The House of the Good Shepherd

What it reported doing in 2024

Child care & support - the house of the good shepherd provided food, clothing and shelter for just under 1000 children during the fiscal year through a variety of programs: approximately, 450 children from oneida, herkimer, jefferson, lewis, st. Lawrence, and franklin counties (ny) were served each day in foster family homes. Offices in utica and watertown coordinate regular and therapeutic levels of foster care. These services provide intensive care coordination and support services to children for the purpose of maintaining them in a family home setting birth, kinship or foster boarding home families. Youth and families residing in the 14 county central New York area are prioritized for this program. Two children's residences, designated as "hard to place" congregate care settings provide boys and girls, ages 6 to 18, living on-campus with the treatment and support they need to reunite with their families or to prepare them to live on their own. Services include a variety of mental health services, care coordination and case management, recreational and therapeutic services, independent living training, post discharge case management and in-home support services. The group emergency foster care residence provides children in crisis, ages 6 to 11, short-term diagnostic treatment. During their stay children are evaluated to identify treatment and placement services needed to address individual and family issues in order to facilitate the return of children to their families or other placements. Up to 14 children at a time may be served in the schafer residence, which is a psychiatric residential treatment facility. This residence serves children 8 to 18 and provides 24-hour nursing care, psychiatric, psychological, social work and mental health counseling, recreation, and therapeutic and case management services. Non-secure detention provides boys and girls, ages 12 to 18, waiting to appear in family court with short-term housing, schooling and support services. Placement can only occur as a result of a family court remand or by law enforcement authorities managing an off-hours awol situation. Raise the age is a residential program that provides boys, ages 16 and 17, who have been adjudicated by the court for non-violent crimes, with intervention and evidence based treatment. These boys will stay in our residence for 8 months where they will receive a variety of mental health services, care coordination and case management, recreational and therapeutic services. Youths will receive post-discharge case management.pivot is a residential program that provides boys, ages 13 15, who have been adjudicated by the court for non-violent crimes with highly structured days focusing on education, vocational exploration and life skills. Teens are tasked with taking ownership of their actions and providing accountability for their decisions. The respite program provides families and foster parents with short-term, out of home services that offer temporary relief while improving family cohesiveness and long-term stability. The program is voluntary and serves children between the ages of 8 and 17, who are referred by oneida county dcfs for up to 49 days per year. Children in the program receive community based clinical and medical services while participating in their current education program. Health homes provides approximately 150 youth in oneida and jefferson counties with comprehensive care management. This program refers children to community and social support services with the goal of keeping them mentally and physically healthy.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings