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ARIZONA WOMEN'S RECOVERY CENTER

PHOENIX, AZ · EIN 860208873 · Form 990 · FY2020 · Medium ($1M-$10M) · www.azwomensrecoverycenter.org
revenue
$4.5M
expenses
$4.3M
net assets
$1.4M
employees
72
volunteers
32
program ratio
80%
mission · from form 990

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COMMUNITY EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND COUNSELING ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCE. THE AGENCY ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN RECOVERY AS WELL AS EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AWAITING TREATMENT SERVICES, AND PROVIDES GED, JOB READINESS TRAINING EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT AS A SUPPORTING PORTION OF THE RECOVERY PROCESS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Arizona Women's Recovery Center provides comprehensive, women-centered, evidence-based programs for women with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness. They offer outpatient treatment, supportive housing, and career services to help women achieve long-term recovery and independence. The organization primarily serves women in Arizona, including pregnant women and mothers with dependent children.

named programs · 8 · from sources

what they call their work

Addiction Training
Offers education and presentations to professionals and community service groups on recognizing the signs and symptoms of addiction.
Career Services
Individualized and comprehensive career services for women with barriers to employment, including vocational and educational training, job coaching, and assistance with identification and legal matters.
Family Program
Provides education and counseling in individual, group, and couples settings to address family dynamics affected by addiction, improve communication, and develop recovery-based coping skills.
Legacy House
Short-term, treatment-based supportive housing for women in the outpatient program, often referred from the justice system or child reunification process, providing a safe living environment for 3-6 months.
Sally's Place
Treatment-based supportive housing for pregnant women struggling with addiction, offering a supportive environment to parent newborns while in treatment, with 24-hour on-site staff for 12-18 months.
Sustain "Re-Energized" Toys & Clothing
An on-site thrift store that serves as a work training program for women in treatment, providing customer service, clerical, and cash handling skills, and offering incentive cards for donations.
Weldon House
Treatment-based supportive housing for women with children, providing individual apartments, life skills training, counseling, parenting classes, and job training for 1-2 years.
Women's Outpatient Program
A comprehensive program for women with substance use disorders focusing on recovery, life skills development, and empowerment, structured in three levels of group and individual counseling over at least one year.
activities · 8 groups

what they do

  • Women's Education & Career Advancement Support 5 activities
    • Career and Vocational Services
      Offers individualized career services, including work training in customer service, clerical, and cash handling skills, post-secondary education mentoring, job coaching, and assistance with employment, identification, and legal matters for women facing employment barriers.
    • Career and Vocational Services
      Offers individualized and comprehensive career services for women facing employment barriers, including work training in customer service, clerical, and cash handling skills. Services cover GED attainment through post-employment, job coaching, and assistance with identification and legal matters.
    • Career and Vocational Services
      Offers individualized and comprehensive career services, including work training in customer service, clerical, and cash handling skills, post-secondary education mentoring, job coaching, and assistance with employment attainment and career advancement for women facing barriers to employment.
    • Career and Vocational Services
      Offers individualized and comprehensive career services, including work training in customer service, clerical, and cash handling skills, post-secondary education mentoring, job coaching, and assistance with employment, identification, and legal matters for women facing employment barriers.
    • Career and Vocational Services
      Offers comprehensive career services including employment assistance, job coaching, GED attainment, post-secondary education mentoring, identification acquisition, legal/court matter support, and career advancement planning. Services target women facing long-term employment barriers due to substance use, trauma, disability, or domestic violence. Includes work training in customer service, clerical skills, and cash handling.
  • Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing 5 activities
    • Case Management and Client Support Services
      Provides individualized case management for each client to identify barriers and coordinate access to resources such as transportation, benefits, psychiatric evaluations, medications, housing, medical services, and basic needs. Continued case management supports clients post-treatment to maintain stability and recovery.
    • Case Management and Support Services
      Provides comprehensive case management to identify barriers and assist clients with resources such as transportation, benefit coordination, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing support for medical services and basic needs.
    • Case Management and Support Services
      Assigns each client a case manager to identify barriers and assist with resources such as transportation, benefit coordination, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive housing. Provides continued case management for medical services, treatment needs, and basic needs.
    • Case Management and Support Services
      Provides individualized case management to identify barriers and assist clients with resources such as transportation, benefit coordination, psychiatric evaluations and medications, and supportive housing. Offers continued case management for medical services, treatment needs, and basic support.
    • Case Management and Support Services
      Assigns case managers to clients to identify barriers and assist with resources such as transportation, benefit coordination, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing support for medical services and basic needs.
  • Transitional Housing for Recovery 5 activities
    • Supportive Housing Programs
      Operates multiple supportive housing programs, including Weldon House (for women and their children, serving up to 19 families), Sally's Place (treatment-based), and Legacy House (short-term for outpatient clients), providing safe, furnished apartments and 24-hour support.
    • Supportive Housing Programs
      Operates multiple supportive housing programs for women and their children during recovery. This includes Sally's Place (treatment-based supportive housing), Legacy House (short-term supportive housing for outpatient clients), and Weldon House (safe, furnished apartments for up to 19 families, with comprehensive support services and 24-hour live-in staff).
    • Supportive Housing Programs
      Operates multiple supportive housing programs, including Weldon House (for women and their children, serving up to 19 families), Sally's Place (treatment-based supportive housing), and Legacy House (short-term supportive housing for outpatient clients), providing safe, furnished apartments and 24-hour support.
    • Supportive Housing Programs
      Operates multiple supportive housing programs, including Sally's Place, Legacy House, and Weldon House, providing safe, furnished apartments for women and their children during recovery. Weldon House serves up to 19 families at a time and includes 24-hour live-in staff support.
    • Supportive Housing Programs
      Operates multiple supportive housing programs for women in recovery, including Weldon House—a safe, furnished apartment complex with up to 18 units for women and their children, staffed 24/7 by live-in personnel; Legacy House, a short-term housing option for outpatient clients; and Sally's Place, a treatment-based supportive housing program opened in 2015. These programs serve no more than 19 families at a time and provide comprehensive on-site services.
  • Substance Misuse Prevention & Mentoring 4 activities
    • Community Education and Presentations
      Offers education and presentations to professionals and community service groups, which may include real-life recovery stories and addiction resources.
    • Community Education and Presentations
      Offers educational presentations to professionals and community service groups, which may include real-life recovery stories and addiction resources.
    • Community Education and Presentations
      Offers educational presentations to professionals and community service groups, which may include real-life recovery stories and addiction resources.
    • Professional and Community Education
      Offers educational presentations and real-life recovery stories to professionals and community service groups to increase awareness about addiction and recovery resources.
  • Basic Needs Provision for Youth and Families 1 activity
    • Comprehensive Client Support
      Provides access to educational and vocational training, day care, transportation, healthcare, medication management, and nutritional meals tailored to individual needs.
  • Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Programs 1 activity
    • Health and Basic Needs Support
      Provides access to healthcare, medication management, nutritional meals tailored to medical and cultural needs, day care, and transportation. Psychiatric nurse practitioner services and dual diagnosis relapse prevention groups are available across treatment levels.
  • Specialized Diet Meal Preparation 1 activity
    • Nutritional Support
      Provides nutritional meals tailored to medical conditions and personal/cultural preferences for clients.
  • Uncategorized 18 activities
    • Family Counseling and Education
      Offers family education and counseling services in individual, group, and couples settings, with flexible scheduling including evening sessions.
    • Family Education and Counseling
      Provides family education and counseling services in individual, group, and couples settings, with sessions available during normal business hours and special evening sessions.
    • Family Education and Counseling
      Provides family education and counseling services in individual, group, and couples settings, with flexible scheduling including evening sessions.
    • Family Education and Counseling
      Provides family education and counseling services in individual, group, and couples settings, with sessions available during normal business hours and special evening sessions.
    • Family and Counseling Services
      Provides individual, group, and couples counseling, including family education and parenting coaching. Offers family sessions during standard business hours (Mon–Thu 8 AM–5 PM, Fri 8 AM–4 PM) and special evening sessions (6 PM–9 PM) to increase accessibility.
    • On-Site Thrift Stores and Incentive Program
      Operates two on-site thrift stores—“Re-Energized” Toys and Clothing and Sustain—that provide vocational training and allow women in treatment to purchase essential items (hygiene products, diapers, clothing, household supplies) using incentive cards earned through program participation.
    • Peer Support Services
      Offers peer support for meetings like A.A. and N.A., shopping, and appointments, and provides training for peer support certification.
    • Peer Support Services
      Offers peer support for various activities, including meetings like A.A. and N.A., shopping, appointments, and provides peer support certification.
    • Peer Support Services
      Offers peer support for various activities including meetings (A.A., N.A.), shopping, appointments, and provides peer support certification.
    • Peer Support and Certification Programs
      Offers peer support services including accompaniment to 12-Step meetings, shopping, and appointments. Provides peer support certification training as well as hands-on experience in retail/thrift operations and janitorial services to support recovery and workforce readiness.
    • Peer Support and Training
      Offers peer support for meetings, shopping, and appointments, and provides training for peer support certification, retail/thrift store experience, and janitorial skills.
    • Thrift Store Operations
      Operates an on-site, small-scale thrift store called "Re-Energized" Toys and Clothing (also referred to as Sustain), which provides work training and allows women in treatment to purchase essential items using incentive cards.
    • Thrift Store Operations and Training
      Operates an on-site thrift store, "Sustain" (also called "Re-Energized" Toys and Clothing), which provides work training in retail and customer service and allows women in treatment to purchase essential items using incentive cards.
    • Thrift Store Operations and Training
      Operates an on-site thrift store called "Re-Energized" Toys and Clothing (also referred to as Sustain) which provides work training in retail and customer service, and offers incentive cards for women in treatment to purchase essential items.
    • Thrift Store Operations and Training
      Operates a small-scale on-site thrift store called "Re-Energized" Toys and Clothing (also referred to as Sustain) which provides work training and allows women in treatment to purchase essential items using incentive cards.
    • Women's Outpatient Treatment Program
      Provides a three-level outpatient program for women, offering comprehensive treatment including group and individual counseling, life skills coaching, peer support, movement and health support, and vocational counseling. Specific group topics include addiction, FAS, grief, mother roles, parenting, relapse prevention, 12-Step support, boundaries, healthy relationships, coping skills, behavior modification, recovery-based beliefs, and abuse issues.
    • Women's Outpatient Treatment Program
      Provides a three-level outpatient program for women, offering group and individual counseling, life skills coaching, peer support, movement and health support, and vocational counseling. The program addresses addiction, grief, parenting, relapse prevention, healthy relationships, coping skills, and abuse issues.
    • Women's Outpatient Treatment Program
      Operates a three-level outpatient program for women, with Level I meeting three mornings per week focusing on addiction, FAS, grief, parenting, and relapse prevention; Level II meeting two mornings per week addressing boundaries, healthy relationships, and coping skills; and Level III meeting one afternoon per week for ongoing life and recovery support. The program includes group and individual counseling, life skills coaching, peer support, and 12-Step integration.
financials · form 990 · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$4.54M
Contributions & grants$498K11%
Program service revenue$4.05M89%
Investment income$-3K-0%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$4.28M
Program expenses80%
Admin / overhead20%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$3.08M
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$3.36M
Cash$1.34M
Investments$0
Liabilities$1.92M
Net assets$1.43M
Liquid reserves3.8 mo
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

paid leadership · 2
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
BEVERLY WOHLERT CEO 40 $112K
ERIC HENDERSON CFO 40 $89K
board members · 15
  • AMANDA DENTE — BOARD MEMBER
  • BECKY DOYLE — BOARD MEMBER
  • BONNIE CARLSON — PRESIDENT
  • CATHERINE PRINCE WARRINER — BOARD MEMBER
  • CHRISTIANA FLINT — BOARD MEMBER
  • DOUGLAS MATTAINO — BOARD MEMBER
  • GEORGE MAGEE — BOARD MEMBER
  • ILENE SMITH — BOARD MEMBER
  • JOANN HATTON — SECRETARY
  • JOSUE BUSTOS — BOARD MEMBER
  • NATASHA MENDOZA — VICE PRESIDENT
  • PAIGE SAFFYER — BOARD MEMBER
  • QUIANNA BROWN — BOARD MEMBER
  • REX RAGSDALE — TREASURER
  • TIM MARTIN — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 10

who they work with

  • AHCCCS Government — Accepts all AHCCCS plans for substance use treatment.
  • Alcoholics Anonymous Partner — Inspired the Modern Alcoholism Movement
  • Arizona Department of Health Services Government — Approached AWRC in 2003 to create a program for pregnant/parenting women.
  • National Committee for the Education on Alcoholism Partner — Inspired the Modern Alcoholism Movement and was founded with a vision to reduce stigma related to alcoholism.
  • R. Brinkly Smithers Funder — Donated over $35 million to alcoholism-related projects, leadership, and the larger alcoholism movement.
  • Research Council on Problems of Alcohol Partner — Inspired the Modern Alcoholism Movement
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Government — Receives funding through the Substance Use Block Grant (SUBG) from SAMHSA.
  • Value Options Government — State funding agency that approached AWRC in 2003 to create a program for pregnant/parenting women.
  • Watson Family Trust Funder — Provided a $100,000 donation in 2002 for housing for pregnant and parenting women.
  • Yale Center of Alcohol Studies Partner — Inspired the Modern Alcoholism Movement