Kids & Families Together

What it reported doing in 2023

Therapeutic family support services (tfss) - therapists work with birth families involved with the child welfare system to improve family functioning and parent-child interactions using a trauma-informed and attachment-focused approach. Therapists hold family sessions and meet individually with the parent to discuss the parent's trauma history and how that has impacted their parenting style. These services are funded by both vcbh-medi-cal and cfs funds.fes - family evaluation services - as part of the resource (foster) family approval process, family evaluators conduct an in-depth assessment of the caregivers and family to assess their readiness to become a resource family. The evaluation includes an assessment of the caregiver's childhood, adult experiences, parenting practices, and current relationships. Referrals to other services are made as needed. Assessments are submitted to ventura county children and family services, the agency responsible for certifying resource families. Care provider training program - the goal of this program is to develop and provide specialized training to caregivers and professionals working with children and youth in child welfare system. Training is specific to working with or caring for children and youth who have experienced trauma. Clinical coaching - to promote transfer of learning, improvement in professional practices and awareness of clinical issues to ventura county cfs child welfare supervisors and social workers.csec - commercially sexually exploited children -therapists provide psychoeducation and support to caregivers who have a child in their care that has been commercially sexually exploited or is considered at risk of exploitation. Therapists help caregivers learn the signs that someone is being exploited as well as how to support and parent a child/youth who has been exploited. Gsp - guardianship stabilization program - therapists provide psychoeducation about trauma, attachment, development, and other topics related to caring for a child who has experienced trauma. Caregivers learn therapeutic parenting strategies to help with challenging behaviors. In addition, caregivers can explore their own attachment history and how that influences their current relationships and parenting style. By providing this kind of support, the child is more likely to experience placement stability. Pes - parent education and support - parent educators provide individualized education to parents involved with the child welfare system who are working towards reunification. Parent educators discuss attachment, trauma, development, therapeutic parenting, among other topics. Parent educators connect parents to other resources and services as needed in order to support them through the reunification process. Ppetc if - peer partner education, training, and coaching for kinship caregivers not in the child welfare system -ppes (peer partner educators) work with informal kinship caregivers to support them through the challenges that arise as a result of caring for a relative child. Ppes have the lived experience of caring for a relative child. Support can include guidance on dealing with challenging behaviors, boundaries with family members, as well as how to access other needed services and resources. Ppetc f - peer partner education, training, and coaching for resource (foster) caregivers - ppes (peer partner educators) provide support to resource (foster) parents. Ppes have the lived experience of being a resource parent and provide guidance on how to parent a child with a trauma history, how to work with the birth family, as well as how to access other needed resources and services. Safe - strengthening adoptive families through education - therapists provide psychoeducation about trauma, attachment, development, and other topics related to caring for a child who has experienced trauma. Caregivers learn therapeutic parenting strategies to help with challenging behaviors. In addition, caregivers can ex

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings