Your financial gift is very appreciated and supports in several ways. First it grows the scholarship fund. Men, women, youth, first responders, veterans, and those engaging in treatment can access effective trauma therapies through Shine His Light LLC (SHL) without the barrier of cost preventing them from accessing the care they need. Your financial gift also moves SHL towards more sustainability by allowing us to allocate funds towards grant writing and more. Your gift then multiplies more financial gifts enabling us to serve more with less. Lastly, your gift allows Kaleigh and SHL to continue doing the life-changing work they are doing without being at risk for turning people away.
SHL is seeking 103k to cover 2024 and 2025. This would allow us to 1) keep our doors open to the current client's being served 2) serve those we are expecting for 2024-2025, and 3) put in place sustainability systems to reduce the long-term financial burden of fundraising. The current amount of monthly gifts we receive from loving donors does not cover the cost of our current clients nor does this enable us to grow to meet the need. An additional way to offer a financial gift is through business sponsorships. When a business sponsors SHL we agree to share your expert service with our broad community. Contact us if you are interested in gifting a larger one-time or monthly business sponsorship. Monthly $500, 1k, or 5k business sponsorships are available. A 20k, 50k, or 100k yearly business sponsorship is also welcomed.
Financial gifts are routed directly through local 501c3 nonprofit Broken Arrow Wranglers (fiscal sponsor Friends of the Great Commission). Financial gifts are not given directly to SHL. When giving, note "Shine His Light" in the note box. Funds are then earmarked for SHL. For clients that cannot cover the cost of the care they need, they first complete their therapy session and then an invoice is sent by SHL to the nonprofit for payment to SHL. Financial gifts can easily be made online via card or bank account (ACH) at www.azbrokenarrow.com/donate or by clicking the "give" button below. Like the woman who offered 3 pennies in the Bible, we welcome all gifts coming from a loving heart.
Unfortunately there are services insurance does not cover. Insurance often doesn't cover equine therapies, specialty therapists, healing intensives, or outdoors therapies despite these being evidenced-based, holistic therapies that effectively treat traumatic stress and its root causes. Some clients we serve have state Medicaid insurance (AHCCCS) however due to some state-wide challenges in the state of Arizona, becoming a Medicaid covered provider has taken an extended amount of time and we are not yet certified in-network. We also serve some that due to income challenges, have no insurance yet desperately need help. Current clients with the following insurance plans are covered for individual therapy: Banner Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, and UHC.
Yes. Our goal is to become a state-certified AHCCCS provider increasing our reach to those with a low-income or on disability insurance. This also helps alleviate the fundraising need in the future for then these clients can be covered for some of their services by their insurance. We hope the AHCCCS process is completed in spring of 2025.
Mental health community clinics are excellent front line service providers. However it is common for therapists to exit these systems, taking their high-quality expertise with them. This leaves clients on state-insurance with limited to no access to therapists with strong trauma expertise, thus clients enter therapy, but do not get better. Additionally, effective holistic therapies are often unavailable in community mental health clinics. We address both systemic problems head-on and pave the way for a better mental health system.
