A Chance to Grow

What it reported doing in 2024

A chance to grows outpatient rehabilitation clinic offers speech and occupational therapy services. Our team offers a holistic approach to meeting the needs of the child. We collaborate with other actg programs and interventions as well as parents, teachers, special educators, physicians, etc. A chance to grows vision department offers several programs for children and adults. Vision therapy is a combination of eye exercises that improve visual processing skills. Each program is individually tailored to the clients needs. Developing these visual skills makes reading and other schoolwork easier. Vision therapy can also reduce eye strain, headaches related to visual tasks, eye turns, double vision, blurred vision and amblyopia (lazy eye). In addition vision therapy improves reading speed, accuracy, comprehension and the ability to cope and take notes and athletic ability. Our vision department also offers vision exams for people of all ages. Other services include developmental and visual perception testing, preventative eye care and disease management, eye glass adjustment and sales, contact lens examinations and fittings, and dyslexia screenings. Recently, the vision department added mobile vision services for childcare centers. We travel to local childcare centers and provide eye exams to children six months to five years old. A chance to grows auditory department offers auditory processing evaluations for people ages 7 years and up. We can provide apd screenings for 5 and 6 year olds. Symptoms of an auditory processing problem include: a history of multiple ear infections, difficulty understanding verbal information, trouble following directions, spelling and reading, social interactions, sound discrimination, etc. Every clients care begins with a one-on-one evaluation with actgs audiologist. A chance to grows neurotechnology department offers two technologies to the community. Audio visual entrainment (ave) exposes the visual channel to pulsating lights and the auditory channel to rhythmic beats or tones. It allows one to reach a state of deep relaxation that fosters stress reduction and self-improvement. Through lights and sounds, ave exposes the brain to useful patterns and helps one access the brain more easily. The ave device is not only portable, but can be used in the privacy of the home. Eeg biofeedback is our other technology. Eeg biofeedback is a painless, non-invasive procedure where the client receives feedback from his or her brain with the assistance of sensors placed on his or her scalp and ears. Our system uses family-friendly movies and video graphics to help ones brain relax and reach optimal state, ideal for learning and efficiency. When a less desirable brainwave state emerges, the graphic or movie slows down and the brain responds to the slower feedback. This encourages an efficient brainwave pattern.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Limited
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings