BARC Developmental Services

What it reported doing in 2024

Barc developmental services provides residential services to approximately one-hundred individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism living in upper and central bucks county and the surrounding areas. Residential programs are based on individuals' specific needs that are met in over thirty homes. Community living arrangements (cla) are homes with varying levels of supervision based specifically on the individuals' needs. The focus of barc's cla homes is on the individual and their abilities while developing methods to assist the individual and team to address areas to improve upon. Each member of the team has a voice, with the individual's being the directing influence. Levels of support and staff oversight are more varied within cla homes, with some individuals having periods of time where no direct support professionals are in the home. Some individuals residing in cla homes within barc developmental services require assistance with activities of daily living, such as daily hygiene and taking medication, often the type of assistance needed is during social situations to develop the skills to interact with others optimally. Intermediate care facilities (icf/id) provide 24-hour a day structured and fully supervised care focusing on active treatment. This entails the involvement of the individual in all aspects of their daily life with the level of assistance they require. Associates work with individuals to teach them the process to learn each step of a task at the rate of speed the individual requires to be successful. Individuals receive the level of prompting they require during this process which can be as minimal as verbal direction or as much as physical assistance. Active treatment occurs during dressing, bathing, eating, taking medications, communicating, working, household chores, leisure time, and community outings. Individuals in an icf may have complicated medical diagnoses requiring the nursing team, in union with direct support professionals, working together to make certain that everyone has all of their needs met while being able to live a full and community integrated life. Two additional residential services that are available include unlicensed residential habilitation (urh) and lifesharing. Urh support involves an individual living alone, or with a roommate, and a direct support professional assisting them for less than 30 hours per week. Assistance is typically provided with shopping, apartment cleaning, medication management, banking, and budgeting. Staff are in place to assist individuals to complete these tasks and teach them how to do them independently in the future. Lifesharing options allow for an individual to live in the home of a community member. The goal of this service is for a strong bond and relationship to develop between the individual and family where sharing many aspects of each other's lives occurs over time. In addition to the associates who provide care and support directly to individuals in the residential programs indicated above, there is an intricate network of other barc developmental services residential associates. The full nursing team includes over fifteen associates who provide support with medical appointments, medical assessments, medication, and healthcare management. The maintenance team ensures that homes, day programs, offices, and vehicles are safe and comfortable. A behavior specialist assists individuals and team address difficult situations. The administrative team assists with individuals' benefits, paperwork processing, and the everyday tasks that fall into every other category that make individuals' lives as safe and enjoyable as possible.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
• Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings