EIN 13-3264779

Student Assistant Services (SAS)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
89
Year formed
1985
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
SAS's mission is to provide substance abuse prevention and early intervention services, programming, and training in schools, residential facilities, and communities primarily in Westchester County, New York.
Also known as...
Student Assistance Services Corporation
Total revenues
$5,614,708
2023
Total expenses
$5,627,084
2023
Total assets
$2,156,095
2023
Num. employees
89
2023

Program areas at SAS

Project success is an alcohol and other-drug prevention/early intervention program implemented in westchester county high schools and junior high/middle schools, through funding from the new york state office of addiction Services and supports (oasas) and the participating schools. During the school year, approximately 6,198 middle and high school students received prevention counseling and education program Services. Thousands more participated or were exposed to school-wide prevention activities. The goals of the program are to prevent students from using alcohol and other drugs, to increase school and community awareness about the dangers of adolescent substance use, to eliminate alcohol and other drug use among those who are using by educating them about the negative consequences of their use, and to empower non-using adolescents to strengthen the factors that protect against the risks of substance use. In 2022-2023 95% of students who participated in counseling increased or maintained their perception of the risk of harmfulness of alcohol and other drugs. The program is recognized as one of the few prevention/early intervention programs that has been able to document a positive impact on reducing alcohol and drug use among high risk students in high schools. Ninety eight percent (98%) of students seen four or more times in individual or group sessions in 2022-2023 reduced the frequency of alcohol or marijuana use (or remained abstinent) during the last 30 days after program participation.project success is being replicated in nineteen states, and fourteen other counties in new york state. The westchester Student Assistance program (sap) was adapted for residential facilities (rsap) and in 1999 was designated by the substance abuse and mental health Services administration (samhsa) center for substance abuse prevention (csap) as an exemplary program. The sap was modified to incorporate additional prevention program components and named project success and received the same designation in 2000. Both rsap and project success are highly rated programs on samhsa's former national registry of evidence based programs and practices. Project success was one of the highest rated substance use prevention programs on the pew macarthur results first clearinghouse.
The sf (strengthening families) program is an oasas funded, evidence-based parent and child program that aims to help families bond and develop effective communication skills. Throughout the 7-week program, families engage in sessions about mindfulness, goal setting, communication, conflict resolution and stress management. Over a 12-month period, 16 family members participated in the program. The overall feedback from families that attend the program is that they have been able to utilize the skills and techniques they have learned throughout the program. The program is delivered to mount vernon families by trained sas counselors.
Roaddd (reduce our adolescents' drinking, drugging and driving), an educational program aimed at preventing drinking, drugging, and driving among high school students. In 2022-2023, the program reached 1647 students, in a six-session educational program and in individual meetings with the roadd health educator as needed. Pre- and post- surveys completed by the students showed statistically significant improvement in perception of risk of harm resulting in a reduction of unhealthy behaviors related to alcohol & other drug use, and driving. This includes a statistically significant increase in students reporting they would be less likely to drive after using alcohol, marijuana, or other drugs. The roaddd program is funded entirely by the westchester county stop-dwi program, which receives money from the fines of convicted drunk drivers. Evaluations have found that the program is extremely effective in reducing unhealthy behaviors regarding alcohol, drug use and driving.
Student Assistance Services (sas) also provides other prevention programming to address adolescent bullying behavior and adolescent gambling. The organization provides technical Assistance, training and evaluation to westchester community coalition groups focused on the prevention of adolescent alcohol and other drug use. Other programs include a substance use awareness program designed as a resource for local judges to assign under-age adolescents caught with possession of alcohol or marijuana; and an intervention program for families coping with a young family member's addiction problems. Sas also providesconsultation and training to school districts, municipalities, professionals, and others on substance use prevention-related issues including bullying.the Student Assistance Services counseling center is a nys office of mental health licensed out-patient mental health clinic for adolescents. This program is a fee for service program that served 30 adolescents during the 2022-2023 year.

Who funds Student Assistant Services (SAS)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Phelps Healthcare FoundationProviding Substance Abusre Prevention& Early Intervention.$125,000
The Worby Charitable FoundationEducational$1,000

Personnel at SAS

NameTitleCompensation
Rhea CastanedaChief Financial Officer As of May$110,684
Ellen R MorehouseExecutive Director$130,804
Bevelry PierceDirector - Mental Health Services$107,168
Andrea FallickDirector - School Based Programs / Assistant Director for School Based PRGM / Assistant Director for School Based Programs$116,178
Sander RossTreasurer / Secretary$0
...and 6 more key personnel

Financials for SAS

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,183,325
Program services$2,382,808
Investment income and dividends$11,456
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$37,119
Total revenues$5,614,708

Form 990s for SAS

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-13990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-05-15990View PDF
2020-062021-05-18990View PDF
2019-062020-09-29990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $125,000 from Phelps Healthcare Foundation
August 10, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 21, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
July 3, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 1, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Mental health organizationsSubstance abuse programsFamily service centersHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
HealthMental health
Characteristics
State / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
660 White Plains Rd
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
Westchester County, NY
Website URL
sascorp.org 
Phone
(914) 332-1300
IRS details
EIN
13-3264779
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1985
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
F20: Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
NAICS code, primary
624190: Individual and Family Services
Parent/child status
Central organization
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