Community LIFE

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, the organization delayed and/or prevented permanent nursing home placement for 1,038 unduplicated persons in all or parts of allegheny, bedford, fulton, somerset, Washington, and westmoreland counties.community life, a pace program, preserved health, function, and quality of life for unduplicated members, more than 99% of whom are on medicaid, in eastern allegheny county, irwin, mon valley, new kensington, trafford areas, and also in bedford & somerset counties. Community life has health centers in mckeesport, homestead, wilkinsburg, tarentum, lower burrell, bedford, rostraver and somerset, Pennsylvania (pa), which provide primary medical care, rehabilitation services, medical transportation, adult day care, home care, prescription medications and numerous other services. Two of these areas are designated as being underserved with medical professionals and all are marked by high concentrations of low-income, frail elderly. Our success rate in keeping seniors out of nursing homes is 93% and they are less likely to be hospitalized from conditions which may be worsened by lack of information and access to services. Medicare pays capitated rates thus limiting their exposure on these complex individuals and medicaid rates are set below the average per capita cost of long-term care in the state - an average cost savings of more than $24,000 per year for every person who joins the program instead of choosing nursing home care. Community life coordinates care for all our participants which lowers the risk of unintended problems from multiple medications and treatments. Ninety-four percent of program participants are both medicare and medicaid eligible, the well-known duals" population with long term care needs that are the typically the highest cost medicare members. The other nearly 6% are participants are those who only have medicaid. In 2024, more than 2% of dual eligible participants in the community life program, did not have either medicare part a or medicare part b. Community life had the first co-location of a pace program (homestead 2002) with senior public housing and has been toured and studied by hud and other pace programs; the model was replicated in 2007 in tarentum. In addition, community life pioneered an innovative relationship with the mckeesport housing authority in 2009, financing accessibility improvements to 13 apartments, and providing staff and remote monitoring systems round the clock so that seniors could age in place in a community setting even longer. Community life was able to relocate a dozen individuals back out of a nursing home and has also solved vacancy problem for the housing provider. Community life provides service coordination programs in senior high rises in our service area, helping individuals to access services from rental assistance to health care to legal. These relationships enable seniors in public housing to age in place, reducing vacancy rates and providing solutions for housing providers whose tenants have problems maintaining their domicile. In 2023, community life partnered with general braddock towers housing to provide on-site 24 / 7 care to community life participants residing in their building. Community life was able to divert 12 participants from nursing home placement.a team of experts in geriatric care planning - including a physician, nurse, social worker, dietitian, physical and occupational therapists, personal care assistants, drivers, and others - provide the daily care and arrange all other needed services, follow up with problems, and educate our participants and their family caregivers about their conditions and setting goals for their care. In addition to having a care manager who knows all of the participant's needs and history, the participant and their family are relieved of the burdens of dealing with multiple insurance requirements, making appointments, transportation, and coordinating multiple services.community life has a rich history of community in

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 33.7%; rating input score 34; 8th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings