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(ii) EIN |
(iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) |
(iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? |
(v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? |
(vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? |
(vii) Amount of support? |
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StVincent Hospital and Health Care Center Inc |
350869066 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 76,242,297 | |||
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StVincent Carmel Hospital Inc |
743107055 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9,191,577 | |||
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StVincent Seton Specialty Hospital Inc |
351712001 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2,723,196 | |||
| (4)
StJoseph Hospital & Health Center Inc |
350992717 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6,886,778 | |||
| (5)
StVincent Clay Hospital Inc |
352112529 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (6)
StVincent Frankfort Hospital Inc |
352099320 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (7)
StVincent Jennings Hospital Inc |
351841606 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (8)
StVincent Madison County Health System Inc |
350876389 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 7,728,840 | |||
| (9)
StVincent Randolph Hospital Inc |
352103153 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (10)
StVincent Williamsport Hospital Inc |
350784551 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (11)
StVincent New Hope Inc |
351733591 | 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (12)
StVincent Salem Hospital Inc |
270847538 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (13)
StVincent Dunn Hospital Inc |
272192831 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
| (14)
StVincent Medical Group Inc |
272039417 | 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 74,320 | |||
| Total | 102,847,008 | ||||||||
| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3.. | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public Support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. (Explain in Part IV.) Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets.. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | ||||||






| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public Support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
| Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) | ||||||
| 13 | Total support (Add lines 9, 10c, 11 and 12.). | ||||||




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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | St.Vincent Health, Inc. has a single corporate member, Ascension Health. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | St.Vincent Health, Inc. has a single corporate member, Ascension Health, who has the ability to elect members to the governing body of St.Vincent Health, Inc. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | Ascension Health has designed a system authority matrix which assigns authority for key decisions that are necessary in the operation of the system. Specific areas that are identified in the authority matrix are: new organizations and major transactions; governing documents; appointments/removals; evaluations; debt limits; strategic and financial plans; assets; system policies and procedures. These areas are subject to certain levels of approval by Ascension per the system authority matrix. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | Management, including certain officers, works diligently to complete the Form 990 and attached schedules in a thorough manner. Management presents the Form 990 to a designated committee of the Board to review and answer any questions. Prior to filing the returns, all Board members are provided the Form 990 and management team members are available to answer any Board member questions. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy in that any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of the committee with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. The remaining individuals on the governing board or committee meeting will decide if conflicts of interest exist. Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers annually signs a statement which affirms such person has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy, and understands that the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish its tax exempt purpose. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | In determining compensation of the organization's CEO, executive director, or top management official, the process included a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. The board, in executive session, reviewed and approved the compensation. In review of the compensation, the CEO, executive director, and top management were compared to other hospitals in the area that hold the same position. During the review and approval of the compensation, documentation of the decision was recorded in the board minutes. Individuals were not present when their compensation was decided. In determining compensation of other officers or key employees of the organization, the process included a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. The board, in executive session, reviewed and approved the compensation. In the review of the compensation, the other officers or key employees of the organization were compared to other hospitals' employees in the area that hold the same position. During the review and approval of the compensation, documentation of the decision was recorded in the board minutes. | |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The organization will provide any documents open to public inspection upon request. | |
| Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances: | Form 990, Part XI, line 5: | Net unrealized losses on investments: -13,193. FAS 158 pension liability 62,817,133. Total to Form 990, Part XI, Line 5: 62,803,940. |
| Tax Exempt Bond Issuance | Part IV, Line 24A | St.Vincent Health, Inc. is a health facility that is part of Ascension Health System. Ascension Health is the borrower for tax exempt hospital revenue bonds. St.Vincent Health, Inc. holds an intercompany note payable with Ascension Health, and this information is reported on the balance sheet. |
| Community Benefit Overview | SVH is a non-profit healthcare system consisting of 20 locally-sponsored ministries (ranging from several rural, 25-bed hospitals to its flagship, quaternary-level, Indianapolis-based hospital) serving over 47 counties throughout Central Indiana. Sponsored by Ascension Health, the nations largest Catholic healthcare system, SVH (including its sponsored ministries) employs more than 14,000 associates, which include more than 2,500 physicians on Medical Staff, making SVH one of the largest healthcare employers in the state. From its inception, the SVH vision has been to deliver a continuum of holistic, high-quality health services in Central Indiana through its sponsored health care ministries and improve the lives and health of Indiana individuals and communities, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable. This is accomplished through strong partnerships with businesses, community organizations, local, state and federal government, physicians, St.Vincent associates and others. Most St.Vincent ministries file an individual Form 990. The St.Vincent Health filing encompasses the health system's corporate-level activities as well as those of the St.Vincent Physician Network, a network of individual physician offices and primary care clinics in Central Indiana that are owned and operated by St.Vincent Health and Quality Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in data coding and quality of care reporting. SVH invests in resources, training, tools, and other support to assist SVH-sponsored health care ministries in partnering with their communities to provide community benefit. This investment empowers the sponsored health ministries to work closely with their communities to assess strengths, needs and challenges and to work together with a wide range of community partners to prioritize and implement solutions that will improve quality of life and build and sustain a healthier community. They also create accountability and provide systems for tracking and reporting community benefit to each community, to SVH, and its sponsoring organization, Ascension Health. Who is Responsible for Community Benefit at St.Vincent? Community benefit is not the work of a single department or group within St.Vincent, but is part of the St.Vincent mission and cultural fabric. It is initiated and implemented at all levels of the organization, by each ministry, and in every community. To educate, encourage and empower associates for community engagement, to deploy resources and expertise to facilitate this work, and to track and report community benefit, St.Vincent Health established a Community Development team. These professionals work with leadership and associates at each hospital and with key community partners to develop and support initiatives that address identified community needs and to measure, track and report community benefit. An electronic database has been developed to provide accurate reporting and timely analysis throughout all St.Vincent ministries. Community Assessment: How Outreach Connects to Need True community benefit responds to the particular needs and challenges of a specific community, building on its unique strengths and assets. St.Vincent community development specialists work with ministry leaders and associates at each ministry to develop and/or participate in a community roundtable. These community groups bring together diverse partners from business, local government, education, civic organizations, and health and human service providers to identify key community challenges and develop viable solutions. A key part of this work is conducting a formal community assessment every three years which gathers information from sources ranging from phone or mail surveys, to community leader interviews or focus groups, to analysis of secondary data to capture a snapshot of community assets and challenges. Results are presented to the community roundtable and are made available to other groups within the community. Based on the data, consensus is built, priorities are established and solutions are envisioned, planned, implemented, celebrated, and evaluated. Supporting Community Benefit Solutions As SVH ministries come together with their communities to address challenges and implement solutions, SVH community benefit staff support these efforts in a variety of ways, from sharing best practices, to identifying potential partners, to suggesting additional sources of funding to leverage St.Vincent's commitment, to connecting with other resources available within the health system or community. Support is provided for an array of community benefit programs which include: - In-patient and outpatient care available to all, without regard for ability to pay - Full participation in public programs, such as Medicaid - Health education and promotion for members of the public - Medical education - An array of community-building activities which indirectly impact health, including housing, transportation, arts and culture, economic development, and job readiness. Community Benefit Training, Tracking and Reporting St.Vincent's commitment to community benefit includes ongoing associate education and advocating for full integration of community benefit into each department of the organization. Community liaisons conduct field training on a regular basis at each sponsored health ministry. In addition, SVH hosts periodic community benefit conferences to celebrate this important work and provide education on significant issues. In 2007, SVH created a computer-based training module on community benefit that is available on demand to any associate in the SVH system. SVH commits to reporting community benefit fully and accurately to state and federal governments, to its sponsor, Ascension Health, and to each of the communities it serves. This means educating associates about how to appropriately report and account for community benefit. SVH has devised an on-line database that allows departments to enter, quantify and qualify community benefit on an ongoing basis. This database is monitored by SVH and reports are reviewed quarterly and annually. The program also facilitates custom analysis which allows SVH, as well as individual ministries, to analyze the types, amounts and timing of their community benefit and make comparisons. An annual community benefit report is prepared and distributed by SVH to its individual ministries, which in turn, are distributed to communities. Annually, the report is published electronically and made available on-line as well as in hard-copy format. SVH developed toolkits to help leadership disseminate the information within their healthcare ministries and communities. | |
| Charity Care and Certain Other Community Benefits at Cost | Patient Services for Poor and Vulnerable SVH provides direct health care services through the outpatient-based St.Vincent Physician Network. Patients with income less than 200% of the Federal Poverty level (FPL) are eligible for 100% charity care for services. Patients with incomes at or above 200% of the FPL, but not exceeding 400% of the FPL, receive discounted services based on an income-dependent sliding scale. Financial counselors assist patients in determining eligibility and in completing necessary documentation. Public Program Participation and Enrollment Outreach As part of SVH, the outpatient-based St.Vincent Physician Network participates in government programs including Medicaid, SCHIP (Hoosier Healthwise), Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) and Medicare and assists patients and families in enrolling for programs for which they are eligible. Rural and Urban Access to Health (RUAH) The RUAH program connects friends, family, and neighbors in each RUAH community to a network of local health, human, and social services resulting in improved access and removal of barriers to needed resources. Started in 2000 as a collaborative partnership, and sustained through St.Vincent, the program operates in Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jennings, Madison, Randolph, and Warren counties in collaboration with eight St.Vincent hospitals. Primary focus areas of RUAH include: health access workers, who help clients/patients by connecting them with a medical home, assisting with enrollment in public programs for which they qualify, identifying and removing barriers to services, and referring them to other community resources as needed; medication assistance coordinators, who connect clients with low- or no-cost medications for which they qualify using a sophisticated database that St.Vincent provides; and language access services, which ensures that St.Vincent health ministries are in compliance with CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) standards, and that trained medical interpreters and other language resources are available, ensuring access to care. In fiscal year 2011, RUAH health access workers assisted 7,031 clients with 9,240 referrals to local health, human, and social service agencies. RUAH medication coordinators assisted community members in accessing 11,339 low/no cost medications valued at $6,785,488. To date, more than 200 individuals have been certified as medical interpreters through the RUAH-taught Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter program. Enrolling and Retaining Hard-to-Reach Children for Hoosier Healthwise Coverage In an effort to expand health care access outreach and enrollment work, St.Vincent Health piloted an expanded health access outreach and enrollment program in Madison County which is serving as a prototype for other St.Vincent rural communities through the St.Vincent Rural and Urban Access to Health (RUAH) program. St.Vincent Health received a CHIPRA grant from the Department of Health and Human Services in support of this initiative to increase the enrollment and retention of hard-to-reach children in public programs such as Hoosier Healthwise. The grant also enabled St.Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana, an affiliated Ascension hospital, to expand their Community Outreach Program (modeled on St.Vincent's RUAH program) in six southwestern Indiana counties. Understanding Poverty The St.Vincent Health Poverty Experience is a half-day simulation designed to help participants understand what it would be like to be a part of a typical poor and vulnerable family trying to survive from week-to-week. The simulation sensitizes participants to the realities of life faced by those unable to provide adequate resources for their families. During the experience, 40-60 participants assume the roles of up to 26 different families living in poverty, with a goal of seeking out and managing available resources to ensure basic services for each family member. St.Vincent conducts the poverty experience for a wide-variety of community and government organizations, including schools, city, county and state entities and non-profits. Parish Nursing St.Vincent Health sponsors registered nurses who wish to serve within their faith community to complete a parish nurse training program. Parish nurses provide health education, counseling, and health advocacy for their congregation. St.Vincent Health provides a coordinator for the program, which supports all denominations and provides ongoing professional educational opportunities, and by providing educational materials and health supplies such as pedometers, which can be distributed within the faith communities they serve. Metropolitan Indianapolis-Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (MICI-AHEC) A healthy Indiana needs healthy communities. It needs healthcare professionals in all areas of the state, from inner cities to rural neighborhoods, prepared to help educate citizens about health problems and issues, and to provide quality health care. The Mission of the Metropolitan Indianapolis-Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (MICI-AHEC) sponsored by SVH is to enhance the quality of and access to health care, improve health care outcomes, reduce health disparities, and address the health workforce needs of medically underserved populations by establishing partnerships between the institutions that train health professionals and the communities that need healthcare professionals the most. MICI-AHEC is one of several Area Health Education Centers in the state of Indiana, coordinated through a state AHEC housed at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to financial support provided by St.Vincent, MICI-AHEC receives a variety of funding through Federal, state and private agencies in support of this critical mission. YMCA-St.Vincent Partnership St.Vincent Health and the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis developed a partnership that brings St.Vincent services and expertise to YMCA branches throughout the greater Indianapolis region. This partnership was developed to enhance community outreach and health education by creating teams to provide continued care, and address the issues of diabetes and childhood obesity. By involving staff from numerous St.Vincent departments, the effort has established a diabetes exercise program, and plans are underway to create a model of the St.Vincent L.I.F.E. (Lifetime Individual Fitness and Eating) program to be implemented for families at selected Y's. Check-Up 13 To build a healthier Indiana requires Hoosiers to take a proactive role in their own health. Check-up 13, a partnership between St.Vincent Health, WTHR Channel 13 and co-anchor Anne Marie Tiernon, provides news stories on the 13th of every month that focus on a specific health topic or issue. In conjunction with many of these news "check-ups", St.Vincent offers specific screenings or events that provide further education or health care. Viewers who have health-related concerns or questions can call 800-UCHECK13 to be connected to a St.Vincent Health ministry that can assist in providing answers and appropriate follow-up. Each month's health topics are chosen based on area needs, health-focused observances, and availability of related screenings and education to support the monthly report. This partnership is enabling both organizations to increase awareness of health issues, assist Hoosiers in taking a proactive approach to their health, and improve access to comprehensive health resources. Project 18 The statistics are alarming: 1 in 3 Indiana children is overweight; overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming an overweight or obese adult; overweight adults are at increased risk for numerous serious health challenges, including asthma, diabetes, and heart and liver diseases. St.Vincent Health and Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent launched a state-wide initiative to tackle Indiana's obesity epidemic head-on. Named after the jersey number worn by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, a key sponsor and spokesperson for the program, Project 18 is a school-based nutrition and wellness program designed to instill healthy habits in children and their families. At the core of the program is an 18-week curriculum developed with Ball State University and St.Vincent clinicians that features loads of hands-on and take-home activities, and meets Indiana's educational standards for grades 3-5. The program, available at no cost to all Indiana schools, provides for data collection from participating schools. Another key component of Project 18 is a partnership with Marsh Supermarkets to label food items available in stores that meet established nutrition standards as "Project 18-approved" so families can make healthier choices at the grocery. More than 320 registered schools in 68 counties participate in Project 18. | |
| Health Fairs St.Vincent Physician Network participates in a variety of community health events including Indiana Black Expo, the Indiana State Fair, Fishers Freedom Festival, Dell Webb Health Fair, St.Vincent Medical Center North East Women's Health Fair, ISO Symphony on the Prairie, St.Vincent Salem Hospital Health Fair, St.Vincent Clay Health Fair, and various county 4-H Fairs. With a collaboration of physicians, nurses, and associates, St.Vincent Physician Network was present at many health fairs and educational events last year. Cash and In-Kind Donations and Board Service In addition to the outreach programs directly operated by St.Vincent Health, the corporate office and physician network makes cash and in-kind donations to a variety of community organizations focused on improving health status in the community. These take the form of cash donations to outside organizations, the donation of employee time and services to outside organizations and the representation of the hospital on community boards and committees working to improve health status and quality of life within the community. | ||
| Community Building Activities | Crooked Creek Neighborhood Partnerships Like all communities, Crooked Creek, the neighborhood that surrounds St.Vincent's Indianapolis hospital campus, is really a large system with myriad individual elements that form a functional working unit. When all the parts work with each other, the community works. Schools impact home ownership. Home ownership attracts commercial development. Commercial development brings jobs, and all of these ultimately impact health status. Likewise, when parts of the system break down, companies move out, jobs leave, homes deteriorate or are abandoned, and the system becomes even harder to maintain for those remaining. This was the situation before St.Vincent headed up a community assessment that spurred the development of the Crooked Creek Development Corporation six years ago. Today, the Crooked Creek CDC oversees implementation of the community's long-range Quality of Life Plan. The plan calls for investments in housing, public infrastructure, and commercial redevelopment. Affordable Housing Affordable housing has been a key focus for the Crooked Creek CDC. Faced with mounting area foreclosures and an increasing number of what had been owner-occupied homes converting to rental units, Crooked Creek joined with St.Vincent, the Daughters of Charity, and the city of Indianapolis to address these community-destabilizing issues. The CDC purchased several foreclosed properties and remodeled them into great homes for new families. The CDC also partnered with St.Vincent to establish a down-payment assistance program, Keys to Home Ownership, to educate first-time homebuyers and work hand-in-hand with them to find appropriate housing and complete the process of applying for and securing a mortgage. Economic Development Commercial disinvestment has also troubled the Crooked Creek community in recent years, as quality retailers move to perceived greener pastures in the suburbs. This has left empty storefronts that are often replaced by check-cashing joints, temporary outlets, and other less-than-desirable tenants. Leveraging operational support provided by St.Vincent, the CDC recently brought on an experienced developer to assemble details of all available land and buildings to remarket Crooked Creek to economic development groups, commercial developers, and potential high-value tenants. Having all the facts when investors come calling is a critical first step to attracting the services residents want and need. Disaster Relief While St.Vincent Health focuses system efforts on supporting Central Indiana communities, St.Vincent and its associates recognize that "community" is sometimes worldwide. In fiscal year 2011, St. Vincent assisted in relief efforts in communities as close as Joplin, Missouri and as far-flung as Pakistan, where devastating floods presented challenges of epic proportions. In addition to monetary contributions, St.Vincent Health makes in-kind contributions of medical supplies and equipment. St.Vincent STAR Job Readiness Program Job readiness is the foundation of economic stability and empowerment. To meet this need, St.Vincent Health, one of the state's largest employers, created the Special Talents to Achieve and Rise (STAR) Program. Established in 2002, the STAR Program aims to enrich lives and provide job readiness to individuals in Marion and surrounding counties who are facing significant barriers to employment, but have a sincere desire to gain and maintain a job. Developed to provide both job readiness and life skills, the STAR Program reaches out to both disadvantaged individuals and those who find themselves in situational stress due to a recent job loss, or an inability to find employment. For many individuals, the program has not only resulted in a job, but has been life-transforming. The STAR Program has helped individuals with a minimal level of education and those with graduate degrees. It has helped those who have never had a job and those who have secured employment but were unable to keep it. It has also helped those who have worked for thirty years in a particular job but find themselves now searching without the knowledge necessary to be competitive in the workplace. In addition to work history diversity, the STAR Program also enjoys diversity in ethnicity and socio-economic levels. Participants are referred to the STAR Program directly through St.Vincent Human Resources, the court system, public assistance workers, shelters, churches, friends, and family. Applicants are screened by STAR Team Members to determine the individual's commitment to the program. Participants meet four days a week, four hours a day for six weeks in a classroom setting, where they gain and/or enhance job readiness and life skills. They learn the importance of positive attitude, punctuality, interviewing techniques, resume building, professionalism, and dressing for success. In addition, St.Vincent works with partners from throughout the community to provide training on how to budget, open a checking account, secure reliable transportation, and provides an outside perspective on what employers are seeking. Following classroom training, students are placed with mentors who are associates in various departments throughout the St.Vincent system. St.Vincent Health STAR Program provided five classes in fiscal year 2011. More than 250 STARS have gone on to sustained, full-time employment since the program's inception. St.Vincent Danny's Closet of Hope Studies have shown that a professional appearance is a strong influencer in hiring and promotion decisions. So it's imperative that those seeking employment, especially those who are overcoming additional employment barriers, have access to appropriate clothing resources. The St.Vincent STAR job readiness program has long worked closely with the local Dress for Success agency to assist women enrolled in the STAR program in obtaining suitable interview and work clothing. Until recently, however, there was no such assistance available for men. Responding to this need among men participating in the STAR program, and recognizing that other local agencies were in need of such a resource, Danny's Closet of Hope was born. Danny's Closet assists men in obtaining adequate clothing for interviewing and employment, and seeks to build confidence and hope for their clients. In addition to serving STAR participants, Danny's Closet works with community partners, who can refer their clients by appointment. At these appointments, men are fitted for a new or gently used suit, dress shirt, tie, belt, and dress shoes, and are given new socks and underwear and a business portfolio. St.Vincent Danny's Closet of Hope is fortunate to have many individual and organizational partners who have cleaned out their closets or held clothing drives, donating gently used professional men's clothing. And Danny's Closet has a wonderful partnership with Fabric Care Center in Indianapolis who donates all dry-cleaning services. Through Danny's Closet of Hope, hundreds of Indiana men hoping to gain and maintain employment are experiencing the difference that professional clothing can make in hope, in confidence and in how an employer responds. |
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