Victory Programs, Inc.
General Information
965 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 541-0222
Website
http://www.vpi.org
Organization Contact
Jonathan Scott [email protected]
Year of Incorporation
1975
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Statements & Search Criteria
Mission Statement
Victory Programs opens doors to recovery, hope and community to individuals and families facing
homelessness, addiction, or other chronic illnesses, including HIV/AIDS.
GIVING COMMON
Because of our longstanding relationship, Victory Programs was among the first few agencies asked
by the Boston Foundation to create a Giving Common profile. We have a webpage on our main site
dedicated to the Giving Common: http://www.vpi.org/victory/giving-options/the-giving-common/
Background Statement
Victory Programs began in 1975 with one 20-bed halfway house in Boston’s South End. Since then,
we have been committed to meeting the emerging needs of vulnerable families and individuals
throughout Boston. Victory Programs specializes in community-based urban programming, working
with people who are homeless, who may also have substance use issues, and may be living with
HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, or mental illness.
Since Victory Programs opened its doors, we have served more than 33,000 people. We have
grown from one program in a single facility serving 20 men into a multi-service agency with 17
programs in 33 facilities, providing residential services from acute treatment to permanent housing
in Boston, serving more than 2,300 men, women, and children each year. Our Boston Living Center
programming provides nutritional, wellness, education and prevention services to more than 1,000
people living with HIV/AIDS every year.
Victory Programs' experience and accomplishments are widely recognized in the service provider
community. Just a few of these include: The 2008 Excellence in Best Practices Award from the
Association for Behavioral Health in the field of substance use disorder, which recognized our
creative and influential care plans based on evidence-based practices: The Cornerstone Award in
2010 from the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA), in recognition of our role in
creating housing opportunities for people in need; A $100,000 “Out of the Blue” grant from The
Boston Foundation in 2010 (these awards, given to only a few organizations every year, are in
recognition of “exemplary organizations that have an impressive history of achievement and
demonstrate effective and collaborative community leadership, and the Nonprofit of the Year award
in 2013 from the Greater Boston Business Council for our work with LGBT populations.
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Impact Statement
(1) Victory Programs has always had a strong commitment to meeting community members where
they are and to the concept of prevention as treatment. In 2015, we decided to elevate our work in
this area and launched Victory Prevention, a new Division which includes our Boston Living Center
(BLC) and our new Mobile Prevention Team. The BLC will continue to provide the community and
health services its members expect. Additionally, with more people with HIV/AIDS living longer lives,
the Center will continue adding services to support members with educational opportunities,
workforce skill development and more. The Mobile Prevention Team includes three new projects:
Positive Prevention, which focuses on education and services for members of the HIV/AIDS
community; Primary Prevention, which focuses on education and sexual health services for
community members about HIV, STIs, Hepatitis C and other sexual health risks; and Drug User
Health, which focuses on overdose education, harm reduction and naloxone distribution. Victory
Prevention provides programs internally and externally through psychoeducational groups and peer
navigation.Our past year was an exciting one for Victory Programs. Our top accomplishments
included:
2) One of Victory Programs signature programs, Joelyn’s Family Home, was closed suddenly and
permanently in late 2014 due to the bridge to Boston Harbor’s Long Island being deemed unsafe by
the City of Boston. Victory Programs’ leadership and staff responded to this tragedy by (1) Raising
more than 2 million dollars from private sources; (2) Successfully identifying and securing a new
facility in Roxbury. This element included advocating with many different parties of the need to gain
financial support for its purchase, which led to a grant from an anonymous donor for the entire
purchase price.
Because the Roxbury facility will only serve 24 women at a time when it opens at the end of 2016,
we renovated an additional facility in Dorchester that opened in February of 2106 and will ultimately
serve 14 women at a time. These new facilities, in addition to the expansion of our Shepherd House
Recovery Home by 7 beds, will recapture 96% of the beds lost when Joelyn's closed.
Needs Statement
Victory Programs provides recovery, health, and housing services through thirty-three buildings in
Boston, Cambridge, and now Topsfield, fourteen of which we own. Maintaining these units in the
manner that those in our care both need and deserve is a great cost to our organization. The annual
facilities budget is approximately 1.5 million dollars.
(2) The Boston Living Center, which merged with Victory Programs in March of 2012, is now part of
a stable, 40-year old, successful organization. But gifts and grants are still critically needed to fully
fund the multitude of services the BLC provides its members. In FY2017, more than $800,000 must
be raised to fully fund the BLC's existing nutritional, prevention, peer leadership, medical case
management, wellness, and social services, as well as a new Education and Prevocational Training
element.
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CEO/Executive Director Statement
“The ache for home lives in all of us… the safe place where we can go as we are and not be
questioned.” Maya Angelou
It began with a red door. It began 40 years ago with a simple entrance to a safe place where
anyone could go and not be questioned. “Go to the place with the place with the red door,”people
said.“They take everyone.”
It’s not easy to describe our 40-year history of struggles and triumphs, of setbacks and miracles, of
growing pains into maturity and leadership. It’s not easy to explain our long journey that began in
1975 with the simple “ache for home” and grew into today’s many programs of Victory.
Some call us the agency with a history of firsts: the first to break ground and take risks in new areas
of health and housing; the first to create innovative models of care; the first to open our doors to
addiction and mental illness; the first to admit those in residential treatment on medication
management; the first to provide housing for those living with HIV/ AIDS and addiction; and the first
to welcome those who are gay, or trans-identified..
Since the beginning, we have been committed to helping anyone in need. From the start, we’ve
responded to the emerging HIV epidemic and crystal meth addiction; Hepatitis C and TB scares; to
those dual diagnosed and to those with head injuries. We’ve always been ready to transform our
agency any time it’s in the best interests of our clients.
Some call us the “umbrella agency,” the organization that built a sustainable model where
organizations struggling because of the economy or budget cuts can join together bringing new
perspectives, wisdom, resources and expertise to discover newfound stability. The most recent
merger with the Boston Living Center was a prime example of this. Both the BLC and Victory
Programs were strong leaders in the HIV/AIDS community and had been working to combat the
disease since the earliest days of the epidemic. The merger was not done for the sake of
organizational growth, but to sustain a vital service to meet the growing numbers of people with
HIV/AIDS in our communities.
And some describe us as the agency that saved their life, or the life of their mother, brother, spouse
or child. Some call us as the agency that welcomed—not judged—them as they opened the red
door for the first time.
So, what is Victory Programs? Victory Programs is the “ache for home” in all of us. Victory
Programs is the safe place where you can always go, and not be questioned. With each decade, we
learn and grow and, as a result, provide even better services to our clients.
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Board Chair Statement
Note: This statement is from Victory Programs' previous board chair, who rotated off the board in
June of 2013 and rejoined in 2015.
I am a loving daughter, mother,wife, and sister. Like so many others, I never thought I could be
homeless… I was wrong. Most people can’t imagine that alcohol can steal your life, but that’s what
happened to me. I was gripped by a disease that all but destroyed me. I lost everything: my job, my
home, my possessions, and my family. Even my love for my family couldn’t stop me from drinking. I
would try to quit every day, and every day I hated myself more because I couldn’t stop.
Fate got me into a homeless shelter, then a detox program. From there, I found Victory Programs. I
was so devastated I could barely speak to anyone. I spent nine months at Shepherd House, a
residential substance use disorder program where recovering people can transition back to the real
world. Because my counselors believed in me, I began to believe in myself too. I found my dignity,
and started to communicate and assert myself again.
As time went by, I grew stronger. I got a job and went back to college. I graduated from both an
Undergraduate and a Master's Program. I reconnected with my family and eventually remarried.
Victory Programs helped me regain control of my life, and filled me with the need to give back and
help others. With the support of Victory Programs, I have achieved my educational and professional
goals, and work with some of the most vulnerable, at risk clients in the City of Boston. I am forever
grateful to Victory for giving me the tools and confidence to pursue my dreams and maintain
physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.
I am one of the thousands of success stories made possible by Victory Programs. I am proud to
say that for the last thirteen years, I have been a member of the Victory Programs’ Board of
Directors, and was elected as the Chair of this incredible organization in 2010. The remarkable
growth and diversity of this organization, and its ability to continue to meet the emerging needs of
our communities, is a testament to its leadership by Jonathan Scott, an incredibly talented Executive
Team, and hundreds of committed direct care, managerial, and administrative staff.
Service Categories
Substance Abuse Dependency, Prevention & Treatment
Homeless Services/Centers
Housing Search Assistance
Geographic Areas Served
Victory Programs strives to meet the needs of disadvantaged homeless families and individuals in
underserved communities throughout Boston. The majority of our programs are located in or serve
urban Boston communities of Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. We also have a
permanent housing program for women with HIV/AIDS in Cambridge, and another permanent
housing program for men and women with HIV/AIDS in Topsfield. We also have housing programs
in Boston's Fenway area and the South End. The Boston Living Center, added in 2012, serves men
and women with HIV/AIDS, primarily from Greater Boston communities. As of October of 2013 we
have also added a permanent housing program in Topsfield, Mass. for men and women with
HIV/AIDS, and in 2014 and 2015 added two facilities comprising our Chamblet Family Home
Program family shelter.
Please review online profile for full list of selected areas served.
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Programs
Victory Housing
Description
Victory Housing addresses the needs of homeless families and
individuals, most of whom are living with significant medical
conditions while continuing their lives in recovery. Victory Housing
aims to 1) provide housing with supportive services 2) educate
clients on choices that will maximize their families’ health and wellbeing, and 3) promote self-sufficiency. At each of our Housing
programs, staff assists clients in creating care plans tailored to
their specific goals, and then build on their strengths, rather than
focus on their shortfalls. We operate two family emergency
shelters, one family transitional housing program, five permanent
housing programs, and one stabilization service to keep residents
stabilized in their housing situations. These programs serve some
of our communities’ most-challenged populations.
Budget
$4,143,768.00
Category
Housing, General/Other Barrier-Free Housing
Population Served
Homeless, Families, At-Risk Populations
Program Short Term Success
Acceptable rate set by the Department of Public Health (funding
entity) is that 79% of clients will remain stable in their housing
situation at our Victory Housing on Warren Street program.
Program Long term Success
Victory Housing's long-term success is measured by the number
of families and individuals that stabilize in their new homes.
Program Success Monitored By
Victory Programs has strong proccesses in place to assess,
analyze and improve services based upon data and outcome
measurements. These practices ensure efficacy at the individual
client level as well as at the program and organization-wide
level. To facilitate this, Victory Programs developed an outcomes
“report card.” The report card is an analysis of data at points of
admission and discharge. Data includes clients obtaining health
insurance and health care, maintaining and obtaining primary care
providers, placement outcomes and housing stabilization. In
analyzing data for these fields, staff is able to monitor overall client
success in recovery and moving towards (or maintaining) selfsufficiency along with support systems. Outcomes are analyzed
monthly by the Executive Team and the Board of Directors.
Program Directors and other appropriate agency staff also review
this information on a regular basis. All outcome data is compiled
across the organization via Victory Programs’ relational database.
Examples of Program Success
Just one success is of our Victory Housing on Warren Street
Program, which averages 93% retention rate of residents yearly.
This is remarkable given the great level of challenges (substance
abuse, HIV/AIDS, CORI issues) of the population served by this
program.
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Victory Health
Description
Victory Health addresses the most pressing needs of men and
women coping with substance use and or other serious illnesses,
such as HIV/AIDS. Victory Health aims to 1) prevent/manage
relapse 2) educate clients on choices that will maximize their
health and well-being, and 3) promote self-sufficiency. At each of
Victory Health’s programs, staff assists clients in creating care
plans tailored to their specific goals, and then build on their
strengths, rather than focus on their shortfalls.
Victory Programs’ seven health programs provide vital
stabilization and supportive services to improve the health and
wellbeing and/or prepare clients living with substance use disorder
and other chronic illnesses for transitional and permanent
housing. Clients in our housing who are experiencing crises can
also access substance abuse treatment services without
jeopardizing their tenancy. Substance abuse treatment services
range from short term acute treatment service in Dorchester, to a
specialized program in Jamaica Plain for individuals with chronic
relapse histories. One of our newest programs is a nutritional,
prevention education, and wellness center for adults with
HIV/AIDS in Boston.
Budget
$5,750,201.00
Category
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Programs, General/other
Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
Population Served
At-Risk Populations, Homeless, Minorities
Program Short Term Success
Victory Health's short-term success can be documented by the
number of clients who ready themselves for change as a result in
participating in our program.
Program Long term Success
Victory Health's long-term success is determined by the number of
families and individuals we integrate into their communities
through the rebuilding of family systems and the achievement of
client-driven goals. We help clients stabilize their lives and
achieve self-sufficiency by accessing housing, holistic healthcare,
employment, and community affiliations. Many of our clients are in
recovery from addiction while struggling with a medical or
psychiatric issue. Many living with HIV/AIDS, are
seeking nutritional meals and other supportive services from the
Boston Living Center, our newest service.
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Program Success Monitored By
Victory Programs uses the Stages of Change Readiness and
Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES), which is an instrument
designed to assess readiness for change, to monitor its success in
helping clients prepare for their new lives in recovery. Victory
Programs chose SOCRATES as its new assessment tool in 2009,
after completing a comprehensive evaluation of which tool would
serve our clients best. We will know we are successful when the
SOCRATES reveals an increase in clients’ readiness to make the
changes that will improve their lives.
Examples of Program Success
In FY14, 65% of the clients of our substance abuse treatment plan
showed readiness for change according to their SOCRATES
scores.
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ReVision Urban Farm
Description
ReVision Urban Farm began as a small garden in 1990 alongside
the shelter for homeless mothers that is now Victory Programs’
ReVision Family Home. With the purchase of three abandoned
lots across the street, a plot of land was reclaimed in the heart of
the city to become ReVision Urban Farm.
The farm was established in response to the lack of affordable,
accessible, and fresh produce available for the clients of ReVision
Family Home for single, homeless mothers and their children,
which is located across the street. Thanks to a City of Boston
partnership, the farm grew from a small garden for the clients of
one transitional housing program to a half-acre of farmland
providing nutritional and educational services for these clients as
well as for thousands of low-income residents of the surrounding
Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods. The farm also serves as
an invaluable educational resource for hundreds of urban youth
every year through our volunteer and internship programs.
Budget
$262,741.00
Category
Food, Agriculture & Nutrition, General/Other Food Distribution
Population Served
Poor,Economically Disadvantaged,Indigent, Families, Children
and Youth (0 - 19 years)
Program Short Term Success
Short term success outcomes include:
-Increase the number of low-moderate income individuals and
families benefitting from our produce
-Increase the total sales of our farm stand
-Increase the donations of our produce to food pantries and
other social service programs
-Increase the number of low-cost shares of our Community
Supported Agriculture Program that are sold to low-income
community members
-Satisfaction of youth with our volunteer program
Program Long term Success
Long-term success is reducing the food insecurity faced by lowincome individuals and families in Dorchester and Mattapan
communities.
The success of our farm compelling the replication of additional
urban agriculture projects across urban Boston communities
would also be a long-term success of our farm.
Program Success Monitored By
Farm stand sales, number of families benefitting, low-cost CSA
shares sold tracking, and pounds of food distributed are all
tracked by the Urban Farm Manager. The Manager also
distributes, collects, and tabulates the volunteer satisfaction
survey
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Examples of Program Success
(1) 110 family members of ReVision Family Home and our new
Chamblet Family Home shelter benefitted from the farm’s produce
and educational programs
(2) Three mothers were part of this program in FY15, doing
everything from planting and harvesting activities at the three
fields to selling at the farm stands or farmers’ market stand, to
organizing the CSA shares. As noted in last year’s report, the one
difference this year is that these women all received stipends for
their work efforts on the farm.
(3) A total of 439 youth volunteered at the farm this year. These
volunteers provided 1740 hours of time to the farm this year,
which equates to a total value of $22,620 in services. Volunteer
satisfaction remained remarkably high again this year.
(4) Nearly 2,500 individuals and family members from Dorchester,
Mattapan, and Roxbury communities benefitted from low-cost,
organically grown, readily-available fruits and vegetables during
the 2014 season.
(5) Approximately 1,300 pounds of fruits and vegetables were
donated to ReVision Family Home, Lovin Spoonfuls, and other
community programs
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Boston Living Center
Description
Since 1989, the Boston Living Center (BLC) has fosterered the
wellness of all HIV positive people and respond to the changing
needs of the HIV/AIDS community. The BLC has done this by
developing an amazing array of services for its membership,
including free and nutritious meals, prevention and education
programs to promote safe sex and disclosure to loved ones,
medication adherence, etc., peer leaders (i.e., highly trained
peers) integrated throughout the services and supports, holistic
and wellness services such as Reiki, Tong Ren, and massage,
and many many socialization opportunities, including walking,
book, and movie groups. In March of 2012, the BLC became a
part of Victory Programs, ensuring their vital services continue to
be available for adults with HIV/AIDS. In FY17, these services will
be provided for approximately 1,050 members (individuals with
HIV/AIDS), primarily from Greater Boston comnmunities.
Budget
$1,956,562.00
Category
Diseases, Disorders & Medical Disciplines, General/Other
HIV/AIDS
Population Served
Lesbian, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered, Homeless, Alcohol,
Drug, Substance Abusers
Program Short Term Success
For BLC members who engage with Peer Leaders and in multiple
services (meals and prevention), 50-60% will begin practicing safe
sex, 50% will disclose to partners, family, and/or friends, and 90%
will adhere to their medications more regularly.
Program Long term Success
75-80% of BLC Members who engage with multiple services of
the organization will improve their health and overall wellbeing.
Program Success Monitored By
Victory Programs collects baseline data from new members during
their initial intake, including age, gender, ethnicity, primary
language, housing status, income and employment. At the BLC,
service utilization data is collected at the end of each day's
program and entered into an electronic database. This data is
analyzed monthly to ensure program adherence to target
populations and service provisioning goals. Outcome measures
such as CD-4 and viral load, knowledge about HIV/AIDS, ability to
access medical care/other support services, level of social
support, and coping skills are self-reported by members. This
information is completed at each intake and updated biannually.
Additionally, participation in the meals program, meals takeout,
and other Prevention & Education Programs is tracked closely.
VPI submits quarterly reports for federal Ryan White funding and
outcome data semi-annually to the Boston Public Health
Commission.
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Examples of Program Success
Theresa Nowlin was diagnosed with HIV in 1986 and found the
refuge in the BLC, which she said welcomed her. "I didn’t know
how I was going to live another day. If it weren’t for the Boston
Living Center I would not be standing here today. ...They loved me
even though I couldn’t love me.”
Juan (not real name) expressed his support of the BLC's LIFE
Program.
"I must say that this is such a helpful experience that has helped
me tune in to many ways that it will be useful in every aspect of
my life. Sometimes we need to discover that there ARE things in
our lives that need to be addressed and we need to actually take
charge, cause after all... IT'S OUR OWN LIVES we are living.
Today I can say I feel renewed. This has helped me take charge
of my health, knowing more what I'm dealing with, being assertive
with my doctors and even being able to follow a health plan. Yes
I've taken this seriously cause for me.. the LIFE Program is
actually a GIFT OF LIFE, that I've given to myself."
Victory Prevention
Description
Victory Programs has always had a strong commitment to meeting
community members where they are and to the concept of
prevention as treatment. In 2015, we decided to elevate our work
in this area and launched Victory Prevention, a new Division which
includes our Boston Living Center (BLC) and our new Mobile
Prevention Team. The BLC will continue to provide the community
and health services its members expect. Additionally, with more
people with HIV/AIDS living longer lives, the Center will continue
adding services to support members with educational
opportunities, workforce skill development and more. The Mobile
Prevention Team includes three new projects: Positive Prevention,
which focuses on education and services for members of the
HIV/AIDS community; Primary Prevention, which focuses on
education and sexual health services for community members
about HIV, STIs, Hepatitis C and other sexual health risks; and
Drug User Health, which focuses on overdose education, harm
reduction and naloxone distribution. Victory Prevention provides
programs internally and externally through psychoeducational
groups and peer navigation.
Budget
$2,824,428.00
Category
Human Services, General/Other Human Services, General/Other
Population Served
People/Families of People with HIV/AIDS, Alcohol, Drug,
Substance Abusers,
Program Short Term Success
x
Program Long term Success
x
Program Success Monitored By
x
Examples of Program Success
x
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Program Comments
CEO Comments
To open a group home can take years. It’s a complex odyssey - a special marathon - requiring a
labyrinth of detailed planning, long term commitments, conviction, patience and stamina. It involves
many individuals and scores of organizations; community organizing; neighborhood hearings;
massive fundraising; some begging, definitely borrowing, and always the endless convincing of
skeptics and naysayers as to why it is the most essential priority.
To finally succeed in opening a group home provides the deepest satisfaction. A pinnacle. Reaching
the mountaintop. The willpower to open a group home, and the individuals courageous enough to
see the process through, have a special drive emanating deep to the core. The power of hope.
For nearly four decades, Victory Programs has opened doors of recovery and hope to dozens of
group homes; specialized housing; transitional care; treatment programs; community centers;
shelters and unique fundamental community services. We have opened homes for addicts and
alcoholics; homes for those with HIV/AIDS; homes for homeless mothers and their children; homes
for the most marginalized, neglected, isolated and ignored.
A group home can take years to build, and it can take one hour to end or destroy. To suddenly lose
a group home is devastating to the foundation of a non-profit. It’s an arrow to the heart.
In 2014, against all odds, we opened two new state-of-the-art group transitional homes on Chamblet
Street in Dorchester for 14 homeless families – mostly mothers and children living in motels, cars or
on the street – families desperate only for the simple dream: a stable and permanent place to live –
a home of their own.
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Also in 2014, on October 8 to be exact, with the sudden closing of Boston’s harbor Long Island
Bridge by the City of Boston, and the immediate evacuation of all treatment programs sited there,
Victory Programs lost all access – in a single hour – to a vital service for 47 homeless women.
Joelyn’s Family Home, Massachusetts’ largest group home for women in addiction treatment, a
program that took years of planning, millions of dollars, and the support and help from a multitude of
supporters and allies to build, now stands empty.
They say when one door closes, another opens. We know from decades of experience how easy it
is to close one door, and we how hard it is to open another. Victory Programs has the experience,
strength and willpower to do what it takes to open a group home, or rebuild one that is lost. Most of
all, at Victory Programs’ foundation and core is the special drive called “plain, stubborn hope.”
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Management
CEO/Executive Director
Executive Director
Mr. Jonathan D. Scott
Term Start
July 1975
Email
[email protected]
Experience
In 1975, Jonathan Scott, an 18-year-old Boston College student, began volunteering at a little
known Boston agency - Victory House. In those years, the agency served primarily as a residential
alcohol treatment center for Vietnam veterans and those with histories of mental illness. What
began as a one semester college internship for Jonathan evolved into a full time vocation where
Jonathan has remained ever since. Jonathan has worked with his board and staff to strategically
build this once small and fledging recovery home into New England's largest residential addiction
treatment agency. Jonathan has shepherded the organization through numerous mergers,
development of innovative programs, and been on the forefront in defining residential treatment for
those living with both AIDS and addiction. In addition to directing Victory Programs, Jonathan
served as Chairman of the Board of the statewide Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Corporations of Massachusetts; as well as being the former Chairman of MassEquality, Inc, the
Ryan White Planning Council and The Massachusetts Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.
Jonathan currently serves on the Public Health Advisory Council for the City of Boston, and has
been appointed as a member of the Mayor of Boston's Special Housing Task Force. He has won
numerous prestigious awards for his service to the community, including the Greater Boston
Business Council agency award for ending discrimination in the workplace; the Massachusetts
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Association Francis O'Brien Award for leadership; Congressman Gerry
Studds Leader of the Year Award; and the Massachusetts Community Recognition Award for
Leadership in AIDS Services.
Senior Staff
Mr. Chris Lawrence
Title
Director of Finance
Experience/Biography
Ms. Cecile Durham
Title
Director of Human Resources
Experience/Biography
Mr. Marc Davino
Title
Senior Director of Development and Communications
Experience/Biography
Ms. Sarah Porter
Title
Vice President and COO
Experience/Biography
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Staff Information
Full Time Staff
111
Part Time Staff
88
Volunteers
857
Contractors
0
Retention Rate
78%
Staff Demographics - Ethnicity
African American/Black
120
Asian American/Pacific Islander
3
Caucasian
52
Hispanic/Latino
17
Native American/American Indian
0
Other
07
Staff Demographics - Gender
Male
63
Female
138
Unspecified
0
Formal Evaluations
CEO Formal Evaluation
Yes
CEO/Executive Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
Senior Management Formal Evaluation
Yes
Senior Management Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
NonManagement Formal Evaluation
Yes
Non Management Formal Evaluation Frequency
Annually
Plans & Policies
Organization has a Fundraising Plan?
Yes
Organization has a Strategic Plan?
Yes
Years Strategic Plan Considers
5
Date Strategic Plan Adopted
2007
Does your organization have a Business Continuity No
of Operations Plan?
15
Management Succession Plan?
No
Organization Policy and Procedures
Yes
Nondiscrimination Policy
Yes
Whistleblower Policy
Yes
Document Destruction Policy
Yes
Directors and Officers Insurance Policy
Yes
Is your organization licensed by the Government?
Yes
Permit?
Yes
Collaborations
Victory Program has more than 128 partnerships with health, psychiatric, social, employment, and
educational organizations, which enables us to fulfill our commitment to meet all of the needs of the
individuals and families under our care, not just those needs that fall under our expertise (e.g.,
recovery, housing, HIV/AIDS services, etc.). Project Place for vocational services for low-income
populations, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless for primary care, the Boston Housing Authority for
Section 8 Vouchers and affordable housing options, and BayCove Human Services for
detoxification services are just four examples of the additional services with which we link our clients
through our affiliations.
Awards
Awards
Award/Recognition
Organization
Year
Best Practices in the Field of
Substance Use Disorder
Association for Behavioral
Healthcare
2008
MHSA Cornerstone Award,
Massachusetts Housing and
Shelter Alliance (MHSA)
2010
Out of the Blue Award
The Boston Foundation
2010
Excellence in Finance and
Administration Award, VP and
COO Jim Pettinelli
Association for Behavioral
Healthcare
2012
Nonprofit of the Year
Greater Boston Business Council
2013
External Assessments and Accreditations
Assessment/Accreditation
Year
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education - Accreditation
0
Affiliations
Affiliation
Year
United Way Member Agency
1988
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member
2005
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Comments
CEO Comments
Victory Programs’ Joelyn’s Family Home program, which served more than 200 women in recovery
from substance abuse every year, was closed suddenly and permanently in October of 2014 when
City of Boston leadership determined the bridge to the island unsafe, and evacuated the island.
After many months of efforts to identify sites to recapture those beds lost, a facility in Roxbury was
identified in May, and months of negotiations with both the owner and the City of Boston ensued.
Because of the difficulty of finding a facility within Boston’s communities of substantial size to
accommodate 47 women at a time, leadership also made the decision to renovate and open an
additional site in Dorchester.
Brookledge Street Facility
The tireless efforts of leadership helped identify a site on Brookledge Street in Roxbury. The total
cost for purchasing the Brookledge Street facility was $850,000. An anonymous foundation provided
a grant to cover the entire purchase price of the facility and land, and the closing took place at the
end of July of 2015.
The costs of these renovations and outfitting, including sprinkler system installation, heating and air
conditioning installation, kitchen and bathroom installation and renovations, utility installation,
exterior repair and renovations, and furniture, fixtures and equipment are $955,928. These
renovations began in July, and we anticipate this site will open in December of 2016.
Virginia Street Facility
To account for additional recovery beds, an empty facility that Victory Programs owns next to our
New Victories Program in Dorchester--a recovery program for men, was converted into a new
recovery facility specifically for women. This 3,300 square foot facility, which is part of our New
Victories Program, was opened in February of this year. It will ultimately serve up to 14 women at a
time.
In addition to the $850,000 anonymous foundation grant to purchase the facility, more than 1.1
million dollars in grants have been raised to offset the renovation and development costs. State and
city contributions added to these private funds fully supported the costly budget of opening these
two programs.
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Board & Governance
Board Chair
Board Chair
Ms Pamela Feingold
Company Affiliation
Eastern Bank
Term
July 2015 to June 2017
Email
[email protected]
Board CoChair
Term
July 0 to June 0
Board Members
Name
Affiliation
Status
Ms. Sara Andrews
Partners Healthcare
Voting
Mr. Dennis Balog
Advocate
Voting
Mr. Tony Bertoldi
City Real Estate Advisors
Voting
Ms. Erika Birke
Fidelity
Voting
Ms. Elizabeth Dugan MSW
Boston Medical Center
Voting
Mr. Robert J. Fernandez
Bond Investor
Voting
Mr. Andie Finard
Community Volunteer
Voting
Mr. Scott Galinsky
Assist You
Voting
Mr. Alan Gentle
Roxbury Resource Center
Voting
Dr. Grace Harrell M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Voting
Ms. Andrea Laing
Division of Capital Management
Voting
Mr. Tom LaSalvia
Raff, PC
Voting
Mr. Brian Link
State Street Bank and Trust
Company
Voting
Ms. Sharon E. Lowe
Photos by Sharon
Voting
Ms. Druscilla Pratt-Otto
Yozell Associates
Voting
Mr. Noel Richardson
MBTA
Voting
Mr. Craig Robbins
Macy's
Voting
Ms. Shirley Royster
Advocate
Voting
Mr. Dan Schutt
Fidelity Investments
Voting
Mr. Jonathan D. Scott
Victory Programs
NonVoting
Ms. Susan Tannehill
Harvard School of Public Health
Voting
Ms. Rhonda Waters
The Mutare Group
Voting
Mr. David Whitman
Coldwell Banker
Voting
Board Demographics - Ethnicity
African American/Black
4
Asian American/Pacific Islander
0
18
Caucasian
16
Hispanic/Latino
1
Native American/American Indian
0
Other
0
Board Demographics - Gender
Male
10
Female
12
Unspecified
0
Board Information
Board Term Lengths
3
Board Term Limits
2
Number of Full Board Meetings Annually
6
Board Meeting Attendance %
92%
Written Board Selection Criteria?
Yes
Written Conflict of Interest Policy?
Yes
Percentage Making Monetary Contributions
94%
Percentage Making In-Kind Contributions
55%
Constituency Includes Client Representation
Yes
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Financials
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Start
July 01, 2016
Fiscal Year End
June 30, 2017
Projected Revenue
$13,547,986.00
Projected Expenses
$13,198,067.00
Endowment?
No
Spending Policy
N/A
Credit Line?
Yes
Reserve Fund?
Yes
Months Reserve Fund Covers
60
Detailed Financials
Revenue and Expenses
Fiscal Year
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
Revenue Sources
Fiscal Year
Foundation and Corporation
Contributions
Government Contributions
Federal
State
Local
Unspecified
Individual Contributions
Indirect Public Support
Earned Revenue
Investment Income, Net of Losses
Membership Dues
Special Events
Revenue In-Kind
Other
2015
$11,852,362
$11,609,355
2014
$12,301,378
$11,621,075
2013
$10,862,426
$11,220,628
2015
$896,807
2014
$803,271
2013
$606,784
$8,660,065
---$8,660,065
$1,381,990
$72,000
$636,973
$1,335
-$138,037
-$65,155
$7,997,351
---$7,997,351
$1,060,792
$67,616
$2,073,143
$1,944
-$118,521
-$178,740
$7,660,478
---$7,660,478
$999,809
$67,615
$1,329,639
$1,803
-$87,720
-$108,578
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Expense Allocation
Fiscal Year
Program Expense
Administration Expense
Fundraising Expense
Payments to Affiliates
Total Revenue/Total Expenses
Program Expense/Total Expenses
Fundraising Expense/Contributed
Revenue
Assets and Liabilities
Fiscal Year
Total Assets
Current Assets
Long-Term Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Total Net Assets
Short Term Solvency
Fiscal Year
Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current
Liabilities
Long Term Solvency
Fiscal Year
Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets
Top Funding Sources
Fiscal Year
Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount
Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar
Amount
Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar
Amount
2015
$9,336,542
$1,797,320
$475,493
-1.02
80%
4%
2014
$9,374,238
$1,755,202
$491,635
-1.06
81%
5%
2013
$9,055,988
$1,667,233
$497,407
-0.97
81%
5%
2015
$7,808,553
$2,750,878
$4,811,220
$1,019,128
$1,978,205
2014
$9,454,502
$2,078,654
$4,854,094
$828,329
$3,772,079
2013
$8,763,457
$2,002,181
$3,603,236
$683,353
$4,476,868
2015
2.70
2014
2.51
2013
2.93
2015
62%
2014
51%
2013
41%
2015
---
2014
---
2013
---
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--
--
Capital Campaign
Currently in a Capital Campaign?
No
Campaign Purpose
N/A
Capital Campaign Anticipated in Next 5 Years?
Yes
Comments
CEO Comments
This year–because of the extraordinary outpouring of generosity and support from individuals,
foundations, corporations, public funders and supporters like you – we are on the way to achieving
what many deemed impossible: opening two essential new women’s residential recovery homes.
These exciting state-of-the-art programs will replace our 47-bed facility lost in 2014 on Boston
Harbor’s Long Island when the City of Boston, without warning, closed the island’s only access
bridge leaving our clients and staff scrambling to permanently evacuate.
To rebuild again and reestablish these life-saving recovery services after a staggering financial and
clinical blow is a monumental victory. It has taken monumental grassroots organizing, willpower,
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determination and tenacity on everyone’s part. This groundswell of inspiring community support
helped us find a way to start again, to rebuild from scratch against all odds.
We took heart from the rallying cry from supporters: "If anyone can rebuild from such a significant
blow, Victory Programs can do it."
On February 22, 2016, Victory Programs opened the first of two critical new residential treatment
programs for women: "New Victories for Women" – a 14-bed treatment facility in the Uphams
Corner neighborhood of Dorchester. By the close of 2016, we will open the second site in Roxbury –
the "New Joelyn’s Home" – a custom 24-bed facility in the heart of Boston for women seeking
addiction treatment and recovery.
It is important to celebrate this hard won victory for our agency and for women’s recovery services.
It is also essential to focus on the urgent need for more evidence-based residential addiction
treatment services and low-threshold permanent housing for individuals and homeless families.
The distinguishing feature of Victory Programs’ history has always been our willingness to take a
leading role in addressing the most pressing public health issues of our time – often long before
those issues were widely recognized or even funded. Victory Programs’ core competence continues
to be confronting the emerging health issues facing our communities and most vulnerable members,
always as advocates for those most ignored, neglected, marginalized or denied treatment or
housing.
Foundation Staff Comments
Financial summary data in the charts and graphs above are per the organization's IRS Form 990s.
Contributions from foundations and corporations are listed under individuals as the breakout was
not available.
Created 06.17.2017.
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