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Name:	Bootheel Counseling Services
Address:	760 Plantation Boulevard PO Box 1043
	Sikeston, MO 63801
Phone:	573-471-0800 573-568-2260
Web Address:	www.bootheelcounseling.com

Bootheel Counseling Services (BCS) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Bootheel Counseling Services serves as the State of Missouri’s Administrative Agent for mental health services for Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard Counties. During the past 33 years Bootheel Counseling Services has expanded from basic counseling services to a variety of different programs. We provide outpatient mental health services for adults and children. Those services provided include Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program, medication management services, outpatient counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, employee assistance programs, information and educational services, crisis response services, juvenile justice project, treatment family homes program, intensified Targeted Case Management Program for children and youth and a Targeted Case Management Program for adults. In 2008 it served approximately 2,700 individuals experiencing a serious emotional disturbance or a serious mental illness who reside in Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard Counties.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, BCS's program expenses were:

Programs	3,412,304
Total Program Expenses:	$3,412,304

Chief Executive : Cheryl Jones, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$78,061

Chair of the Board: Lynn Feeler
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation:

Board Size: 13

Paid Staff Size: 87

*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 14% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $42,700, 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 BCS's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

Source of Funds
Medicaid	3,055,309
Purchase of services	992,417
Private fees	116,058
Medicare	82,360
Home treatment revenue	63,196
Miscellaneous	28,990
Developmentally disabled clients	21,958
Fundraising	11,372
Employee assistance programs	10,297
Contributions	8,244
Interest income	4,423
Division of family services	1,126
Contractual allowance	-175,821
Total Income	$4,219,929

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 80%  Fund Raising: Less than 1%  Administrative: 20%

Total income				$4,219,929
	Program expenses			$3,412,304
	Fund raising expenses			6,077
	Administrative expenses			861,307
Total expenses				$4,279,688
Expenses in Excess of Income				(59,759)
Beginning net assets				2,270,775
Ending net assets				2,195,993
Total liabilities				697,279
Total assets				$2,893,272