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HOUSING OPTIONS MADE EASY

GOWANDA, NY · EIN 161370949 · Form 990 · FY2025 · NTEE F33Z · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention · Large ($10M-$50M)
revenue
$12.1M
expenses
$9.7M
net assets
$5.7M
employees
214
program ratio
88%
mission · from form 990

ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH HISTORIES OF MENTAL ILLNESSES TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

profile · synthesized from sources

Housing Options Made Easy assists individuals with histories of mental illness in obtaining and retaining affordable housing. The organization operates peer-run crisis residences and provides peer advocacy, daily living skills support, and access to mental health treatment services. Programs emphasize recovery, empowerment, and community integration, primarily serving adults in New York.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $2.25M
    PEER-RUN CRISIS RESIDENCES ARE SHORT-TERM, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. THESE PROGRAMS EMPHASIZE MUTUAL SUPPORT, AUTONOMY, AND RECOVERY; PROVIDING A SAFE ALTERNATIVE TO HOSPITALIZATION, FOCUSING ON EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTION TO RESOURCES.
  2. #2 $2.03M
    PEER SERVICE PROGRAMS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS BY PROVIDING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO ENHANCE DAILY LIVING SKILLS SUCH AS BUDGETING, SHOPPING, AND NAVIGATING A NEW COMMUNITY, AND SKILLS TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT IN INDIVIDUALIZED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES. SERVICES AND SUPPORT THAT ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN MEETING SELF-IDENTIFIED NEEDS, THUS ACCESSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD TO THE MOST INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES OF THEIR CHOOSING.
named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

Peer Services (Peer Advocacy and Training)
Assists individuals diagnosed with mental illness in locating safe, secure, and affordable housing; supports development of daily living skills; and promotes access to individualized mental health treatment services.
Peer-Run Crisis Residences
Short-term, community-based programs providing a safe alternative to hospitalization for individuals experiencing mental health crises, emphasizing mutual support, autonomy, and recovery.
Self-Help and Peer Advocacy Programs
Provides education and advocacy to empower individuals to make choices and access opportunities in their lives and communities, including twelve-step recovery and parenting support groups.
activities · 5 groups

What they do

  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery Services 1 activity
    • Deliver peer support programs to promote independent living
      Implements peer service programs that help individuals with mental illness enhance daily living skills and access personalized mental health treatment, with the goal of achieving self-directed independent lifestyles based on individual needs.
  • Self-Sufficiency Empowerment Workshops 1 activity
    • Develop self-help and peer advocacy empowerment programs
      Creates self-help and peer advocacy initiatives that educate and empower individuals to access choices and opportunities in their lives and communities through peer-led support and skill-building.
  • 12-Step Recovery Support Services 1 activity
    • Offer specialized peer-supported self-help programs
      Provides a twelve-step recovery program addressing co-occurring addiction and mental health challenges, and operates a peer-supported parenting program for parents with mental illness seeking to reunify with children or build parenting skills.
  • Mobile Mental Health Crisis Intervention 1 activity
    • Operate peer-run crisis residences for mental health crisis intervention
      Runs short-term, community-based crisis residences that provide a safe alternative to hospitalization for individuals experiencing mental health crises, emphasizing mutual support, autonomy, and recovery.
  • Peer-Led Mental Health Support Groups 1 activity
    • Provide peer advocacy services for individuals with mental illness
      Offers peer advocacy to support individuals diagnosed with mental illness in locating safe, secure, and affordable housing, developing daily living skills, and accessing individualized mental health treatment services.
financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$12.05M
Contributions & grants$9.78M81%
Program service revenue$2.06M17%
Investment income$192K2%
Other revenue$22K
expenses
Total expenses$9.69M
Program expenses88%
Admin / overhead12%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$5.55M
Grants paid out$1.80M
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$10.20M
Cash$8.09M
Investments$0
Liabilities$4.45M
Net assets$5.75M
Liquid reserves10.0 mo
6 years on record · 2020–2025 · YoY revenue +9.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025

Who runs it

paid leadership · 2
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
JENNIFER LEVESQUE CEO 38 $124K
MATTHEW OVERFIELD CFO 38 $91K
board members · 12
  • ED MURPHY ESQ — DIRECTOR
  • ELIZABETH SMITH — DIRECTOR
  • JEFFREY PATERSON — DIRECTOR
  • JULIE BARBER — DIRECTOR
  • KATELYN CONNORS — VICE PRESIDENT
  • MAYA HU-MORABITO — PRESIDENT
  • MICHELLE SANTIAGO — DIRECTOR
  • MIKE BILLONI — SECRETARY
  • SARA TAYLOR — DIRECTOR
  • SHAWN CUNNINGHAM — TREASURER
  • SHERI SEGUIN — DIRECTOR
  • TOMMY VOLPE — DIRECTOR
strategies · 2

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Peer Advocacy for Housing and Independence
    methodology: peer_advocacy_and_support
    By employing peer advocates with lived experience, the organization increases trust and engagement among individuals with mental illness, leading to improved housing access and life skills development because shared experience enhances credibility and relational support.
  • Peer-Led Crisis Intervention
    methodology: peer-led_crisis_intervention
    By using peer-run, community-based crisis residences as an alternative to hospitalization, the organization improves recovery outcomes for individuals in mental health crises because mutual support and personal autonomy foster empowerment and reduce clinical escalation.