Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Family support services home instruction program for parents of preschool youngsters (hippy) a primary prevention program, hippy, targets families of three-, four- and five-year-olds, and is designed to ensure and strengthen family bonding, enhance school readiness, and empower parents to improve the quality of life within their families. This program is delivered by paraprofessionals hired from the service community who are trained to assist participating parents in implementing the nationally recognized and researched-based hippy curriculum. The hippy program builds on the basic bond between parents and children and, through role-playing with paraprofessionals, parents practice the weekly activities provided through this intervention component. Group meetings are provided as a vehicle for the development of parenting skills training and support group interaction. The darr family foundation also provides curriculum and program materials for this program. Family preservation - dhr the family preservation program is supported by the state of Alabama department of human resources (dhr) promoting safe and stable families program grant which provides funds to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve the quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, by adoption or by another permanent living arrangement. The program includes family support, family preservation, family reunification, and adoption promotion and support services. Parents as teachers parents as teachers is a home visitation program that supports and encourages parents to help their children develop during the crucial early years of life. Parents as teachers provide support to pregnant women, mothers, fathers, and other caregivers of children, from before birth to 5 years old. Enrollment of a child older than 3 years must allow at least two years of service before entering kindergarten. The program support is provided at no cost to the participating families in their homes. The support includes parenting and family enrichment activities, activities, books, and learning materials for families with children under age 5, bi-weekly home visits that include vision, hearing and developmental screenings, guidance to set and achieve personal and family goals, support through connections with other families in monthly group meetings, referrals to resources for families, links to community resources, fun activities for the whole family and free prenatal support. Funding for the program is provided through the Alabama department of children's affairs to the Alabama network of family resource centers, of which safe is a member. The darr family foundation also provides materials and training for this program. Pathways/juvenile diversion the pathways/juvenile diversion program focuses on creating an alternative to juvenile court processing through an individualized, strengths-based, advocacy framework that is comprehensive, specific and appropriate for the youth being served by engaging and supporting the family through the provision of parenting education and support utilizing the evidence-based curriculum parent project; youth resiliency training utilizing the researched based why try curriculum; as well as case management services utilizing the check and connect methodology. Parenting education and support - child resiliency interactive bonding (crib) the crib program is a primary prevention program that promotes parent/child bonding while deterring child abuse and neglect; that will include pre-natal and post-natal hospital visits and in-home follow-up visits to parents of infants 0-6 weeks of age. Through the hospital visitation component of the program parent packets are presented to each family of a newborn. Included in the packets will be a children's book provided by the crib program as well as pertinent information regarding parenting classes, brain dev

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
• Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $396.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th 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: NotApplicable
  • 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: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings