United Way of Southeastern Connecticut Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Healthy Community: United Way of Southeastern Connecticut supports programs located in New London County that promote and provide a Healthy Community. The outcome for these programs is to ensure that individuals/families have access to healthcare and improve their health. These programs improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of individuals and families, eliminating personal barriers and improving the quality of life.United Way serves as the backbone agency on behalf of the Eastern Connecticut Health Collaborative (ECHC), a thirteen-town collaborative, including both Tribal nations, joined together to focus on equitable outcomes, working collectively to remove barriers and improve access to healthcare and nutrituous food, and striving to minimize negative childhood experiences to ensure a healthier community and decrease healthcare spending. ECHC consists of thirty-two organizations representing human services, local publich health, federally qualified health centers, state, and municipal agencies.ECHC works to achieve these goals through the following initiatives: 1.Coordinated Outreach: Developed to support and enhance the work of our regions Community Health Workers (CHWs) and various outreach workers in a strategic and coordinated approach to reach low access, vulnerable communities, and address barriers. The anticipated impact is an increase in culturally relevant case management and the expansion of the geographic/demographic reach of Community Health Workers and outreach staff reducing the duplication of services. Coordinated Outreach also provides CHWs the opportunity to share strategies, best practices, and resources to better service their clients to minimize the level and frequency of healthcare and social service needs. Nine agencies have participated to date with an average of thirty CHWs attending each session.2.Mobile Health Hubs: An innovative approach to bringing mobilized health-related services to underserved communities in New London County and the Town of Windham on a monthly basis. This is a coordinated effort to partner agencies with existing mobiles to offer more comprehensive, wrap-around resources at each of these locations. Mobile Health Hubs have serves approximately 19,000 individuals across nearly 100 events annually.3.Family Bridge: ECHC is the second region selected by the CT Office of Early Childhood (OEC) for a new universal nurse home visiting program for all birth mothers. Family Bridge Eastern CT includes a proven, evidence-based nurse home visiting program with a Community Health Worker (CHW) support component that will be tailored to our community. The pilot phase launched with the subcontracted partner (TVCCA) this February 2025 offering services to Tribal birthing moms and those living in Norwich, Windham, Lisbon, Griswold and Montville. Eventually the goal is to offer Family Bridge Eastern CT services to every birthing family living in all 13 towns in ECHCs catchment area.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 66.6%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings