Sheffield Place

What it reported doing in 2025

Sheffield place is a treatment and supportive housing program in Kansas city that focuses exclusively on homeless mothers and their children with multiple barriers to success. These barriers include (2025 data): mental health diagnosis 94%; addiction 91%; living in poverty 100%; domestic violence 57%; felonies 26%; among others. The agency offers a length of stay based on family needs, provides evidence-based, trauma-informed, intensive mental health and addiction recovery services using licensed masters-level therapists, certified substance use disorder counselors, casemanagers, and peer support; delivers all programming onsite where the families live, and ensures that all services are delivered in keeping with trauma-informed care principles. 164 families (330 individuals) were served. Residential services accounted for 127 families. There were 37 families in aftercare/outpatient. Nearly all families originated from Kansas city, Missouri, or eastern jackson county. The goals of the program include: improving mental, abstaining from drugs/alcohol, attaining employment, and securing permanent housing.to advance the mission of empowering homeless mothers and their children to heal from their trauma and become self-sufficient, sheffield place offers four fully-integrated services: residential housing services: each family has a private living unit (29 living units in total) with a private bath in either the main facility (17 living units), the sevi house (7 units), or the aspen (5 units). Families share kitchens and laundry facilities. Families with income pay 30% of their net adjusted income as a program fee; mothers without income perform an additional chore. The agency accepts families with up to six children and ages from birth through 18 years of age.residential clinical services: mothers receive an hour of therapy and an hour of weekly case management with the requirement that mothers participate in psycho-educational and therapy groups that are offered more than 23 hours each week. Residents observe a nightly curfew; do daily chores; and must be employed or actively seeking employment, and be in recovery services. Children take part in the psycho-educational project hope program that is offered during adult services.aftercare/outpatient clinical services: families that transition out of residential services, may elect to participate in aftercare/outpatient services at no cost and for as long as they wish. These families receive case management services along with other supportive services. Families may return to the facility for therapy and psycho-social groups. Families take part in the agencys social events such as the summer picnic, thanksgiving dinner, the holiday party, among other events. Permanent housing services: families in permanent housing also receive supportive services through aftercare. Sheffield place operates 9 units of permanent housing. Families pay adjusted rent, utilities, and participate in aftercare. In spite of the dramatic expansion of the number of families served since 2010, sheffield place reaches only a small percentage of the overwhelming need.in 2025, 1025 families called the agency in search of services. The number of calls was substantially higher than the 505 families that called in 2012.of all discharges 45% left clean/sober, 32% were housed, 2% were employed. Of those who stayed more than 30 days 80% were clean/sober, 79% housed, and 41% employed. Outcomes for clients in aftercare included 73% maintained incomeand 95% maintained housing.for the 9th consecutive year, sheffield place received the top 4-star (100%) rating from charity navigator, the nations leading independent rating agency.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st 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: 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.42; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings