Barren River Area Child Advocacy Ce

What it reported doing in 2024

The mission of the center is to reduce trauma to child abuse victims by providing a safe, child friendly location where teams of professionals work together to pursue justice and provide treatment. As such, the center is a private, nonprofit 501 (c)(3) agency that was developed to provide specialized services to victims of child sexual abuse and to track and advocate for those children as they move through the "system". The goals of the intervening agents are to work through a multidisciplinary team of proferssionals (law enforcement, cps, and prosecuting attorneys at a minimum) to protect the child from additional harm, to provide crisis intervention counseling and/or treatment for the children and family, to minimize any further trauma to the child, to protect society from the offender and to hold the offender accountable for his/her actions. The center provides the following core services to child victims from birth to 17 years: crisis intervention, support and case management, forensic interviews, comprehensive child sexual abuse medical examinations, mental health counseling, treatment and referral, court preparation and support, and many other personal advocacy services. The center by design is centrally located in bowling green (warren county) but responds and provides all services to children and families living in allen, butler, barren, edmonson, hart, logan, metcalfe, monroe, simpson, and warren counties on a first come first serve basis and at no charge to the childs family. The center has been a full member of the Kentucky association of the childrens advocacy centers since january 2001, an associate member of the childrens alliance since october 2002, and an accredited member of the national alliance since october 2009. The center is in good standing with both organizaitons and all current funding sources.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
• 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: Limited
• 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: 14.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings