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RECOVERY INNOVATIONS OF ARIZONA INC

PHOENIX, AZ · EIN 860671446 · Form 990 · FY2021 · NTEE F20B · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention · Micro (<$100K) · www.riinternational.com
revenue
$78K
expenses
$122K
net assets
$3.1M
employees
0
volunteers
13
program ratio
100%
mission · from form 990

RECOVERY INNOVATIONS OF ARIZONA AND ITS PARENT COMPANY, (CONT'D ON SCHEDULE O) RECOVERY INNOVATIONS, INC., HAS REBRANDED AND IS NOW DOING BUSINESS AS RI INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATIONS'S PRIMARY BUSINESS UNITS, CRISIS, HEALTH, RECOVERY AND CONSULTING, ARE NOW PROVIDED BY THE PARENT COMPANY WHILE RECOVERY INNOVATIONS OF ARIZONA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PROPERTY FOR PERMANENT HOUSING SUPPORT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Behavioral health organization providing crisis intervention, outpatient, and housing services grounded in peer support and recovery-oriented care. Operates programs across multiple U.S. states and contributes to national initiatives improving mental health crisis systems. Focuses on innovation, lived experience, and system transformation to reduce reliance on emergency departments and jails for people in crisis.

named programs · 9 · from sources

what they call their work

#CrisisTalk
Weekly publication featuring interviews with researchers, practitioners, and people with lived experience to advance innovation and policy in behavioral health crisis care.
Crisis Now
Initiative providing a roadmap for communities to develop a continuum of crisis care services that divert people from emergency departments and jails, aligned with national partners including NASMHPD and the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Five Lanes Technical Assistance Center
Provides hands-on support in system design, technology, funding, workforce, and operations to help communities build effective crisis systems.
Hope Inc. Stories
Platform featuring videos, writings, and artwork from individuals with lived experience in mental health recovery, promoting hope and connection through storytelling.
Housing Programs
Transitional and permanent housing with wraparound services such as case management, wellness checks, and eviction prevention.
Outpatient Programs
Services including peer support, counseling, vocational training, and socialization for individuals recovering from mental illness or addiction.
Peer-operated “Living Room”
Program pairing individuals in crisis with Peer Support Specialists in recovery to co-develop personalized recovery plans.
Recovery Innovations Child and Youth Crisis Care Center of Excellence
Initiative focused on improving access to immediate mental health and substance use care for children and youth to prevent psychiatric boarding in emergency departments.
Recovery Response Centers
Crisis stabilization programs offering peer-powered, trauma-informed care in home-like environments to avoid seclusion and restraint.
activities · 8 clusters

what they do

  • 24/7 Crisis Hotline Operations 4 activities
    • Crisis Stabilization and Treatment Programs
      Operates crisis stabilization programs, evaluation and treatment centers, and crisis respites across seven U.S. states to provide immediate mental health support.
    • Crisis Stabilization and Treatment Programs
      Operates crisis stabilization programs, evaluation and treatment centers, and crisis respites across seven U.S. states to provide immediate mental health support.
    • Crisis Stabilization and Treatment Programs
      Operates crisis stabilization programs, evaluation and treatment centers, and crisis respites across seven U.S. states to provide immediate mental health support.
    • Crisis stabilization and respite services
      Operates crisis stabilization programs, evaluation and treatment centers, and crisis respites in seven U.S. states to support individuals experiencing mental health crises.
  • Outpatient & Residential Recovery Support Services 4 activities
    • Outpatient Mental Health Services
      Offers outpatient services including peer support, counseling, vocational training, education, and socialization programs in multiple locations.
    • Outpatient Mental Health Services
      Offers outpatient services including peer support, counseling, vocational training, education, and socialization programs in multiple locations.
    • Outpatient Mental Health Services
      Offers outpatient services including peer support, counseling, vocational training, education, and socialization programs in multiple locations.
    • Outpatient recovery support services
      Delivers outpatient services including peer support, counseling, vocational training, education, and socialization programs across multiple locations.
  • Peer-Supported Recovery Programs 4 activities
    • Peer-Operated "Living Room" Programs
      Runs peer-operated "Living Room" programs where participants work with Peer Support Specialists to create individualized recovery plans.
    • Peer-Operated "Living Room" Programs
      Runs peer-operated "Living Room" programs where participants work with Peer Support Specialists to create individualized recovery plans.
    • Peer-Operated "Living Room" Programs
      Runs peer-operated "Living Room" programs where participants work with Peer Support Specialists to create individualized recovery plans.
    • Peer-supported recovery planning
      Runs peer-operated "Living Room" programs that connect participants with Peer Support Specialists to collaboratively develop individualized recovery plans.
  • Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing 4 activities
    • Transitional and Permanent Housing Programs
      Operates transitional and permanent housing programs that include wraparound services such as peer support, wellness checks, case management, and eviction prevention.
    • Transitional and Permanent Housing Programs
      Operates transitional and permanent housing programs that include wraparound services such as peer support, wellness checks, case management, and eviction prevention.
    • Transitional and Permanent Housing Programs
      Operates transitional and permanent housing programs that include wraparound services such as peer support, wellness checks, case management, and eviction prevention.
    • Transitional and permanent supportive housing
      Operates transitional and permanent housing programs with wraparound services such as peer support, wellness checks, case management, and eviction prevention.
  • EMS Protocol & Resource Development 3 activities
    • Advocacy for Comprehensive Crisis Care Systems
      Distributes weekly interviews and articles featuring diverse stakeholders to advance the development of a comprehensive crisis care system.
    • Advocacy for Comprehensive Crisis Care Systems
      Distributes weekly interviews and articles featuring diverse stakeholders to advance the development of a comprehensive crisis care system.
    • Advocacy for comprehensive crisis care
      Distributes weekly interviews and articles featuring diverse stakeholders to promote the development of a comprehensive mental health crisis care system.
  • Mental Health Crisis Response Systems 3 activities
    • Crisis Care System Development Roadmap
      Co-developed CrisisNow.com, a resource providing communities with a roadmap for implementing safe and effective mental health crisis care systems that divert individuals from emergency departments and jails.
    • Crisis Care System Development Roadmap
      Co-developed CrisisNow.com, a resource providing communities with a roadmap for implementing safe and effective mental health crisis care systems that divert individuals from emergency departments and jails.
    • CrisisNow.com implementation support
      Co-developed CrisisNow.com to provide communities with a roadmap for implementing safe and effective mental health crisis care systems that divert individuals from emergency departments and jails.
  • Personal Story Collection & Sharing 3 activities
    • Hope Inc. Stories platform
      Produces and publishes videos, written stories, and artwork from individuals with lived experience of mental health recovery on Hope Inc. Stories, including regular #RecoveryTalks articles and features on suicide and recovery in collaboration with experts and advocates.
    • Sharing Recovery Stories and Art
      Publishes videos, written stories, and artwork from individuals with lived experience of mental health recovery on Hope Inc. Stories, and collaborates with experts to share personal stories related to suicide and recovery.
    • Sharing Recovery Stories and Art
      Publishes videos, written stories, and artwork from individuals with lived experience of mental health recovery on Hope Inc. Stories, and collaborates with experts to share personal stories related to suicide and recovery.
  • Uncategorized 3 activities
    • Technical Assistance for Crisis Response Systems
      Provides hands-on technical assistance to states and communities in building crisis response systems across five domains: system design, technology infrastructure, sustainable funding, workforce integration, and operational performance.
    • Technical Assistance for Crisis Response Systems
      Provides hands-on technical assistance to states and communities in building crisis response systems across five domains: system design, technology infrastructure, sustainable funding, workforce integration, and operational performance.
    • Technical assistance for crisis response systems
      Provides hands-on technical assistance to states and communities to build mental health crisis response systems, focusing on system design, technology infrastructure, sustainable funding, workforce integration, and operational performance.
financials · form 990 · fy2021

the money

revenue
Total revenue$78K
Contributions & grants$00%
Program service revenue$78K100%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$122K
Program expenses100%
Admin / overhead0%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$172
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineFacilities
balance sheet
Total assets$3.13M
Cash$0
Investments$0
Liabilities$30K
Net assets$3.10M
Liquid reserves0.0 mo
3 years on record · 2019–2021 · YoY revenue -15.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2021

who runs it

paid leadership · 3
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
DAVID W COVINGTON PRESIDENT/CEO 0 $552K
BRIAN KARR CFO 0 $260K
DR DENNIS MORRISON TREASURER 0 $30K
board members · 13
  • DEQUNICY MEIFFREN-LEZINE — SECRETARY
  • DR KEN THOMPSON — MEMBER
  • DR ROCHELLE HEAD-DUNHAM — MEMBER
  • DR RONALD FORBES — MEMBER
  • JAN KASOFSKY — MEMBER
  • JOE WILLIAMS — MEMBER
  • MEENA DAYAK — MEMBER
  • MICHAEL CASON — VICE CHAIR/MEMBER (THRU 8/2021)
  • PIERLUIGI MANCINI — MEMBER
  • SHANNON JACCARD — CHAIR
  • SHELBY ROWE — MEMBER
  • STEVEN FASICK — VICE CHAIR
  • TERRY RUSSELL — MEMBER
relationships · 14

who they work with

  • Dr. Thomas Joiner Partner — Collaborates on sharing stories related to suicide and recovery.
  • Five Lanes Crisis Partners Network — Member company of Five Lanes Crisis Partners.
  • Five Lanes Crisis Partners Network — RI International is a member company of Five Lanes Crisis Partners.
  • Five Lanes Crisis Partners Partner — Collaborates with Five Lanes Crisis Partners to deliver technical assistance in crisis system development.
  • National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Partner — Collaborated in the development of the CrisisNow.com roadmap for crisis care transformation.
  • National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Partner — Collaborates in the development of the Crisis Now initiative.
  • National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Partner — Co-leading the Crisis Now initiative to transform mental health crisis care.
  • National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Partner — Co-leads the Crisis Now initiative and powers #CrisisTalk publication.
  • National Council for Behavioral Health Partner — Collaborated in the development of the CrisisNow.com roadmap for crisis care transformation.
  • National Council for Behavioral Health Partner — Collaborates in the development of the Crisis Now initiative.
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Partner — Collaborated in the development of the CrisisNow.com roadmap for crisis care transformation.
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Partner — Collaborates in the development of the Crisis Now initiative.
  • RI International Network — Host organization for Hope Inc. Stories, indicating a programmatic or operational affiliation.
  • Silouan Green Partner — Collaborates on sharing stories related to suicide and recovery.