Child Care Council Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL (CCRR) is a performance based contract, funded by New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Bureau of Child Care Services which provides a wide range of services to Monroe, Wayne and Livingston County as well as a Regional Infant/Toddler Resource Center that provides service to Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Yates, Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung County. This contract provides support for administrative services at the Council's Main Office in Rochester and Branch Offices in Avon, Livingston County and Newark, Wayne County. (Continued on Schedule O)Service areas covered by this contract include -(1)Referral and Parent Education services for parents and guardians who are seeking to locate outside of home care for young children from birth through age 13. This service includes the maintenance of a currently updated database on all registered and licensed programs in the three-county area, availability of referral information by phone, email, on-line, and one-on-one consultation at council offices.(2)Technical Assistance services and support for Family, Group Family, School Age and Child Care Center Programs and staff as well as services in support of individuals who are considering entering the child care field as business operators or staff.(3)Health Care Consultant services that include review of health care plans, consultation on child health related issues, medication administration training, and on-call availability to respond to provider questions.(4)Start-up services include health and safety equipment grants for income eligible individuals who are entering the Family or Group Family Child Care business for the first time, quality improvement grants for existing providers, and regulations training for registered programs and staff.(5)Legally Exempt Enrollment services include the enrollment and monitoring of all individuals who are exempt from New York State Registration and Licensing requirements and who are providing child care for families who are eligible to receive NYS subsidy dollars to cover the cost of care. These services include the receipt and processing of applications, technical assistance to individuals in-person or by phone, annual home inspection visits, educational programs, and ongoing monitoring for all legally exempt providers in Monroe, Wayne and Livingston counties.(6)Staffed Family Child Care Networks, also called Empire State Child Care Collaborative, is a new initiative that provides strategic business administration support, training, technical assistance, and business management software to home-based child care programs.(7)Administrative services include all general office management functions, community outreach; financial and human resources management; data collection, reporting and analysis; communications and public relations; technology, facility and business management involved in the operation of the three council offices.(8)Supportive services including - Professional Library as a resource for providers, parents and community; Ongoing communications through the "Caring Matters" monthly newsletter, the website and social media.INFANT/TODDLER REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER Is funded by a performance based contract from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Funding covers services to Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Schuyler, Steuben, Ontario, Yates, Seneca and Chemung counties. These services include but are not limited to, providing for the services of an Infant/Toddler specialist in each of these counties, conducting educational opportunities for these specialists and for other CCRR staff members, holding quarterly meetings of the directors of each of the CCRR agencies serving the target counties, participating in state meetings and programs related to the care of infants and toddlers, providing resource libraries in each of the CCRR agencies and serving as facilitators for these services throughout the 9 county area. Th

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 64th 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: 8.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings