Firefly Children and Family Alliance

What it reported doing in 2024

Support and resources for young adults after foster care. Our placement and supervision program allows youth, who have effectively aged out of the foster system but were previously under the care of the department of child services and probation, to continue receiving certain support services. This program allows our case managers to provide financial assistance for rent, utilities, food, clothing and other incidentals based on individual need. The program is designed to help these teens and young adults develop independent living skills. Participants need to be employed full time or attending school with part-time employment. The independent living program provides teens in the foster system with one-on-one case management services focused on building self-reliance skills. The support program is open to older foster youth and young adults ages 16 to 21, although the department of child services determines individual eligibility. Voluntary services is a case management program for adults ages 18 to 21 who opt to continue receiving certain services. The young adults who join the program are expected to participate actively and outline a plan for achieving independence. Youth placement services: we help connect Indiana youth and parents with the resources they need to live successfully. We provide short-term housing through our children's shelter or longer-term treatment at the rachel glick courage center. In all cases, we're committed to doing everything that's required to ensure the children we serve reach the best possible outcome. Our youth placement services are open to a range of individuals, including adults in our communities who are interested in more information about being a licensed foster parent and joining our network of caring foster families. We offer extensive training resources to current foster parents who are licensed through firefly children and family alliance. Our children's shelter serves as a short-term facility for children in crisis, including runaway and homeless youth, and those who have been removed from their home due to abuse or neglect. Planned respite services are available for families experiencing significant challenges. The rachel glick courage center is a secure, short-term facility for youth referred through the Indiana department of child services or juvenile detention. Providing a wide range of support services for adoptees and those seeking to adopt. The Indiana adoption program is a statewide initiative to find loving, committed, safe, permanent families for children in foster care. Through the program, firefly children and family alliance helps recruit prospective adoptive families and match them with waiting youth. Most children in this program are over ten years old, and many are part of sibling groups, so families interested in adopting older youth or multiple children are especially needed. Every year, over 100 youth find their forever families through the Indiana adoption program. Helping hoosiers confront their biggest challenges through our recovery services, we're working to help individuals address past trauma and current struggles. We're committed to helping our clients move beyond the challenges of substance abuse and substance use disorders, domestic violence, sexual assault and mental health issues by developing strategies to cope and move forward. If left unaddressed, these challenges can impact all elements of an individual's life, including work and relationships. Our recovery services help Indiana children, adults and families heal. We offer a range of specialized services built to meet our clients' needs. We recognize that our clients require individualized services. The clinicians, counselors, advocates and recovery coaches on our recovery services team offer compassion and empathy for the clients they treat. Whether we're helping our clients recover from domestic violence, sexual assault, addiction or mental health challenges, we make sure they find the help they ne

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
• Fundraising efficiency: $44.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 37th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings