Family Link Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223262213
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Union, NJ, USA
Phone
9089645303
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,416,759
Expenses
$2,426,594
Assets
$560,197
Liabilities
$520,849

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROXANNE DORAN (President)
  • VIRGINIA GINNY LYNN (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN MARCARIO (Executive Dir.): $85,779 total reported compensation
  • BRANDY K ACOLIA (PROGRAM SPECIALIST): $68,075 total reported compensation
  • THERESA MULSTAY (DATA ANALYST): $66,568 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Family link was established in 1993 to provide leadership in the planning and coordinating of New Jersey's early intervention system in essex, union, morris, warren and sussex counties. Our goal is to facilitate access and availability of effective early intervention services through outreach, collaboration, family support, family involvement and technical assistance with providers and families.our mission is to enhance the capacity of families to meet the developmental and health related needs of children, from birth to age three, who have delays or disabilities by providing quality services and support to families and their children.

What it reported doing in 2024

Family Link assisted the New Jersey Department of Health in the implementation of the New Jersey Early Intervention System area including Essex, Union, Morris, Warren and Sussex Counties providing services and supports to 5,805 families.The Family Link SPOE department completed 5,805 referrals. Spoe SCs enter all new referrals in the Early Intervention Management System and assign the appropriate Targeted Evaluation teams. Follow up was provided to families as needed to ensure compliance with Federal and State rules and regulations. All activities related to referral are logged directly into the EIMS data system by the Spoe SC. Family Support Specialists contacted approximately 5,509 Primary Referral Sources (PRS) during FY2024. The PRS were notified that EI was open and operating and information such as the NJEIS Poster, 3-Ways EI Services are Provided poster, NJEIS Developmental Checklist were disseminated via Constant Contact. FS also participated in virtual community stakeholder meetings and/or provided Welcome to EI presentations. PRS includes Child Care Providers, DDD, Physicians, and Educational Agencies.For FY2025, FS will continue to release Outreach Information through social media and Constant Contact. Additional outreach efforts were made targeting, EC Providers, LEAs, Head Start and Social Service programs during FY2021 by contacting, then emailing referral information and/or providing a Welcome to EI virtual webinar. Family Link will continue to target communities FY2024 that are underserved through primary referral sources to increase potentially eligible children birth to age 1 by: Developing relationships with targeted Healthcare/Pediatric practice Including different outreach materials to targeted Healthcare/Pediatric practices(including free developmental screening resources, articles on Early Intervention). Offer a virtual Welcome to EI presentation to staff.Early Childcare Providers include information on child development, what happens to a caregiver when they learn of their childs developmental concern and/or disability in the Welcome to EI PPT and how to talk to caregivers about developmental concerns.Family Link developed the FLREIC website (www.familylinkreic.org) during FY2021 and continues to maintain it. It comprises resources and information on child development, including social/emotional development. It also has information on the importance of play and articles from professional organizations on the topic.FLREIC, through its relationships with community partners, linked their websites and resources to the FL website. It has information and links to Ages & Stages questionnaire, Central Intake (home visitation), libraries (social opportunities, including virtual venues), local and state mental health resources, Children's System of Care and more.The Training and Technical Assistance coordinators developed the following training for Early Intervention agencies, practitioners and Service Coordinators: EIP Check-in; Virtual IFSP Infographic; Online Etiquette Infographic; Outcome Developer Refresher PPT; NJEIS Requirements Infographic; MSU Community of Practice; Reflective Supervision; and Pyramid Practice Fidelity and training; Infographic Took Kit; Transition to Preschool worksheet; NJEIS Service Options Infographic; Telehealth Flyer; FAQ during Covid-19; SCU talking points; Social Media Accounts, Instagram and Facebook.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.93; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.