Special Kids-Special Families Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Adult Services served 80 clients in 2025. The adult day services program provides community- and facility-based programming for adults with disability, age's 18-seniors. The program allows the individuals to plan a schedule to have one or both options. Individuals can attend classes in the facility on one day and then choose to have community activities on the following day. The individuals served have a direct care provider who is trained to administer medications and attend to other medical needs. The Licensed Professional nurse trains the direct care staff, and furthermore offers classes to the community providers in need of Qualified Medication Administration Program. Care plans are created by the program nurse, who maintains close communication with parents/caregivers of the clients to ensure that support can be infused into the daily care, such as specialized diets, g-tube feedings, and adaptive equipment. The facility classes include yoga, current news discussions, themed activities, recreation, music and the arts. Infused in the program is the horticulture experience of the outdoor garden. The creation of the garden offers a haven for clients and the opportunity to have adaptable equipment to engage in the seeding, growing, tending and harvesting of the produce. Sensory activities such as digging in the soil, touching the plants, empowers clients to have direct experience. The program has been fortunate to have received various local and state grant funding to support this project. Additionally, the horticulturist is also a clinician in the community who specializes in working with people with disabilities. The community-based program allows adults to engage in recreation within the community. The community-based program had been limited in clients being able to participate in the community. The program leadership have work diligently to increase community opportunities and lengthen the time in the community with a future goal of re-establishing the amount of time and involvement in the community. Two additional programs added to adult day services in the Building Connection. This group meets weekly to participate in relationship building activities to tackle social isolation and loneliness for clients. The success is that the group has full participation. A monthly caregiver support event occurs on weekends to further address social connections with fun themes; and give the parent/caregiver a chance to have a break. This program is well attended with an occasional wait list. In November 2021, the adult day program was approved to provide home care services to clients in the community. This program is currently under process for attending to clients in their own home. This program allows a continuum of care support to individuals with disabilities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
• Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $3.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: -4.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings