Children's Center of Surry Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Why try: resilience education program for at risk teens involved in the court system. Teens go through a ten (10) week series with trained facilitators. Nurturing parenting program (npp) in surry, yadkin, and stokes county: provides for families and their children from birth to seventeen (17) years of age and at risk of child abuse, neglect and/or domestic violence. The parent educator/home visitor will provide parenting education through "the nurturing program" developed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers through weekly home visits in the families' home environment and monthly group meetings. Smart start nurturing parenting program (npp) in yadkin county: provides for families and their children from birth to seventeen (17) years of age and at risk of child abuse, neglect and/or domestic violence. The parent educator/home visitor will provide parenting education through "the nurturing program" developed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers through weekly home visits in the families' home environment and monthly group meetings. Respite: provides parents, children and referring agencies with a safe and nurturing environment for children to stay while families resolve conflicts and reduce stress. Alternative learning program: academic support to provide children residing at the children's center and at risk youth in the community with strength- based educational support, resources and tutoring to enhance their educational opportunities. Real world: teaching financial literacy, social and life skills to youth ages 14 to 18 through a real life simulation and interactive educational workshops. Behavioral health program: provides clinical services for those actively enrolled in medicaid or nc healthchoice. The program helps clients address problems that may be the result of emotional or behavioral turmoil in their lives. Services are provided by licensed clinicians and use a cognitive behavioral approach to identify barriers, set goals, and teach new coping skills that can improve current level of functioning. Independent living skills (links): to improve outcomes, the independent living services for foster children (nc links) provides services and resources to: youth and young adults currently or formerly in foster care ages 13-17, young adults who are between the ages of 18-21 and are participating in foster care 18 to 21, and young adults who aged out of foster care at age 18 and are not participating in foster care 18 to 21. Strengthening families-dhhs: is a fourteen (14) week session, evidence- based parenting skills, children's life skills, and family skills training program that involves parents and children ages six to eleven (6-11), both separately and together. Surry yadkin domestic violence counseling: provides under-served victims of crime with trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and their caregivers in surry and yadkin counties. Department of social services supervised visitation: provides a safe place for the parent or parents to visit with their child or children who have been placed in other care by dss. Parents and children are supervised by employees and transported to ccnwnc from their placement or childcare facility and transported back. Supervised visitation clients are ordered by dss and or the court system.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.7%; rating input score 73
• Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73
• Fundraising efficiency: $1,080.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings