McShin Foundation
Healing Families & Saving Lives
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Mission
Founded in 2004, The McShin Foundation is a full-service Recovery Community Organization (RCO) committed to serving individuals with substance use disorders as well as their families. While providing housing and the tools for recovering individuals to create positive lifestyles, we aim to spread the word of recovery and educate families, communities, and government regarding SUDs as well as reduce the negative outlook attached to them. McShin is the only RCO in Virginia accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Peer Recovery Support Services (CAPRSS).
Notes from the nonprofit
McShin provides housing, food, peer-to-peer recovery support services, jail recovery programs, family programming, trainings, daily multiple pathways to recovery groups, and an authentic approach to helping those with addiction as a whole. McShin’s intensive residential program provides individuals with safe housing, full days of relapse prevention and recovery education, and linkage to clinical services including medical detox, addiction psychiatry, and individual therapy. Each program participant is assigned a recovery coach that guides them on their new path of recovery. Program participants have access to outings & events on the weekends. McShin’s housing allows for structure, focus, & a sense of community to be constant elements of recovery. We now have a pregnant and parenting women's recovery home.
Ruling year
2005
Chief Executive Officer
Mrs. Honesty Liller
Main address
2300 Dumbarton Road
Richmond, VA 23228 USA
EIN
20-1327278
NTEE code
Human Service Organizations (P20)
Housing Rehabilitation (L25)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The biggest problem is the negative outlook on addiction as a whole. Our community has gotten better about speaking up about addiction and recovery, but there is still so much work to be done. It is a proven fact that peer to peer recovery support services saves lives. Our data shows that we are reducing that negative outlook and helping a lot of humans. Our mission is to keep fighting and keeping the authentic peer to peer recovery services in our area.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Housing Program
The McShin Foundation offers housing by having 160 beds in sixteen VARR certified recovery residences for individuals in various stages of recovery. Those who come to McShin for housing have usually exhausted all of their resources, and we work to help them get their lives back. Housing is paramount for the first thirty days of recovery as it is during this critical period when the greatest inroads can be made into building a recovery foundation, especially for those with a history of relapse. Most individuals need a far lengthier stay to achieve the road to recovery and look to McShin to facilitate and provide the support necessary for their continued sobriety. They will have access to our staff that are all in recovery from addiction themselves, our recovery center, and our daily multiple pathways for recovery groups. We now have a pregnant and parenting women's recovery home.
Recovery Jail Program
The Virginia Recovery and Re-Entry Project (VRR) is by McShin. McShin provides the tools for recovering individuals to create positive lifestyles and lasting change.
Beginning on September 30, 2018, the VRR Project facilitated programs for 20 hours a week in Riverside Regional Jail in Petersburg VA, and 6 hours a week in Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Warren Regional Jail (RSW) in Front Royal, VA.
Since 2021, McShin is now in RSW Jail and Pamunkey Regional Jail (Hanover Co.)delivering peer-to-peer recovery support services.
Participants in the VRR Project are required to adhere to a structured schedule and curriculum while incarcerated. They follow a specific set of rules that they helped create and attend groups facilitated by other peers who are in long-term recovery. Participants are exposed to anger management, coping skills, 12-step literature, recovery-related videos, and journaling exercises.
Women and Children Recovery Home
The women have access to McShins every day Peer Recovery Support Services. The peer-based recovery support services at McShin Foundation provide comprehensive support for all four stages of recovery: 1) pre-recovery engagement; 2) recovery initiation and stabilization; 3) recovery maintenance; and 4) enhancement of quality of life in long-term recovery. With partnerships in the community there are parenting classes, access to clothes, and additional baby/children needs. This home allows for structure, focus, and a sense of community to be constant elements of recovery. Compounding issues also include difficulty securing employment, ongoing reconciliation with family, financial insecurity, and mounting court costs, all of which must be addressed while achieving and maintaining recovery in a high-stress environment. Our organization implements a social-model recovery program that implements peer-to-peer delivered Recovery Support Services.
Where we work
Accreditations
CAPRSS 2020
Awards
The Best Local Podcast (Get In The Herd) 2020
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jean C. Harris Award (Honesty Liller) 2019
Hanover Community Service Board
Heroes Amongst Us (Jesse Wysocki & Bob DeTriquet) 2018
CBS 6
Emerging Nonprofit Leadership Program (Honesty Liller) 2017
The Community Foundation
Young Nonprofit Professionals Great Boss Award (John Shinholser) 2017
YNPN
National Recovery Month 2017
SAMHSA
Kaleo Cares Award 2016
Kaleo
NACo Achievement Award 2015
NACo
National Recovery Month Award 2013
SAMHSA
National Recovery Month Award 2012
SAMHSA
Joel Hernandez Award 2011
Faces and Voices of Recovery
Alumni Association 2007
Rubicon, Inc
Remarkable Women 2020 (Honesty Liller) 2020
WRIC-8 ABC News
Visionary Leadership Award (John Shinholser) 2022
VSIAS
House Resolution No. 738 2021
VA General Assembly
Affiliations & memberships
CAPRSS 2019
Virginia Association of Recovery Residences (VARR) 2012
Association of Recovery Community Organizations 2008
Faces and Voices of Recovery 2004
Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals (VAAP) 2010
SAMHSA 2012
SAMHSA 2013
SAMHSA 2017
Richmond Times Dispatch 2020
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Videos
Our results
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
Substance abusers, Families, Economically disadvantaged people, Incarcerated people, Veterans
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of service recipients who are employed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Substance abusers, Incarcerated people, Veterans, Young adults, Older adults
Related Program
Housing Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of clients engaged in the criminal justice system in the last 12 months
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Incarcerated people, Substance abusers, Adults, LGBTQ people, Veterans
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
2023 indicates of those 587 that resided in our housing in the year 2023
Number of clients who achieve and maintain abstinence from alcohol and drugs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Housing Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Results are based off of Alumni tracking during 2020-2023. Numbers only account for those that have answered our contact efforts. Those we are unable to contact are not accounted for in these numbers.
Number of readmissions to the same/similar or higher level of care within 90 days
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Housing Program
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Individuals who exited McShin Foundation and returned within 90-days of initial exit.
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
Economically disadvantaged people, Ex-offenders, Substance abusers, Adults, Veterans
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of individuals who identified as being homeless upon intake into the McShin Foundation afforded safe and stable housing.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To continue to help those with addiction and their families. The need for recovery support services is really prevalent in our community and across the nation. McShin's impact has saved thousands thus far since opening in 2004. Our main goal is to still help people the day they ask for it. We hope to put an end to overdoses and deaths related to addiction. Also, we maintain existing structure and quality of the Recovery Community Organization. Through this existing program, we are aiming to address common barriers of Substance Use Disorders. As a community, we can do it together!
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
McShin started with 3 recovery homes, we now have 13 homes for those with addiction. The biggest strategy we have is to keep our services we provide safe, authentic, and real for those that seek our help. We implement programs all the time at McShin when we see a need in the community to fill. Such programs are jail recovery programs, family programming, job training, and regular life skills.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
McShin has a great board of directors, staff, and supporters. We provide a program like no other in our area with many services needed for those with addiction. We have 125 recovery beds that can be filled on any day or time of the week for those seeking help. McShin is operated by a 26-person staff and directed by a 14-member non-profit Board of Directors, creating a diverse but cohesive community of support. In addition, our 13 recovery residences are each managed by a house leader and assistant house leader, providing increased accountability and stability for our residential participants. These residences are all state and nationally-certified recovery residences. All staff members are in recovery, peer leaders, and are certified recovery coaches through NAADAC approved Recovery Coach Training Curriculum.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 2021, McShin’s Alumni tracking efforts made contact with 391 Alumni who exited between 2018-2021. As of January 2022, of those we contacted:
· 63% report being engaged in recovery
· 59.5% report being employed
· 61% report that they have not been arrested since leaving McShin
· 498 total participants accessed recovery housing in the fiscal year
· 395 new participants served
· 170 new intensive program participants
· 225new sober living participants
· 9,877 indigent nights funded
· 86 intensive program scholarships awarded
· 95 individuals received REVIVE! Naloxone and Overdose Training
· 179 individuals completed the 16-hour Recovery Coach & Peer Leadership Training
90% of new individuals were unemployed upon intake. 82% gained employment while living in housing.
We assisted 97 individuals in obtaining Medicaid
We assisted 139 individuals in obtaining SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)
Provided safe housing to 92 individuals who identified as being homeless upon intake
So, we are certainly making an impact in our community
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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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
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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 aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, 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 engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, 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
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, After they leave it is difficult sometimes to find them
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McShin Foundation
Board of directorsas of 06/17/2024
Mike Kelly
Alumni/Recovery/Hurricane Fence
Term: 2023 - 2025
Mike Kelly
Hurricane Fence
Dusty O'Quinn
Family Member of Alum
Virginia Hall
Recovery Community
Marshall Tucker
Recovery Community
Lisa Bennett
Family Advocate
Andrea Wright
Recovery Community/Legal
Debbie Rosenbaum
Family Recovery
Michael Beaudet
Advocate
Dr. Stephen Popovich
Doctor
David Dunston
Hatcher Church
Lesley Davis
AJCCPAS
Fay Chelmow
Impact Virginia
Board leadership practices
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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
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Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
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Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- 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.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- 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.
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