Perinatal Advisory Council Leadership Advocacy and Consultati

What it reported doing in 2024

Welcome Baby Program - Part of Los Angeles Best Babies Network from 1 st 5 LA - PAC LAC has been providing technical assistance and webinars to registered nurses program management and home visitation personnel and health coaches for the past four years. In 24-25 we provided 12 months of technical assistance and three 90 minute educational webinars on: 3 4 25 Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia to 80 RNs 3 17 25 Implicit Bias and Cultural Humility Part I to Parent Coaches - 79 attendees; 5 19 25 Cultural Humility Considerations Part II 72 attendees. PAC LAC participated in 3 community events through the year with the African American Infant Maternal Mortality Community Action Team AAIMM-CAT in Pasadena Duarte Altadena disseminating information on important topics such as Pre-eclampsia Use of Low-Dose Aspirin Vaccinations Breastfeeding Congenital Syphilis and more. The attendance average was 150 200 and 325 - birthing persons and their infants and families. Also participated in a community event in Whittier CA where 1,000 people attended in partnership with WIC and had a table with information about our organization and other maternal neonatal health education resources. In partnership with CeraVe donated 3 boxes of sachets for infant skin care at each of the events. PAC LAC also donated a 200 target gift card to AAIMM during Christmas holiday event for the San Gabriel Valley communities and participated in gift giving to 40 needy families. Provided 4 webinars throughout the year - 11 20 24 Nursing Empowerment in the Perinatal Setting with 15 attendees 1 15 25 Promotion of Donor Breastmilk with 35 attendees 6 18 25 Trauma Informed Care and Addressing ACES through Perinatal care with 18 attendees 2 18 25 Navigating Menopause with 24 attendees. Additional talk per request from hospital in Monterey Park CA on Raising Awareness and Promoting Equity in Perinatal Nursing Care 9 25 24 2 hour talk in-person for Perinatal Nursing Services with 46 people in attendance comprised of RNs IBCLC OB techs management; continuing education units provided. Conducted Perinatal Nurse Leadership Meetings every other month 2 nd Wednesday from noon - 2:00pm 6 virtual meetings on 7 24 9 24 11 24 1 25 3 25 5 25 with hospital RN leaders in MaternalChild Health and some IBCLCs average attendance is 23-28. 1 st half of meeting with guest speaker presentations on Implicit Bias new regulatory concerns and legislation supporting lactation as a public health issues and use of donor human milk important role of doulas and domestic violence and the second half of the meetings were to facilitate and discuss any challenges opportunities successes surveys concerns that were confidential and important to the nursing leadership. Collaboration and participation and attendance at virtual with San Bernardino Maternal Mental Health Coalition monthly FIMR - Fetal Infant Mortality Review and Community Action Team quarterly meetings San Bernardino County and presented talk on Congenital Syphilis; collaboration with women infants WIC to promote nutritional health for mother baby and prenatally. Regional breastfeeding Liaison attends annual hospital site visits with perinatal consultants from PAC LAC Partner with AAIMM in San Gabriel Valley SGV attending monthly planning meetings co-lead of healthcare provider workgroup to promote trust between healthcare facilities and Black birthing persons and their families in the SGV.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
• Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
• Fundraising efficiency: $6.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings