Hephzibah Children's Association

What it reported doing in 2024

Sibling camphephzibah coordinates an annual sibling camp for youth in our program, ages six years and older, that are separated in care from their siblings. This is a three-night, four-day camp that takes placed at camp whitcomb mason in hartland, Wisconsin. Sibling camp is important in creating a sense of connection and continuity between siblings, helping to build positive childhood memories, and encouraging confidence and self-esteem. Most importantly, sibling camp allows the children to just be kids, unencumbered by their past and have a wonderful time participating in activities that all children should have a chance to experience. Through sibling connections made and strengthened at the camp and at other times throughout the year, the youth maintain valuable links to their family, which is so important in bringing hope and happiness to the children.intact family servicesthe intact family services program is designed to make "reasonable efforts" to stabilize, strengthen, enhance, and preserve family life by providing services that enable children to remain safely at home. This program assists families to meet minimum parenting standards through professional assessment of the families' problems and the provision of necessary services. The families in this program are referred from the division of child protection (dcp) through the department of children and family services. Hephzibah's intact program provides services to the cook central region of the department. Our contract capacity is 100 families at any given time, and the caseload ratio is 10:1. Positive parenting program (triple p)hephzibah provides an evidence-based model of intervention called positive parenting program (triple p). Triple p is a parenting intervention with the main goals of increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents and reducing the prevalence of mental health, emotional, and behavioral problems in children. The age range for children being served by this program is from 6-12 years. The triple p curriculum has the parents focus on one child in their household that they struggle with the most.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 78
• Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 4.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings