The Children's Home Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Prevention and intervention services: the supporting and empowering educational and developmental services (seeds) program is a multi-disciplinary intervention team composed of schools, community, and family representatives. The primary goal of seeds is to ensure children: 1) are ready for kindergarten; 2) are promoted at the end of the school year; and 3) are reading on level by third grade. These goals are accomplished by working together with the family to support the child's development, educational, and social needs so he or she can successfully function at home, school, and in the community.(continued on schedule o)the seeds team utilizes strength-based planning to support the child and the family by combining the strengths of the family, school system, community services, and existing family supports. Seeds collaborates with the hillsborough county elementary schools across the county to provide children and families with the help they need to overcome some of life's obstacles. Seeds served a total 1,584 children and parents (799 children + 785 adults).kinship is a program available to family members caring for a relative's child(ren) in broward, dade, hillsborough, orange, osceola, pasco, pinellas, and seminole counties. It helps families connect to necessary services, expand family support systems, and reduce stress to promote family stability. Total served this year in kinship is 977 families and 1,903 children.the pinellas support team (pst) is a behavioral health program that provides services to families in pinellas county with children in pre-kindergarten through high school, who are experiencing difficulties at school due to behavioral or emotional issues. Services offered: assessment, behavior modification, individual and family counseling, tutoring. Pst is intended to serve the uninsured and under-insured population or those experiencing barriers to accessing needed services throughout pinellas county. Pst served 289 children/youth and 246 families.healthy families is a nationally accredited home visiting program for expectant parents and parents of newborns experiencing stressful life situations. The program improves childhood outcomes and increases family self-sufficiency by empowering parents through education and community support. Parents voluntarily participate in healthy families so they can learn how to recognize and respond to their baby's changing developmental needs, use positive discipline techniques, cope with the day-to-day stress of parenting in healthy ways, and achieve their goals. Total served this year is 671 families and 592 children.caregiver support services (css) offers comprehensive support to caregivers and their families to prevent child abuse and neglect through an integrated multidisciplinary team that addresses the global needs of at-risk children and families in pinellas, hillsborough and pasco counties. Css serves children between the ages of 0-13 who have physical disabilities, social-emotional challenges, or developmental delays/disabilities and caregivers who are experiencing acute situational stressors leading to a strained family system.the program works to prevent child abuse by reducing household stress through "respite or short-term childcare services. Caregivers are provided a much-needed break so they can focus on their own health needs and are also connected to additional resources and services in their community ensuring they have all the supports they need to care for their family. Css emphasizes family choice and voice as well as taking into consideration the specific needs of the child when determining the type of respite service the family receives. All respite services are available seven days a week, offering flexibility to meet the individualized needs of each family. Universal outcomes achieved through css include: reducing parental stress, improving formal and informal family supports, increasing protective factors against potential incidents of abuse and neg

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $33.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings