STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Schedule of share - based compensation stock incentive plan

	Year Ended			Year Ended
	December 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
		Weighted			Weighted
		Average Fair			Average Fair
	Number of	Value at		Number of	Value at
	Shares	Grant  Date		Shares	Grant Date
Balance available, beginning of period	1,569,449		-	548,370		-
Additional shares approved by stockholders	-		-	1,500,000		-
Granted to employees	(333,500)	$	1.84	(310,000)	$	1.25
Granted to non-employee directors	(86,408)	$	1.25	(61,167)	$	1.77
Deferred under non-employee director's deferral program	(152,217)	$	1.25	(107,754)	$	1.77
Forfeitures by former employees	60,500	$	1.68	—		-
Balance available, end of period	1,057,824		-	1,569,449		-

Schedule of share- based compensation restricted stock units award activity

	Year Ended			Year Ended
	December 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
		Weighted			Weighted
		Average Fair			Average Fair
	Number of	Value at Grant		Number of	Value at Grant
	Shares	Date		Shares	Date
Non-vested at beginning of period	551,083	$	2.14	469,000	$	3.43
Granted RSUs	333,500	$	1.84	310,000	$	1.25
Vested	(296,084)	$	2.22	(227,917)	$	3.59
Forfeited by former employees	(60,500)	$	1.68	—	$	—
Non-vested at end of period	527,999	$	1.80	551,083	$	2.14