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Name:	Vita-Living, Inc.
Address:	3300 S. Gessner, Ste. 150
	Houston, TX 77063
Phone:	713-271-5795
Web Address:	www.vitaliving.org

Vita-Living, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Vita-Living, Inc. provides the following programs and services to the community: Home and Community-based Services (HCS, MRLA), Residential Services, Intermediate Care Facilities - Mental Retardation (ICF-MR), and Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS). Home and Community-based Services (HCS, MRLA): This program helps people remain a part of their community by serving them in their family homes or in their own residence. Currently, individuals are supported in 15 group home settings, 25 foster/companion care homes or with supported living services in their own homes. Services and supports are provided to individuals with a primary diagnosis of mental retardation, but the majority of people served in this program have additional disabilities, such as cerebral palsy or autism, or they may have significant medical needs or have a mental illness diagnosis. Residential Services, Intermediate Care Facilities - Mental Retardation (ICF-MR): Vita-Living operates three group homes that provide around-the-clock personal supports designed to promote positive behaviors in a homelike setting for adults who have severe and profound levels of mental retardation and related conditions, such as autism. Six individuals live together in each group home where they learn self-help and socialization skills. Community Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS): Vita-Living's CLASS program provides case management services to individuals with "related conditions," which include developmental disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, head and spinal cord injuries, and muscular dystrophy. Vita-Living, Inc. currently serves more than 450 people.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, Vita-Living, Inc.'s program expenses were:

Client care and program expenses	5,062,350
Occupancy adn transportation expenses	974,792
Total Program Expenses:	$6,037,142

Chief Executive : David L. Leatham, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$80,750

Chair of the Board: David Bishop
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President and Owner, Bishop Lifting Products

Board Size: 10

Paid Staff Size: 180

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals

Fund raising costs were 17% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $501,700, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Vita-Living, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Medicaid contracted services	6,261,952
Contributions received	501,700
Private pay and other income	435,320
Interest and dividend income	28,402
Realized and inrealized gain from marketable securities	23,064
Gain from sale of property and equipment, net	7,104
Total Income	$7,257,542

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 88%  Fund Raising: 1%  Administrative: 11%

Total income				$7,257,542
	Program expenses			$6,037,142
	Fund raising expenses			84,062
	Administrative expenses			790,903
Total expenses				$6,912,107
Income in Excess of Expenses				345,435
Beginning net assets				2,317,582
Ending net assets				2,663,017
Total liabilities				545,941
Total assets				$3,208,958