Suburban Access, Inc. Annual Report 2009
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About the People We Support
- 577 individuals were served in the Community Service Coordination/ Pre-Admission Screening programs.
- 2447 individuals were served in the Individual Service and Support Advocacy Programs
- 45 Bogard Class Members received services
- 1151 children were served in the Child and Family Connection program.
- 25 individuals were served in our Oak Park 708 Board.
Total number of persons served: 4245.
About Our Agency
Suburban Access operates four programs out of three primary locations: Homewood, Hillside and Springfield. Our geographic area includes the townships of Berwyn, Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Cicero, Lemont, Leyden, Lyons, Oak Park, Orland, Palos, Proviso, Rich, River Forest, Riverside, Stickney, Thornton and Worth.
This is a service area of over 1.5 million people.
Accreditation/Affiliations
Suburban Access is a not-for-profit 501 (c) 3 agency, accredited by CARF since 1997. SAI has affiliations and memberships with the Arc of Illinois, Homewood Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce and Hillside Chamber of Commerce.
About Our Staff
Suburban Access employs one hundred and one (101) staff. Ninety-three (93) of the total number of staff are employed as Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals and/or Service Coordination Professionals.
The senior leadership staff have been with the agency an average of 12 years.
Staff are involved in a variety of training and continuing education efforts. Many are working on completing advanced degrees.
Additional subject matter experts are employed as necessary on a contractual basis.
Of the total number of staff, 51 work out of the Homewood office, 46 work out of the Hillside office, and 4 work out of the Springfield office.
Program Evaluation Outcome Measures
Suburban Access has implemented a Semi-Annual Program Evaluation of Identified Outcome Measures to assess our effectiveness, efficiency, progress of individuals served, and consumer satisfaction. Based on the data from these outcome measures, it is evident that we have made improvement within each of these areas.
Currently 90% of Bogard Classmembers and 56% of Community Service Coordination individuals are linked to requested services.
Referrals have increased by 23% in the Child and Family Connections program due to increased outreach and public awareness this fiscal year.
Those reporting Satisfaction with Services include 95% of Bogard Classmembers, 99% of Community Service Coordination, 99% of ISSA individuals and 96% of those served through Child and Family Connections.
Early Intervention Monitoring
This fiscal year, Suburban Access, Inc., provided monitoring to Early Intervention (EI) providers and to Child and Family Connection (CFC) programs statewide. A total of 1,817 EI providers and CFC programs were reviewed.
Board of Directors
Tom Schell
President
Judy Grant
Vice President
Nicole Todd
Secretary
Ken Weddington
Treasurer
Tony Novak
Linda Abbott
Alice Doughney
Eugenia Cutler
Executive Director