Creative Solutions for Positive Youth Development

What it reported doing in 2024

Social-emotional learning (sel) is a framework designed to develop skills in the following areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Groups are facilitated by mental health team members. Group participants will be determined by clubhouse staff and creative solutions for positive youth development team members, and groups will occur once a week for the duration of the trimester. Families will consent to their children attending group therapy and receive the group curriculum prior to the first group session. Sel group therapy topics will include: -mindfulness -self-esteem -conflict resolution -problem solving -assertive communication -distress tolerance -emotion regulation -resilience individual and family therapy -members, families, teachers, mentors, outside therapists, and clubhouse staff members will refer members to services as needed. -members and families will be assigned to an appropriate therapist, who will conduct intake assessments, create comprehensive and individualized treatment plans, facilitate weekly individual and family therapy sessions in the clubs, and consult with club staff and outside providers as needed. -services will be low to no cost for members and their families through billing insurance, both medicaid and commercial insurances, donations, and grant funding. Interventions we use a combination of evidence-based mental and behavioral health strategies in addition to supplemental methods to treat our members, including, but not limited to: -cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) -dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) -trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (tf-cbt) -motivational interviewing (mi) -acceptance and commitment therapy (act) -art therapy -music therapy -play therapy -animal-assisted therapy

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $22.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.25; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: Limited
• Asset growth: Limited