Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network

What it reported doing in 2024

Child care system support: provide leadership and influence across the child care aware system. Focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (dei-ar) issues within the child care aware of Minnesota system and beyond: o we continue to meet quarterly with district and regional leadership to clarify roles and develop a shared vision. O we supported each district and region in developing and implementing an equity plan, which received financial support from dcyf. O the anti-racism workgroup at the ccaomn coordinating office (co) met twice a month to identify challenges that continue racism in the coordinating office and the system and to take action to address those challenges. They led a conflict engagement effort with the co staff, which included the development of a conflict engagement toolkit and a two-day training. Convened function-specific field staff and overall coordination/leadership staff to support and guide project work and provide updates and support as needed. Led a system-wide strategies work for shared strategic vision and strategies across all program areas. Led a system-wide advocacy network, which convenes quarterly to learn, educate, and share advocacy initiatives for early childhood issues statewide.coordinate and deliver a system of early childhood education professional development continued to serve as the primary delivery system to deliver child care aware training from both child care aware staff and contracted trainers. O collectively (with our local agency partners), we delivered 829 training events with 48,084 attendees. Each attendee may have attended multiple training events and may be included more than once in the attendee number. Provide advising in cda to 400 educators support the workforce and re-launch mncda program.coordinate implementation of the parent aware (pa) quality rating and improvement program we work with 21 coach champions to ensure broad support for the 59 parent aware quality coaches and to gain insight into the resources and support those coaches need. This past year, we expanded on the support given to our bilingual coaches. In september, the quality improvement team facilitated a community of practice that focused on key areas essential for early education. The sessions included discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion (dei), refreshers on the knowledge and competency frameworks (kcfs), and provided quality coaching. This initiative aimed to enhance educators' skills and promote inclusive practices within the community. Our staff participated in various workgroups as part of the state's ongoing parent aware redesign effort. Provide all families with the resources and support they need to make an informed child care choice. The child care information services (ccis) team completed 330 referrals this past fiscal year, 1,538 additional calls (over 10,000 minutes of call time), and 370 online chats covering various topics and requests for assistance. The use of our parent aware marketing material increased substantially this past year, with double the number of print orders and a 15% increase in visits to the website to over 135,000 visits. 10,000 views, 2,000+ downloads of the guide, 5,600 brochures distributed, and 63,000 completed searches on parentaware.org outreach efforts have continued to grow. Presentations, specifically at the avivo resource fair, yielded many successful connections and information sharing. Provide technical assistance and other support to the child care sector. Child care aware of Minnesota once again provided technical assistance for the great start compensation support payment program (gscspp). We started a new gscspp ta contract in january 2025. Supported individuals in joining the early childhood workforce. Empower to educate is a workforce recruitment program launched on july 21, 2022. The program provides early childhood workforce advising and relationship-based professional development, wraparound services and support, job skil

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th 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: -1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings