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Corporate Address Annual Report 3763 Evans Avenue ▪ Fort Myers, FL 33901 July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 One Call For Behavioral Health Services (239) 275-3222 www.saluscareflorida.org OUR MISSION: SalusCare provides exceptional and compassionate behavioral healthcare. OUR VISION: SalusCare will be the leader in behavioral healthcare in Southwest Florida. VISIT US ONLINE! Visit SalusCare’s website at www.saluscareflorida.org to learn about all of the services provided. We are here to help with compassionate care and services for our community, regardless of an ability to pay. Should you have additional questions, please contact our Welcome Center at (239) 275-3222 Mon.-Fri. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm to speak with a customer service representative. DECEMBER 2018/ JANUARY 2019 SalusCare’s Medication Assisted Treatment Clinic Celebrates Grand Opening Saluscare’s Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinic celebrated its grand opening with an open house January 15, 2019 that attracted community leaders, healthcare professionals and interested residents. Medication Assisted Treatment is treatment for opioid addiction disorders that includes the use of medication along with counseling and other support. The clinic treats individuals age 18 and older who meet criteria for substance use disorders such as opioids and alcohol. “We are thrilled to bring this much-needed service to our community,” said SalusCare President & CEO Stacey Cook. “Research shows that a combination of medication and therapy can successfully treat substance use disorders and, for many, can help sustain recovery.” The clinic is led by addiction psychiatrist Dr. Zaheer Aslam who supervises a psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and other medical staff. In addition, the clinic is staffed by licensed clinicians and care coordinators to link patients with community resources, provide case management and needed therapy. The clinic operates Monday – Friday at SalusCare’s Evans Avenue campus (3763 Evans Ave.) in Fort Myers. Patients are seen by appointment. Treatment is funded by several sources, including grants through the state of Florida and Lee County. The clinic also accepts self-pay and insured patients as well. For more information about the MAT Clinic, please call our Welcome Center at (239) 275-3222.

AUGUST 2018 SEPTEMBER 2018 OCTOBER 2018 The 4th Annual “Laughter is SalusCare officially learns it has earned a three- the Best Medicine” Comedy year accreditation from CARF International, the Night is held raising more than Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation $122,000 to support behavioral Facilities, for behavioral healthcare services healthcare in Southwest provided to the community. Our newest CARF Florida! accreditation runs through June, 2021 and is See inner page for more details! indicative of our dedication and commitment to improving the quality of the lives of those served. In the 29-page report from CARF, the surveyors noted that “SalusCare has committed itself to being the forerunner of behavioral healthcare services in the community it serves. One strength of the organization is its staff. Throughout the survey the staff demonstrated its commitment to the mission of the organization to provide exceptional and compassionate behavioral healthcare. This extends beyond the patients and it was truly evident that the organization also demonstrates a commitment with its staff and stakeholders. Staff members truly care about the well-being of all people they serve.” EVENTS PROGRAMMING FUNDING Florida State Senator delivers a powerful an nearly 50 Vince Smith Living Center patients drugs and alcohol, an See inner page for mo Representatives from Alberta Health Services in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) are flanked by Tina Sumo, Vice President of Acute Care & Residential Programs (left), & Jessica Plazewski, Vice President of Outpatient & Community Programs (right), on their visit to SalusCare’s new Center for Growth. SalusCare staff shared the good work we do and learned about their services and system of care in Canada. Alberta Health Services will be opening their own dedicated children’s facility and are on a fact finding tour across the United States and Canada as they begin their initial building plans.

NOVEMBER 2018 DECEMBER 2018 SalusCare’s Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinic officially opens. MAT is for opioid addiction disorders and includes the use of medication, along with counseling and other supports, to help patients achieve a drug-free lifestyle. See front page for more details! SalusCare staff attend United Way Pacesetter Campaign Kick-Off Breakfast at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. SalusCare is a proud Pacesetter and Partner Agency, raising $17,300 in 2018 for United Way, a 10% increase over 2017’s total! Darryl Rouson (D-19) nd hopeful message to h Center and Transitional s about his addiction to nd his journey to recovery. ore details! SalusCare partners with the Lee County Schools to better identify and more quickly get troubled students the help they need. As a part of this new program, schools will create mental health teams made up of school counselors with master’s degree-level education, social workers and school psychologists to help connect parents with local mental health treatment services.

JANUARY 2019 FEBRUARY 2019 MARCH 2019 APRIL 2019 SalusCare begins providing United Way Alloca outpatient services from #14 led by John Cl an office in Lehigh Acres. SalusCare to learn The office is located within programs funded the Job-Link area of the Representatives f Goodwill retail store at Therapy, Adult Su 2825 Lee Blvd. in Lehigh Day Treatment, D Acres. Assistance and Cr make presentatio More than 50 members of the questions. community attended the MAT Clinic Open House at the Evans campus on Tuesday, January 15th. Attendees learned about the clinic and spoke with the clinical staff overseeing its operation. See front page for more details! SalusCare begins CareAnywhere Ten employees from the City of Cape Tele-Health Services. Patients can Coral spent a Saturday morning now receive psychiatric and therapy painting the inside of the new services on a mobile device from United Way House, co-located within anywhere. Using a computer, tablet SalusCare’s Cape Coral Campus. or mobile phone with a camera, We are thankful and appreciative microphone and reliable internet of their efforts to help us freshen access, patients receive quality the inside, allowing us to open the and compassionate behavioral House to multiple human services healthcare services anywhere. This agencies that provide services to new service alleviates the hassle of Cape Coral residents. Special thanks coming into the office, and assists to the United Way of Lee, Hendry, those who can’t take time off work Glades and Okeechobee Counties for or have mobility or transportation coordinating this day of caring! issues. Medications can also be prescribed by the provider electronically to the pharmacy of the patient’s choosing.

MAY 2019 JUNE 2019 ations Team President/CEO Stacey Cook accepts linger visits a $4,000 donation from the Greeters n about the Club of Greater Fort Myers at their d by United Way. monthly luncheon. The Greeters Club from Outpatient is a community of women in Greater ubstance Abuse Fort Myers who work together to Detox, Rental benefit the community. Their primary risis Services purpose is to promote friendship ons and answer through cultural interests, charitable activities and social events. SalusCare receives its allocations team report from the United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties. In it, SalusCare is praised for its work and the way funds are used to provide services to those in the community who can least afford them. More than 50 volunteers from the National Association of Fraternal Insurance Counselors (NAFIC) came to SalusCare’s Cape Coral campus to paint the outside of the building. In addition to their sweat equity, NAFIC presented SalusCare with a check for $1,500 to cover the cost of paint and other supplies. SalusCare thanks them, and Kim Berghs from United Way who helped connect us with this amazing group of volunteers.

AUGUST 2018 SalusCare Comedy Night Raises Record $122,317 FGCU’s Dr. Mike Martin Named Lee County’s Best Comic Laughter filled the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre on Saturday, August 18th as four local celebrities took the stage in hopes of being named “Lee county’s Funniest Comic” while raising money for behavioral healthcare in Southwest Florida. A crowd of 350 people jammed the theatre for the fourth annual Laughter Is the Best Medicine event and generously donated to support SalusCare services. A record-breaking $122,317 was raised through event sponsorships, ticket sales, donations, and a silent auction organized by #KindLee, a project of the Lee County Bar Association. By the end of the night, Florida Gulf Coast University President Dr. Mike Martin claimed two titles: “Lee County’s Funniest comic” and “Comic Raising the Most Money” after earning the greatest number of votes and raising the most money from attendees. “We’re thrilled and thankful for a community that recognizes the importance of SalusCare and the funds needed to provide quality behavioral healthcare services in Southwest Florida. We’re already making plans for next year’s fun event,” SalusCare Board Member and Development Committee Co-Chair Marc Collins. Funds raised will help provide mental health and substance abuse treatment services to children and youth in our community whose families can least afford care. toTOHuAr NSpKoYnOsUors Open Mic Sponsors Title/Presenting Sponsor Improv Sponsors Amy Dimon Mr. Greens Produce And Literacy For All Advanced PTSD, Pain and Infusion Bank of America Therapy, Inc. Showcase Sponsor Bastos Pavers Bill & Tracey Weaver BB&T Richard and Vicki Pitbladdo Foundation CFS Roofing Services, LLC Clive and Sunny Lubner Fund, a fund of the Southwest Florida Investors’ Security Trust Farmers Market WRestaurant Community Foundation Marc & Lori Collins Ginny Lazzara Stacey Cook Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Headliner Sponsors Susan Bennett Marketing & Media, L.C. Valerie’s House Holt, P.A. B&I Contractors Karen Feldman & Jim McCracken Bill Smith Appliances Lee County Homeless Coalition Broadway Palm Theatre Marieb College of Health & Human Leading Edge Benefit Advisors Park Royal Hospital Media Sponsors Services at FGCU T3 Communications Marshall Bower, Esq. Florida Weekly Mary Corrigan & Ed Kleinow Grand Finale Sponsor Maureen Green The News-Press Media Group Siesta Pebble, Inc. Table Sponsors Myers, Brettholtz & Co., P.A. Monologue Sponsors Palm Printing/The Print Shop Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Naples Sanibel Moorings Condo Assoc. Accent Business Products Lee Health VIP Realty Mortgage Group Services Altered Tattoo Company McLeod’s Construction, Paint & Genoa Healthcare Lee County Sheriff’s Office Restoration, LLC. Lykes Insurance Millenium Physician Group Physician’s Primary Care of Southwest Florida Priority Marketing Special thanks to #KindLee, a project Sue Ackert of the Lee County Bar Association for Toby & Terry Purse, in honor of Tyler Joseph raising $8,270 in the silent auction!

FIRSTLY THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS! Those listed here donated to SalusCare between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 and do not include event sponsorships or in-kind donations Don & Patricia Allen Glen & Phyllis Gresham Raymond & Judy Povio Michael & Mary Allison Claudia Griffin Barney & Karen Pultz Marsha Asp Anthony & Rosemarry Hertl Marilyn Rak Geoffrey & Jeannie Becker Kathleen Hess Irwin & Helen Rappaport Susan Bennett Paul & Cheryl Howard Mary Ratliff Stuart & Juli Bobman Billy & Donna Howell Maren Ray David & Carol Bossi Thomas & Michone Kastelitz David & Laurie Rinehardt Donald & Catherine Brooks Angela Katz Gerald & Sima Robbins Karen Brown Kathleen Kauffman-Goetz Ronald & Geraldine Robersob David & Carol Bucciarelli Susan Kindelan Margaret Sampson Anne Cameratta John King Carl & Linda Seaman Deborah Capuano Jean Kolling Marguerite Seferian John & Pamela Cochran Dr. Richard & Renee Lane Bernadette Sheeran Marc & Lori Collins Jane Lane Betteann Sherman John & June Comer Dennis Langer Markus & Diane Sherry Kimberly Cook Deborah Lewis Peter & Mary Kay Sidell Susan Copeland Linda Linnehan Carol Siferd Frank & Beverly Cordisco Clive & Sunny Lubner Howard Silverman Mary Corrigan & Ed Kleinow Louise Lupiski John M. Stultz Catherine Cunnane Kay MacDougall and Sons Memorial Fund Ronny Taschner Douglas Demars Edward & Rozanna Mack JM Todd, Inc. John Dommerich Trust Maureen Mallot Katharine Ullyat Duncan & Associates, P.A. Dr. Deane Manolis Unitarian Universalist Church of Pamela Elcik Linda Manone Family Foundation Fran Fenning Eliud Martinez Fort Myers Patricia Fleck Michael & Barbara Maxwell Cynthia Upton Mary Fluharty Nancy McGovern Dorothy J. Van Howe Waltrudis Gaither Marilena Midgely J.R. Van Voorhis Edward & Gisela Gardner R.P. & Michele Miller Douglas & Donna Waldorf Ronald & Violet Gardner Leslie Nichols Myra Walters Richard & Faye Gates Fonald & Joanne Nimsger Raymond & Carla Webb James & Myriam Geard Kanitha Ninacs L. Williams Charles & Janis Gisvold Judith O’Halloran John & Deborah Williams Sandra Glenton The Pantazes Family Julie Ann Winkelstern Karen Goldberg Butch & Marie Paraday Gary & Patricia Winrow Charles & Katherine Green Karen Pejakovich Judith Yurgalevicz Greeters Club of Greater Fort Myers Theresa Pote Steve & Sharon Zuckerman Senator Rouson Speaks OCTOBER 2018 About His Recovery Sen. Darryl Rouson shared his journey to recovery with teens at SalusCare’s Vince Smith Center and adults in the residential treatment program during a stirring presentation in October. Rouson is serving his first term in the Florida Senate representing District 19 after an eight-year term in the Florida House of Representatives. Rouson described in detail his downward spiral that led him to spend nine years in eight treatment programs and relapse seven times before he finally got clean in 1998. Since the legislative session ended, he had spoken to 49 treatment centers with a goal of speaking at 60 treatment centers by the end of 2018. “I’m here to give you a little hope. Somebody is waiting on you,” Rouson said.

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JUST THE FACTS 2018-2019 REVENUES EXPENDITURES We Get Letters! “All of you are a blessing! I have observed your hard work day after day and truly have felt blessed to be under your care. Your care for others, no matter what the situation, has always been professional and spot on. Every one of you should be proud of what you do here! I have been blessed to have met all of you. Thank you for helping me to take this first step in my life. You have rekindled the fire in my warrior heart. Now it’s my job to keep it alive. Once again, I thank you!” - CL “I believe this staff as a whole should be complimented because dealing with as many different personalities on a regular basis is not easy by any means. From what I see, these genuinely caring employees do not treat us as a whole or generalize us into an addict category but as people, fighting for our lives and teaching us how to look for triggers and relapse prevention and last but not least how to love ourselves again before we can worry about anything or anyone else. Since being here I’ve learned again thanks to this wonderful staff. I am worth it! Thanks from the bottom of my heart.” -JH BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marshall T. Bower, Esq. Chairman Teri Hansen Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Priority Marketing Jane Lane Vice-Chair Dr. Judith Hartner CupcaOkcetoWbaerrs2W01i8nners October 2018 Pride Attorney/Mediator Retired- Lee County Health Department Ed Kleinow Treasurer Larry Hart Retired Information Systems Manager Lee county Tax Collector Dr. Madelyn Issacs Secretary Linda Knowlton Florida Gulf Coast University Mortgage Group Services, LLC. Marc Collins Jim Reilly Marc Collins Designs Self-Employed Scot D. Goldberg, Esq. Bill Weaver Painting the Cape Coral Campus May 2019 Goldberg Noone, LLC Lee County Sheriff’s Department Stacey Cook, MSW, LCSW, CPNLP United Way Visit President & CEO April 2019