Street to the Schuylkill River, and south of Chestnut Street to the Naval Base.
Services are accessible to the hearing impaired as well as to those persons speaking languages other than English.
CATCH is funded in part under a contract with the City of Philadelphia, Department of Public Health,
Office of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
CATCH is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
2005 - 2006 OPERATING AND CAPITAL REVENUES
2005
2006
Salaries, Wages and Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71% . . . . . . . . . . 72%
Occupancy Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13% . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Operating Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16% . . . . . . . . . . 16%
2006
2005
Program
Service Fees
Grants and
Contracts
Other
Revenues
Program
Service Fees
Grants and
Contracts
Other
Revenues
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Executive Staff
Deborah Jardine
Assistant Director, Community Residential
Rehabilitation (CRR) Services
Raymond A. Pescatore
Chief Executive Officer
James P. Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
Henry Bicocchi
Associate Director, Crisis Residence
Lisa Teagle-Brown
Program Coordinator, Respite II
John A. Bumbaca
Director, Mental Health Services
Dorothy Castagno
Director, Community Residential Rehabilitation Services
Migdalia Dieppa
Director, Clinical Services Developmental Disabilities
James F. Donahue
Director, Residential and Emergency Services
Michael Galvin
Divisional Director, Adult Mental Health & Social
Rehabilitation Services
Gwendolyn Gilliam
Program Coordinator, Respite I
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Michael Lewis
Director, Program Development
Janice M. Lynch
Director, Human Resources
L. Dennis Oswald
Director, Developmental Disabilities Services
Barbara D. Pope
Manager, Human Resources
Michael Rabb
Director, Quality Assurance Services
Gail Scholsser
Associate Director, Long-term Structured Residence
John Torrey
Divisional Director, Children’s Mental Health &
Social Rehabilitation Services
Andrew Wasserman
Chief Psychiatrist
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Board of Directors
Edward C. Mintzer, Jr., Esq.
Chairman
Royal E. Brown, M.B.A.
Vice Chairman
Honorable Matthew D. Carrafiello
Honorable Dominic M. Cermele
Virginia Hicks
Emilio R. Matticoli, Ed.D.
Treasurer
Rita Rufo
Secretary
Antoinette Scaruzzi
Josephine Stanish
Raymond A. Pescatore
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel H. Saidel, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
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Citizens Acting Together Can Help, Inc.
Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center
1409 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146
215-735-7435
www.catchinc.com
CITIZENS
ACTING
TOGETHER
CAN HELP,
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