Lower Eastside Service Center

LOWER EASTSIDE SERVICE CENTER
ANNUAL REPORT
leadership update
At LESC we remain committed to our
basic mission of providing treatment
and care for New Yorkers living with
chemical dependency and mental
illness, and offering them the chance to
realize their dream of living healthy,
abundant and productive lives. So we
are pleased to say that we served
1,400 New Yorkers daily with our
proven continuum of evidence-based
practices, this year growing by two
new programs.
LESC is doing an amazing job of
treating the underserved by
emphasizing prevention, treatment and
recovery. With unmatched empathy and
expertise our talented professionals in
each and every program, along with
our dedicated Board of Trustees, have
truly delivered this year. Now as we
approach our next 50-years, our
commitment continues to the
highest-quality sevices helping to create
a more vigorous, healthy and
prosperous New York City.
1ATRICIA)OFFMAN
Board Chairperson
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President & CEO
2009
enhancing lives &
strengthening neighborhoods
With 50 years of experience and the highest C.A.R.F.
accreditation, the hard-working LESC staff turned lives
around and bolstered communities with amazing
accomplishments in 2009:
f 0PENEDAPARTMENTRESIDENCEFORFAMILIESLIVING
with histories of chronic homelessness and substance
use disorder - Diversity Works
f &XPANDEDOURYEARROUNDCHILDRENcSPROGRAM
designed to demonstrate alternative lifestyles to drugs
to 60 children and their families - Bridge2Life Camp &
Charles Evans Kids Club
f )ELPEDHOMELESSANDRECENTLYRECOVEREDADULTS
secure and maintain homes in neighborhoods where
they live independently and productively - Scatter-Site
)OUSING
f 1ROVIDEDMEDICALCAREHOUSINGTREATMENTAND
parenting skills training for addicted pregnant women
and their babies preparing for motherhood - Pregnant
Women & Infants Program
f (RADUATEDCLEANANDSOBERCLIENTSFROMOUR
residential abstinence program with jobs, housing and
renewed family ties - Su Casa
f )ELPEDSTRENGTHENCOMMUNITIEScABILITYTOKEEP
children and families safe - LESC/NYC-ACS
Community Partnership Program
f (RADUATEDSTABILIZEDMEDICATIONASSISTEDCLIENTSREADY
to productively re-enter the community with jobs, and
housing - Su Casa
f 0FFEREDMEDICATIONASSISTEDTREATMENTFORNEARLY
opioid addicted New Yorkers along with job training,
housing assistance and mental health services - Opioid
Recovery Services
LESC Community Based Services
scatter site housing
Nearly 1-in-20 New Yorkers has
experienced homelessness. Each year
100,000 New Yorkers are homeless,
and each night more than 38,000
sleep in city shelters*. It is
unrealistic to expect newly
recovered New Yorkers to maintain
sobriety if they must live on the
streets.
We believe that housing is a pivotal
service that enhances lasing
recovery. In 2009 we launched
LESC Scatter-Site Housing to help
recently recovered homeless singles
secure housing in their
neighborhoods where they can live
independently as productive
members of the community.
* Coalition for the Homeless - 2003
wellness in motion
We launched Wellness-In-Motion
this year to help improve
communities by offering an
accessible mobile clinic cruising the
streets to serve at-risk addicts, who
chronically relapse, are hard to
reach, and often homeless.
We put our services where we can
engage substance abusers, enroll
them in treatment programs, and
give them hope with: Rapid HIV
and sexually transmitted diseases
testing, substance abuse and mental
health screening, physical and sexual
abuse screening.
50th anniversary
gala celebration
For five decades LESC has offered
leading-edge programs and services for
the benefit of New Yorkers who need
them most:
Su Casa Residential Services
7 Gouverneur Slip East, New York, NY 10002
Phone: 212-566-7590 or 917-217-3771
Methadone-to-Abstinence-Residence
Short Stay Methadone Residence
Pregnant Women and Infants Program
Primary Healthcare Services
Vocational Services
Outpatient Services
46 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Phone: 212-566-3584 or 917-217-3771
From left: Supermodel & LESC Gala Ambassador
Heidi Albertsen; LESC Board Member & Gala
Honoree Stanley Zareff; and Broadway & daytime
television actress Kathy Brier at the 50th Anniversary
Gala celebration (photo by Rob Rich)
The LESC 50th Anniversary Gala
Dinner & Silent Auction, held May
11, 2009 at the Light House at
Chelsea Piers, celebrated a
half-century of serving and
enhancing the New York City
community. 450 guests at the big
event proudly honored LESC
founder Edward Brown; our
distinguished friend and Board
member, Stanley Zareff, Vice
President, Corporate
Communications at Credit Suisse;
and our loyal supporter and
advocate, Bruce Tindal, Executive
Vice President at Bollinger, Inc.
Our prestigious Honorary
Committee included: Heidi
Albertsen, Donald Trump, Justine
Simmons, Bob Weinstein, Carl
Bernstein, Petula Clark, Christopher
Kennedy Lawford, and Peri Peltz;
while Melissa Russo, WNBC
Anchor and Government Affairs
Reporter, hosted the gala event.
The 2010 Annual Dinner & Silent
Auction will be May 17th at
Capitale.
Opioid Recovery Services (MTP)
Phone: 212-343-3584
Dual Recovery Services (822)
Phone: 212-343-3521
Continuing Day Treatment Program
Phone: 212-566-3563
Primary Healthcare Services
Phone: 212-343-3681
Vocational Services
Phone: 212-566-3571
Permanent Supportive
Housing Services
Pencer House
New York, NY
Phone: 212-982-7156
Diversity Works
Bronx, NY
Phone: 347-226-3401
Scatter-Site Housing
Bronx & Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 347-226-3406
Children & Family
Development Services
Bridge2Life Camp & Kids Club
Phone: 212-566-7706
Mobile Outreach Sevices
Wellness-In-Motion
Phone: 212-566-7659
Board of Trustees
LESC proudly recognizes the members
of its Board of Trustees and thanks
them for their continued dedication:
Patricia Hoffman, Chairperson
Elaine Katz, Vice Chairperson
David L. Rosenstein, Secretary
Sandy Pitofsky, Assistant Secretary
David S. Brown
William H. Gottdiener
Katherine Preminger
Stanley Zareff
Herb Barish, President & CEO
2009 financial summary
As LESC continued to meet our mission in 2009, we were also able to maintain our fiscal responsibilities to clients,
funding organizations and donors. Charity Navigator notes that, “a charity that spends below 75% (of revenues) on
programs under performs.” The American Institute of Philanthropy states that “60% or greater is reasonable for most
charities.” LESC grew revenues by 6.4% over the past three years, and we are proud that we spent 82.6% on
program services in 2009:
ANNUAL REVENUE (in millions)
$16
% OF REVENUE SPENT ON PROGRAM SERVICES
90.00%
85.44%
87.23%
82.64%
$15
80.00%
$14
$13
70.00%
$12
$11
60.00%
$10
$9
2007
2008
2009
50.00%
2007
2008
2009
special thanks to our generous benefactors
A.M. Property Holding
Michael Adams
Addiction Research &
Treatment Corp.
Aidala & Vertuna LLC
AIG
Alatsas & Taub
Martin Albert Interiors
Heidi Albertsen
Lee Alexander
Alice’s Hair
Marc Andrew Altheim
Alfred Amato
Nicole Andres
Anwar Realty
Kathlene Babros
Stephen Balsam
Balsamo & Rosenblatt
The Bank of NY Mellon
Maria Ann Banke
Bar Boy Products, Inc.
R.F. Bareau
Herb Barish
Henry Bartlett
Stuart Baustein MD
Bendiner & Schlesinger
James Bergin
W.R. Berkeley Corp
Charitable Foundation
Carol Bernheim
The Bernhill Fund
Carl Bernstein
Samuel Bernstein
Best Care Pharmacy
Beth Israel Medical Center
Beyer Farms
The Big Wood Foundation
Blatt Billiards
Stuart Blaustein MD
Bollinger
Joel Braziller
Bread Man of NY
David Brown
Robert Buford
Henry Buhl
Stephen Burke
Sharon Bush
Carl's Clothing Classics
Charitable Gift Fund
Charles Chiclacos
David & Kelly Chitty
Clermont Specialty Mgrs
Compass Foundation Inc.
Credit Suisse
Daffy’s
Martin Daly
De Paul Addiction Services
Dr. Charles DeBrovner
L DeCarlo
Jacqueline DeCarlo
Nancy Dedman
Patricia Dedman Family
Foundation
Philippe Delgrange
Dell's Maraschino Cherries
Philippe Delouvrier
Lawrence Devine
Diadema Wine & Champagne
Dick's Cut Rate Hardware
Diversified Investment
Advisors
Lisa Dorenfest
Dunrite Glass & Window
Durnan Group Inc.
Joe Dussich
Eugene Edelstein
Epstein, Becker & Green
Estee Lauder
Charles Evans Foundation
Evenson Best
Lisa Failla
Federal Insurance Co.
Duane Felton
Catherine Fighera
Gregory Fleming
Thayer & Dan Fox
Jonathan Freeman
Arlene Friedman
Drema Fructuoso
Gaeta Interior Demolition
Philip M. Gassel
Samantha Giberga
George Gillen DDS
Mary Ann Gordon
Frank Gribbon
Audrey & Martin Gruss
Stuart Haber
Daniel Hamner
HBC Group Inc.
Healthcare Pharmacy
Thomas Hehman
Sarah Henderson
Robert Herrernan
Stephen Hilton
Tracy Hobson
Patricia Hoffman
Carol Holmes McCarthy
HSBC
Elizabeth Hurley
Alicia & Adam Ifshin
Beatrice Ifshin
Isaacson, Schiowitz & Kopson
J.J. Marco
Melanie Kaplan
The JM Kaplan Fund Inc.
Kar Lee Hardware and
Electric
Gail Kass
Elaine Katz
Brad Kelly
Stephen Kelly
K.I.D.S.
Manny Korman
Joseph Krasnansky
Rachel Kuehn
Margaret Lai
Jill Larsen
Melissa & William Lawson
Le Bilboquet
Ann Ledva
Kahtwe Lee
Benjamin Lehr Foundation
Leonard Opticians Ltd.
The LESC Foundation
Joseph Levin
Dona Levy/Richard Leroy
Family Fund
Melissa Lin
Loeb & Troper
Victoria Longo
Lvmh Moet Hennessy
Louis Vuitton Inc.
Steve Madden
R.F. Maitland
Malkin & Ross
Susan & Mark Manley
Don Manning
Mary Reen Marasi
Jeffrey Marcus
Ira Marion
Theresa Martillano
Carol Martin
Rob & Susan Mascitelli
Chloe Matz
Suzanne Matz
Tara Maxwell
Mazet Realty Group
Alice McCarney
Mary Jane McPherson
Mega Contracting Inc.
Angela Mele Casciato
Alan Mitchell
Ricard Montero
Gerard Muldoon
Eileen Murray
Greater NY Mutual
Insurance Company
National City
The Elizabeth & Frank
Newman Foundation
The New York Community
Trust
NYMEX
Karen Nixon
North Island Excess &
Surplus
Donna Nugent
John Joseph O'Brien
Bernadette C. O’Connell
Marianna Olszewsky
One Beacon Charitable Trust
One Beacon Lane
Michael Orenstein
Tammy Parrish
The Arthur Pashcow
Memorial Foundation
Jeffrey Peltz
Perry Peltz
Philadelphia Insurance Co
Phillips Van Heusen
Phoenix Houses of NY
Sandy Pitofsky
Dr. Kevin Plancher
Elizabeth Jo Platt
MollyAnn Pollak
Poupette Inc.
Michael Primeau
Scott Province DDS
Queens Church of Christ
Carolyn Rainer
Raskin & Kremins
RCS Experience
Christopher Renfroe, Esq
Sunny & Abe Rosenberg
Foundation
David Rosenstein
John Rotrosen MD
John Rowley
Melissa Russo
Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Harold Ruttenberg
Foundation
S&P Food Distributors
Sackstein, Sackstein & Lee
Augustam Sanfilippo
Lou Santoro
Peter Santoro
Carrie Schultz
Richard Schultz
Brian Schuster
Michael Siden
Serco Supply Corp.
Service Directions Inc.
Robert Shafir
Steven Shapiro
Shelley Food Stores
Karen Sherman
Stanley Shopkorn
SICA
Lolita Silva Vazquez
Justine Simmons
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Smith
Joseph Solomon
Spirit Cruises
Martha Sproule
Caryl Stern
Straw Studios
Suarez
Survey Data Security Corp.
Bruce Tindal
Bruce Tirrell
Suzanne Todd
T3 Sign Design
Tolmage, Peskin, Harris
& Falick
Travel Related Services
Travelers
Carol B. Traynor
Trophy World Inc.
Tube Light Co.
Marinela Tudoran
UNICEF
The University of Georgia
Veritas Foundation
Matio Verri
Visions of Hope Found.
Mark Wahlberg Youth
Foundation
Icilma Walters
Valerie Walters
Warren-Tricomi
W.B. Wood
Mark Weinberger
Robert Weinstein
Mary Lynne Whalen
Lydia M. Wills
Marjorie Windheim
Heidi Wynne
Mong Bong Yu
Richard Zaloom
Stanley Zareff
Vincent Zaza
James Zito
Lower Eastside Service Center
80 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
Helping and Enchancing
Your Community i
a cal l to a c t i o n
Building Healthy Families and
Communities in New York City
Access to addiction treatment for
people struggling with substance use
disorders is a serious issue affecting
families and communities throughout
the New York City area.
Our LESC vision is to help protect
children, families and neighborhoods
with easily accessible
medication-assisted drug treatment,
prevention and recovery for your
at-risk family members, friends and
neighbors. LESC offers a leading-edge
network of co-located treatment and
care for people seeking recovery and
good health. Read more inside our
2009 LESC Annual Report.
“I didn’t
just get
sober. I
was
introduced
to a whole
new way
of living!”