Asian Association of Utah

What it reported doing in 2024

Human trafficking support (hts) services hts services are funded through multiple federal, state, local, and private grants. Through these grants, we are able to serve all victims of both sex and labor trafficking, of all ages, genders, and immigration statuses statewide. During the year ending june 30, 2025, hts served 1359+ survivors of human trafficking across hts programming. Program referrals: outreach efforts resulted in 732 new client referrals to the hts program; an 81% increase from the prior fiscal year. The large volume of referrals is addressed through case management, the interim group list and the drop-in center. Case management: hts utilizes a comprehensive services model that is trauma-informed, survivor-centered, culturally and linguistically responsive, and addresses 17+ components of victim needs. This fiscal year hts served 318 trafficking survivors, including 166 primary trafficking survivors and 152 secondary survivors in full case management services. Case managers provided 21,263+ service incidents to enrolled survivors. Service categories included emotional support, safety and health; personal advocacy and accompaniment; information and referrals; shelter and housing; education, employment, and life skills; and criminal/civil justice system assistance. Interim group list/crisis services: due to the large volume of referrals during the fiscal year, hts also had to utilize an interim group list. Individuals on the interim group list have access to a crisis case manager, emergency services, referrals, and hts's weekly drop-in center, but are not assigned a permanent case manager nor enrolled in full case management services until space on a caseload is available. Hts provided 4096 crisis services to individuals on the interim group list. Services included crisis case management, information and referrals, legal, safety, medical/dental, education, emotional support, employment, financial assistance, housing assistance/advocacy, interpretation, mental health, basic needs, substance abuse treatment, transportation, among other services. Hts also provided onsite/virtual crisis intervention for nine law enforcement operations. Drop-in center: hts runs a weekly drop-in center. The drop-in center, funded through multiple grants, offers multiple services on a walk-in basis. Hts provided 7503 services to 692 unduplicated individuals through 1995 visits to the drop-in center. The services include necessities such as food (ready-made and dry goods), clothing, personal care items, medical screening/ treatment, housing services, daily bus passes, crisis case management, peer support, medicaid application assistance, harm reduction including syringe exchange and safe sex kits, alternative menstrual care, access to bathrooms and safe, temperature-controlled spaces. Aau collaborates with 4 partners agencies weekly to provide these critical services to exploited populations. Housing programming: hts housing services address needs across the housing spectrum: emergency shelter, short term rental assistance, transitional housing, and permanent housing. Hts provided 29 incidents of emergency hotel assistance, 2249 housing services to survivors, transitional housing to 67 survivors, and provided 561 incidents of rental assistance to survivors in Utah, totaling 475,903. Economic empowerment: this fiscal year, hts has enhanced our economic empowerment services. These services include crisis management, career exploration, financial literacy, educational opportunities, skill building/work readiness, employment services, and life skills groups, among others. Hts provided 1551+ economic empowerment services to survivors in Utah. Youth services: this fiscal year, hts enhanced their services to minor survivors of trafficking by developing and implementing an ht mentoring program. Ht mentorship focuses on social-emotional development, school attendance support, english language tutoring, community engagement, volunteering, and recrea

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 77.2%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $107.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings