Lifesteps

What it reported doing in 2024

Direct children & family serviceschild care (integrated) for children with and without special needs ages six weeks to school-age. Child check is a free developmental screening for children from birth to 5 years old that evaluates a child's development including talking, seeing, hearing, moving, thinking, and living skills. An autism screening is also available for children 18 months to 5 years of age along with hearing, social/emotional, speech and language by request or referral. Choic assists families at risk for drug use or abuse to remain healthy and safe by providing in-home family skills training, child development screening and education, and connects families to the social determinants of health within their community. Crisis child care is provided at no charge to eligible families to help alleviate stress thus reducing the potential for child abuse and neglect. Early care and education council (ecec) is a county-wide collaboration of organizations and individuals who are united to increase the quality of early care and education in our community and administered locally by lifesteps. Early head start provides services to low-income pregnant women and families with children birth to age 3. Services are through home-based visits to help meet the needs of parent involvement, education, health/nutrition, disabilities/mental health, and social services. Early identification / crisis intervention program (eicip) provides developmental screenings for children three months to 6 years of age with evaluations in hearing, speech, behavioral, and development to identify possible delays and who may be at-risk for abuse or neglect. Additionally, crisis child care helps to provide a safe environment for children to 6 years of age who are at-risk, along with providing home-based family support for families who may be experiencing stressors that impact their ability to parent effectively. Families forever is a program for adults struggling with the family changes brought about by divorce, separation, or living in a divided family situation and the pain, frustration, and stress resulting from custody issues. Family care mobile resource program is a community-based service that targets low-income families living in Indiana county and assists in accessing community resources as appropriate to meet identified needs.infant toddler contracted slots (itcs) is a free, quality childcare for children ages six months to three years old. Children must be eligible based on living in low-income households.maternal health home visiting program utilizes evidence-based tools to promote healthy pregnancy for low-income mothers, provide guidance and support to improve emotional and physical health for their newborn children, and encourage greater economic self-sufficiency. Home visiting staff support mother and child in meeting needs of individual and social determinants of health.pre-k counts is a free, quality preschool for children between age 3 and the time they are ready to enter kindergarten. Children must be eligible based on potential risk of school failure, either because of living in low-income, language or cultural barriers, or having special needs. Pre-kindergarten scholarship program provides scholarships to assist eligible families in providing a high quality early education experience. Families may apply to receive partial scholarships for either part-time or full-time preschool services at lifesteps. Preschool (integrated developmental) for children with and without special needs from 3 to 5 years of age. Each child is assessed in the following areas of development: 1) communication, 2) cognition/thinking, 3) visual motor, 4) physical, and 5) social emotional. Summer (camp) discovery program is a six-week program offered to children with and without special needs to improve and maintain developmental, communicative, and social skills, and encourages interaction with peers in a structured social program.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $37.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st 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: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

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: 5.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings