Mid-Kansas Community Action Program Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Mid-ks cap was awarded 303,000 from housing and urban development (hud) through the balance of state continuum of care grant. Mid-ks cap works with partner agencies and the community to provide homeless families and individuals the opportunity to resolve their housing crisis through the efficient use of a pool of available community resources. The housing and beyond project utilizes rapid rehousing dollars from the housing and urban development (hud) program to assist families and /or individuals in butler, harvey, reno, marion, sumner, and cowley counties in Kansas. The goal is to quickly obtain permanent housing. Once housing is secured short-term or long-term services, depending on customer needs, and accessing community linkages to services are provided through case management until the attainment of housing stability. This project serves homeless individuals and/or families that have obstacles that prevent obtaining permanent housing. Services provided may include financial assistance, budget counseling, landlord advocacy, and linkages to community agencies that will provide services sufficient to enable the family to obtain and maintain permanent housing. Services are provided in a manner that enhances the family's stability, respects the family's uniqueness, and enables the family to establish and maintain a permanent home. Housing is a primary goal of working with people experiencing homelessness. Aftercare may not always be needed; however, it can be expected in the majority of cases. During a one-year period, each family will be part of a case management program that includes mentoring, increasing income, increasing education if needed, financial literacy training, and optional classes such as parenting, stress management, etc. Csbg funds are used to support the match requirement of this award. The agency assisted 258 individuals to obtain safe and affordable permanent housing. The case management approach consists of crisis intervention, emergency services, screening and needs assessment. Families who have become homeless have immediate trauma situations that need to be accommodated, including the provision of emergency shelter. There is a screening of the challenges and resources that will affect a re-housing plan. The provision of services to help families access and sustain housing includes working with the client to identify affordable units, access housing subsidies, and negotiate leases. Clients may require assistance to overcome barriers, such as poor tenant history, credit history, and discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, family make-up, and income source. Individual and family workers need assistance to identify landlords willing to work with the program and engage in strategies to increase participation. Mid-ks cap operates 24 low-income housing units in rural communities. The program encourages families with children to remain in communities, thus raising the school tax base. It has been noted by the agency that placing a new home in a rundown area tends to improve the entire neighborhood. Safe affordable housing is one key to reaching self-reliance. Tenants in low-income rental units are provided information on creating credit and credit repair. Tenants are given an opportunity to purchase the housing unit they occupy and provided with the tools to make that happen.whitewater and eureka cities have both identified the need for food and nutrition programs. The agency will be working with community leaders to develop projects to address the needs of each community. As a result of the pandemic, based on the urgent and widespread needs affecting all sectors of the community, services focused on the pandemic crisis and emerged based on economic and health crises. The employment impacts of the pandemic were immediate, and profound and continue to negatively impact individuals and families. Mid-ks cap was able to identify funding and increase capacity to assist 546 eligible applicants. Case management ser

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.3%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings