Prevention Council of Roanoke County

What it reported doing in 2024

1) Virginia foundation for healthy youth (vfhy) grant: the 3-year vfhy grant awardedto the prevention council of roanoke county, dba partnership for community wellness, provides up to $31,000 per year (ends in 2026). It allows the partnership forcommunity wellness to work closely with community partners (healthy communityaction team (hcat)) in an intentional collaborative fashion to support the prevention of childhood obesity. The grant provides a small amount of funding for the executive director's salary, along with a small amount for the project coordinator. Together the wild way, joi neuron, kombat fitness, roanoke county, public schools, the partnership for community wellness is focusing on the promotionof these three healthy behaviors: moving more and decreasing screen time as well as choosing healthy foods through a variety of creative interventions including outdoor adventures, strength training and family information to decrease screen time and increase family/outdoor time.2) comprehensive addiction recovery act (cara) grant: the 5-year cara grant awardedto the prevention council of roanoke valley dba partnership for community wellness, provides $50,000 annually (ending in june 2026).it allows the partnership forcommunity wellness to focus on opioid, methamphetamine and prescription misuse andyouth access. The grant provides funding for a portion of the executive director'ssalary and a part-time project coordinator. The cara grant has helped us raiseawareness (community conversations, presentations, outreach), support healthyactivities, identify/address risky behaviours and create positive generationalchange.3) cdf - congressional direct funding, awarded through the office of national drug control policy administrative provision (prevention grants) at the white house. (september 2024 - december 2025 - total $150k) this grant allowed us to: implement a mix of comprehensive strategies including community outreach programs focused in areas of health and economic disparity, partnering with mission-aligned community organizations to address prevention needs in the areas of risk indicators, protective factors and barriers to education and treatment parenterships with members of the medical community to spread awareness of research, solution creation opportunities through modules and community conversations increasing caps: community access points.4) oaa - opioid abatement authority funding. Awarded through the state the state of va oaa to roanoke county to partnership for community wellness ($ 162k - january 2025 -current) this grant allowed us to: continue to use the strategic prevention framework model that has been in place since 2001 and is data driven through both community data and the yrbs (youth risk behavior survey) since 2002 giving us 22 years of youth data (grades 6-12). This grant assists greater understanding of sud and mitigating at early age onset. We continue to partner with roanoke county schools and community to prevent/educate on brain development, vaping, cannabis, fentanyl, screens and other risk factors. Using the spf process we are able to work with community partners and use all 7 strategies of change to educate, change practices and policies in communities as well as increase positive health factors while decreasing risky health factors for students, families and whole communities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 58.2%; rating input score 58
• Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings