Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community education and prevention: the lcada way is the largest provider of alcohol, drug, and tobacco outreach, education, and prevention services in lorain county. These services include a broad scope of activities from six Ohio department of mental health and addiction services (odmas) prevention categories. These categories include: a. Problem identification, intervention, and referral target individuals who have indulged in illegal or age inappropriate use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or illicit drugs, in order to assess whether their behavior can be reversed through education. The primary objective of problem identification and referral services is to prevent the progression of the problem. This may involve providing education and support services, directing high risk individuals and their families into appropriate community services, encouraging participation in needed services, and providing follow-up services. This strategy does not include clinical assessment and/or treatment for substance abuse and dependence. Individuals in need of clinical services would be referred to the appropriate treatment provider. B. Education services substance abuse prevention education involves two way communication and is distinguished from the information strategy by the fact that interaction between the educator and the participants is the basis of its components. Services under this strategy aim to affect critical life and social skills including decision-making, refusal skills, critical analysis and systematic judgment abilities. Lcada provides the following education services: child and adult child of substance abuse services, education services for youth and adult groups, classroom and small group discussion / instruction, parenting / family management services, small group sessions, peer leader / helper programs, and individualized education sessions. C. Prevention / information dissemination provides awareness and knowledge of the nature and extent of substance abuse and addiction and its effects on individuals, families and communities. The strategy is also intended to increase knowledge and awareness of available prevention programs and services. Information dissemination is characterized by one way communication from the source to the audience with limited contact between the two. Lcada will continue to provide the following services: information booths and displays, print and electronic media, brochures and other publications, information / resource lines, resource directories, and speaking engagements. Lcada will also continue to provide telephone information and referral services. D. Community based process aims to enhance the ability of the community to more effectively provide prevention and treatment services for substance abuse. Services in this strategy include organizing, planning, and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of services implementation, interagency collaboration, coalition building, and networking. Lcada provides the following community based services: surveys training / workforce development focus groups community team building coalition building and multiagency coordination and collaboration. These services include work with the communities that care and other community organizations to promote the development, implementation, and evaluation of prevention services within the community. E. Alternatives provide for the participation of target populations in activities that exclude substance abuse. The assumption is that constructive and healthy activities offset the attraction to, or otherwise meet the needs usually filled by alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, and would therefore minimize or alleviate the need to use these substances. Lcada provides the following alternative services: community events community dropin center activities community service/service learning activities social and recreational prevention services youth and adult leadership services and youth led prevention. F. Environmental

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: Limited
• Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

• Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings