Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota

What it reported doing in 2018

Awareness and Education Prevention Education and Outreach: MCCC produces and distributes thousands of pieces of prevention education and outreach materials throughout the year. MCCC also raises awareness online through our website, social media, and an annual webinar series. Currently MCCC has over 3,100 followers on Facebook, and in FY19 MCCC offered a 4-part webinar series featuring Teri Barila, a leader of community resilience initiatives in Walla Walla, WA. MCCC staff members are also present at community events statewide to share information about prevention and to facilitate dialogue about child maltreatment through regional training workshops and cafe conversation events. In FY19, MCCC staff facilitated six community cafe conversations. ACE Interface Training Program: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and subsequent research studies demonstrate that exposure to adversity early in life can lead to negative health and social outcomes in adulthood. Using the national ACE Interface curriculum, MCCC develops the capacity of individuals as certified ACE Interface Trainers and Presenters so that they can raise awareness about the effects of trauma and the promise of prevention in their communities. In FY19, MCCC trained 279 ACE Interface Presenters, adding to 407 previously trained ACE Interface Trainers and Presenters statewide. Of those trained, 241 have completed certification requirements. ACE Interface Trainers and Presenters provided more than 430 educational presentations to nearly 8,400 individuals across the state. MCCC also held two gatherings of ACE Collaborative Partners, reaching a total of 250 attendees with information about building community resilience.A FY19 survey of 4,055 presentation attendees showed that 89% of respondents reported that they will incorporate their new knowledge about adverse childhood experiences and resilience into their actions at work; 82% said that they will incorporate this knowledge into their actions at home/in their families; and 76% said that they will incorporate this knowledge into their actions in their communities.Tribal Community Wisdom Project: In partnership with The Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN Center for Prevention, the Tribal Community Wisdom Project began in 2015 with the aim of building the capacity of tribal communities to address challenging health and social issues related to childhood trauma. This project has three stages: 1) raising awareness about trauma and resilience by providing ACE Interface presentations, 2) training presenters in the ACE Interface curriculum to build capacity and broaden community awareness, and 3) facilitating community-driven action planning to identify key strategies that the community will leverage to support healing and building resilience. In FY19, MCCC continued partnerships with five tribes on this project - White Earth, Fond du Lac, Lower Sioux, Leech Lake, and Mille Lacs. Across tribal communities more than 60 people have been trained as ACE Interface Presenters. Communities are at various stages of developing and implementing community action plans that leverage the existing resources within each community to strengthen individual and community resilience. Note that due to changes in funding priorities, funding for this program from the Center for Prevention ended effective January 1, 2019. MCCC continues to provide limited support to our network of Presenters and partners despite this change in funding.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $2.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 53.7%; rating input score 54; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 25th 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: -2.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings