Gulf Coast JFCS

What it reported doing in 2024

Children and family services: child welfare case management provides protective supervision for children referred by the Florida abuse hotline and child protective investigators. Community-based services are provided in-home and in alternative placements with relatives, non-relatives and licensed foster care settings to ensure safety, well-being and permanency, including adoption, for an active caseload of over 1,000 children. This project is part of the statewide privatization of state protective services. (continued on schedule o) the clinical support program offers intensive in-home therapeutic and supportive services to stabilize and empower families caring for dependent children, addressing challenges such as mental health crises, substance abuse, domestic violence, and behavioral issues to ensure child safety and placement stability without service fees, utilizing a strength-based approach and collaboration with case management organizations and community resources. Services are provided in the home and local communities. The program utilizes direct family involvement to develop individualized support plans to address necessary services such as case management, benefit assistance, crisis intervention, and peer support. Diversion/prevention programs provide family intervention and support provides intensive in-home family preservation services and community outreach with the goal of keeping at-risk children "safe at home". The program helps the family to identify and problem-solve regarding those issues that lead to abuse and neglect; to learn about, practice, and develop proficiency in strategies to avoid, deal with, or overcome those issues; and to teach and model with the family regarding how to utilize community resources effectively and to their best advantage. Families at-risk of having their children removed from the home due to abuse/neglect are referred to the program by child protection investigators. The family skill builders (fsb) program is designed to reduce child abuse, neglect, family conflict, and child behavior problems. Improvements to family functioning and protective factors are made by providing in-home therapeutic interventions, case management, parenting education, crisis stabilization, and support. Services are available to families with children aged 0-17 who reside in broward county. All direct services are provided in-home and/or community settings at times that are "family friendly," including evenings, weekends, and holidays with 24/7 staff availability in the event of a crisis. Fsb program referral sources include Florida department of children and families - child protective investigations section and broward schools. Family services initiative (fsi) provides navigation services for families in pinellas county, to include access to information, support, and resources, to assist in regaining family stability. System navigators work collaboratively with the family to assess, identify, and prioritize a family's barriers and needs to strengthen family stability. Provides services by developing family-centered, strength-based and needs-driven, family support plans, with family participation. For families with emergent needs, provide financial resources to the family so that stability is achieved in a 710-day service delivery. For families with more complex needs, provide effective system navigation with a 30-day service delivery. Good afternoon friends and amigos (gafa) is an afterschool program that will provide tutoring and homework assistance to scholars from kindergarten to 5th grade. Parents/caregivers of participating students will be involved in their development and family activities. Resources will be available to parents/caregivers to help meet identified needs to include home visitation. Scholars in kindergarten through 5th grade enrolled at identified elementary schools in hillsborough county (reddick and robinson elementary). Healthy youth transitions is a program that targets adjud

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $62.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -1.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings