Homeless Childrens Network

What it reported doing in 2024

Mental Health Services: Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT): HCNs General EPSDT Program provides culturally competent, strengths-based behavioral health services for children and youth aged 0-17. This includes underserved youth populations such as newcomer Latine youth; immigrant youth and their families; LGBTQIA+ identified youth; youth without housing; and children and youth not attending school due to mental health disorders or emotional disturbances. HCNs therapeutic model employs a strengths-based, culturally responsive, inclusive, whole-person approach to mitigate the long-term effects of traumatic events and intergenerational trauma. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, collateral support, and case management.Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC): HCNs ECMHC Program serves young children ages 0-5, their families, and the people and providers who make up the system of care with the aim of improving social, emotional, and behavioral health and well-being of young children at sites all across San Francisco. HCN has deep experience providing ECMHC services for early care and education (ECE) programs (including family child care settings), Family Resource Centers (FRCs), and in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). HCNs services include consultations and feedback, professional development, training and support groups, therapeutic playgroups, school/classroom observations, early intervention, and culturallygrounded referrals and linkages.Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP): CPP is a nationally recognized, trauma-informed therapeutic intervention that supports family strengths and relationships and supports healing from stressful experiences while upholding family and cultural values. This initiative provided support for a cohort of clinicians to take part in an 18-month CPP training and learning collaborative. HCNs CPP clinicians work within HCNs Maat and General EPSDT programs providing behavioral and mental health services. By engaging in CPP clinical training, Maat and General EPSDT clinicians are equipped with an additional effective clinical-based practice for engaging families in therapy.Entre Nosotros: HCNs Entre Nosotros (in English, Within Us) initiative is a community mental health program that fosters culturally affirming mental health and wellness spaces for underserved and historically marginalized children, youth, parents/caregivers, and families including those from Latine-identified and Spanish-speaking communities to access and reclaim holistic healing practices. Entre Nosotros goal is to destigmatize mental health and enhance wellness through culturally-rooted, trauma-informed, and community-based group support services such as newcomer youth support groups and parent/caregiver support groups. Amani Mental Health Training: Amani is a workforce development program designed to prepare individuals to provide peer support and community mental health services. HCNs Amani Program utilizes a culturally responsive, Afri-centric framework that inspires and encourages participants to embark on an inward journey that ultimately guides the wellness journey that they will provide for other community members in the future. Amani has a history of serving low-income job seekers including those from historically marginalized communities such as Black/African American communities, reducing unemployment and displacement, and helping meet the urgent need for healing in diverse communities by training culturally competent entry-level peer support specialists and mental health professionals.Brighter Futures: By design, HCNs Brighter Futures program is built on HCNs Maat model to mitigate, and where possible, eliminate barriers to care for underserved and marginalized fathers and families, including mental health stigma, illness, distrust of the healthcare system, absence of culturally competent providers, and lack of insurance or underinsurance. HCN was funded under thi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.3%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 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: -5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings