Hands on Hartford Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Backpack nutrition programthe backpack nutrition program serves hartford children who rely on free-of-charge school breakfasts and lunches during the school year. We send home a backpack containing two breakfasts and two lunches along with drinks and snacks (including shelf stable milk) each friday of the school year. We also add weekly enhancements, such as fresh fruit, canned chicken, community resources information, nutrition resource information, and school supplies. Homeless outreach program for the elderly (hope)the homeless outreach program for the elderly is an interdisciplinary collaboration with Connecticut harm reduction coalition aimed at helping to get folks who are 60 and older who are living unsheltered into permanent homes of their own. The team seeks out people who are living in tents, under bridges, in wooded areas, etc., provides them with warm clothing, snacks, beverages, and works to find them a warm place to sleep indoors. They also connect with individuals who are 60 and older and homeless who attend our day center (inreach). They connect them with medical and mental health assistance where needed, and work to match them to housing programs with an ultimate goal of ensuring that each person they encounter finds a safe and stable place to call home. Homeless to housing (h2h)the homeless to housing program is a collaboration with mercy housing and shelter corporation aimed at helping to get folks who are living unsheltered into permanent homes of their own. A peer support person seeks out people who are living in tents, under bridges, in wooded areas, etc., provides them with warm clothing, snacks, beverages, and works to find them a warm place to sleep indoors. They connect them with medical and mental health assistance where needed, and work to match them to housing programs with an ultimate goal of ensuring that each person they encounter finds a safe and stable place to call home. Connecticut integrated healthcare and housing neighborhoods (cihhn)through the cihhn program, we support individuals in finding and keeping safe, affordable housing and provide housing case management and patient navigation services to increase housing stability and positive health outcomes. Participants were formerly homeless, have complex medical issues and are high users of medicaid-supported hospital and emergency department services. Hands on hartford housing serviceswe provide safe and affordable supportive housing and related support services for folks with serious health issues (including those living with HIV/AIDS), both onsite, and in individual's homes throughout the hartford area. We also provide supportive services and individualized housing stabilization or homelessness prevention services to neighbors in need of assistance. In addition, we provide linkage and referral case management services at a 32-unit apartment building for individuals with limited income.permanent supportive housing services (psh)we provide supportive housing and related support services for up to 24 folks with serious health issues living in various scattered site locations in the hartford area.zezzo house supportive housing serviceswe provide supportive housing and related support services for 18 households who have members with serious health issues (including those living with HIV/AIDS), at an offsite residence in hartford.faxon apartments supportive housing serviceswe provide supportive housing and related support services for tenants in 14 apartments dedicated to individuals and families who have struggled with homelessness and housing instability at an apartment building in west hartford.community kitchen/shared use kitchenhands on hartford's shared use kitchen is available for use by qualified food operators on a membership basis on an hourly basis. Small culinary businesses join the shared kitchen and benefit from a modern, renovated, licensed kitchen for product preparation and development, cooking classes, etc. We also worked in

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• 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: 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: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings