Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

Mother-to-mother is a 4-phase, incentive-based, mentoring program whose mission is to reduce the occurrence of child abuse and neglect. Parenting or expecting stoddard county moms who are 24 years old or younger may enroll in the program. Mother-to-mother program services are designed on a strengthening families approach. Each staff member has completed the strenthening families' protective factors online training. Mother-to-mother services help families build their protective factors, which are parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, social connections, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children. Each participant is paired with a volunteer or staff mentor who models and encourages positive parenting behavior and acts as a confidant and advisor. The nurse educator provides education on pre/post natal health, breast feeding/nutrition, shaken baby syndrome, safe sleep, and immunizations, to parents, grandparents and other caregivers. Program staff and volunteers provide linkage to other services and monitor for early signs of family distress. Group meetings provide opportunities to participate in fun activities, learn from guest speakers about parenting topics, improve career soft skills, speak with area employers, and form social connections. Mother-to-mother moms complete monthly incentive forms with which they earn points by working, attending school, reading to their child, attending activities, and other positive behaviors. The points are used to purchase children's clothing, diapers, hygeine products, laundry detergent, toys, books and other items from the baby boutique. Participants may take food from the food pantry and adult clothing from the boutique weekly. Another component of the mother-to-mother program is education and career development. Moms who are in high school are encouraged to stay in school. Program staff members help participants who do not have their high school diploma study and register to take the high school equivalency exam. The foundation pays for the exam. Participants set education and career goals. Area employers work with the program to provide job listings and participate in career fairs. Phase i focuses on the pregnancy and preparing for the birth of the child. Phase ii begins with the birth of the baby. The focus shifts to post-partum health, caring for the baby, continuing school and/or developing a career. Phase iii begins with the child turns one. Participants agree to focus on education and/or career development activities. Phase iv addresses the needs of young parents who have completed their education and are employed but continue to need the emotional and/or social support of the program. Phase iv prepares the parents to exit the program. During 2024, a total of 40 families, including 40 moms, 26 dads, and 60 children participated in the mother-to-mother program. The mother-to- mother program is primarily funded by grants and donor contributions.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
• Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 26th 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 26.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 8; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings