Family Support Center of Barry County

What it reported doing in 2025

The crib program continues to save families from tragic death of a baby due to rollover or suffocation from co-sleeping arrangements. Distributing crib sets, mattresses, porta-crib and youth beds to families all over barry county to families in need. This year the breakdown distributed is an astonishing 24 crib sets, 2 toddler bed sets, and 4 pack-n-plays. Includes 26 mattresses. Mandated reporter program has two parts one is the education to agencies, businesses and service organizations in barry county. The second part of the program is the materials we give to each participant as a reference for reporting abuse. 123mandated attendees were serviced. Parent education workshops, family resource guides and calendar are programs experienced throughout the county. These programs provide information on over 70 phone numbers of agencies and services in barry county the family resource guides contain all the important numbers of help providers in barry county. This resourse guide provides information on over 70 phone numbers of agencies and services available in barry county. Awareness and public relations program have been going for numerous years. We try to raise awareness about our other programs and about the organization in general. We have touched countless lives with this program. Households reached this year through newspaper articles, radio, and billboards was 250,792. The shaken baby program consists of our state of the art baby think it over doll. It is an awareness program that shows that babies are very fragile and has students countywide this year. The pennock program impacts families that gave birth at pennock hospital this year. This program gives the family opportunities to what to expect the first year and the period of purple crying. This is helpful for first time mothers. Sexual abuse kids education (sake) program was presented to students in the thornapple-kellogg school district, teaching them about personal body safety. The mandated reporter guide and training was provided to 612 persons this year also. Kinship program is defined as the provision for full-time nurturing and protection of children by adults other than parents who have a family relationship bond with the children. We proveide confidential support, monthly support groups, referrals to financial services and resourses, and other referals.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $2,480.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • 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: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings