Anson County Partnership for Children

What it reported doing in 2024

Child care and education quality includes childcare services, early childhood resources center, and childcare subsidies. Dcdee approved trainings are designed to enhance knowledge, skills, and abilities to early childhood education owners/directors and early childhood education teachers who work with children birth to 5 years old. Core components and activities will vary depending on the selected training. Each training will be submitted to and approved by the North Carolina division of child development and early education (dcdee) for the required approval and renewal using documents specific to the training type: distance learning training packet, non-exempt on-going training packet, exempt on-going training packet, or conference training packet. Multiples trainings will be offered, some in-person, some virtual. Dosage for each training will vary. Trainers must be certified to provide the selected training. The anson county partnership reviewed the credentials, experience, and qualifications of the trainers and documented the trainers' qualifications in the conference training packet. Output and outcome data collected. Ta consultation and coaching for the infant/toddler enviromental rating scale, early childhood enviromental rating scale and family child care enviroment rating scale provided support with program quality improvement efforts for technical assistants (ta) who provided consultation and coaching using the enviromental rating scale to build knowledge of 3 items organized into the subscales of space and furnishings, personal care routines, language and books, activities, interaction, and program structure. Consultation and coachng took place one-on-one or in groups and done in person. All ta's must complete the art and science ta training. Output and outcome data collected. Ten childcare facilities received technical assistance totaling more than 60 hours in 2024-2025. 100% of participants who received training demostrated an increase knowledge of the subject matter according to pre/post test assessments. More than 150 traing hours or on-site consultation hours were offered to over 100 childcare providers. As of june 30, 2025 92% of children in childcare were in four or five star facilities. The early chilhood resource center offered a variety of materials to support childhood childcare providers and families of with young children for increased learning and development. This activity proveded access to child care development resources in materials such as but not limited to books, manipulatives, and reference materials. Items for checkout are available to educators, families with children, college students, etc. Approximately 600 visits were made to the resiurce center to borrow resources to sign up for programs or receive basic needs in 2024-2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 3.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings