The Safe Center LI Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Tscli is a leader in the field in providing comprehensive services to victims/survivors of interpersonal violence in a trauma-informed, collaborative manner. Tscli has over forty years of experience advocating for survivors of sexual assault, domestic and intimate partner violence, child abuse, and human trafficking by providing a comprehensive array of direct services to individuals and their families. Tscli has also develpoped strong relationships with community partners, including nassau county police department, nassau county department of social services, nassau county district attorneys office, nassau county attorneys office, nassau county probation, nassau county courts, and local medical providers to ensure victims/survivors needs are met. Tscli operates the only 24/7 hotline in the county responding to victims/survivors of interpersonal violence. The hotline responds to the needs of victims/survivors that is critical to meeting their crisis, information, and referral needs. The hotline connects individuals to safety, support, accurate information, and a spectrum of critical services. It is the gateway to which law enforcement, the courts, human services agencies, medical providers, and other concerned professionals direct victims/survivors for protection and assistance. They are the dispatch for tsclis volunteer hospital advocates when a victim/survivor of interpersonal violence presents to the emergency room. The hotline also partners with local police departments to follow up with domestic and intimate partner violence victims/survivors after police intervention to ensure they are connected to service in the acute phase following a domestic incident. Tscli is also the home of the nassau county child advocacy center (cac). The nassau county cac was first accredited by the national childrens alliance in 2005 and recently reaccredited in january 2022 with no recommendation for improvement, the highest possible endorsement. The cac is a child-friendly facility responding to child abuse that is child-friendly and in which law enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical, and victim advocacy professionals work together to investigate abuse, help children heal from abuse, and hold offenders accountable. One of the services available through the cac is tsclis forensic interview program. A team of staff forensic interviewers meet with a child at the request of law enforcement, child protective services, and/or the district attorneys office to conduct a child forensic interview following allegations of child sexual or severe physical abuse. The forensic interview is conducted in a developmentally sensitive and legally sound way to gather factual information regarding allegations of abuse. The staff works collaboratively with investigative, prosecutorial, and support service disciplines. The agencys advocacy and case management department provides assistance to individuals dealing with the aftermath of abuse from the early stages of disclosure through the lifespan of the case, as necessary. Advocates and case managers provide individuals with emotional support, information and referrals, guidance on navigating criminal justice and medical systems, addressing concrete needs, accompaniment to interviews, exams, and court proceedings, and advocacy with others including investigative, prosecutorial, and support service professionals. Staff also participate in multidisciplinary team (mdt) meetings such as the cac and rape/sexual assault mdt. Tsclis clinical department has three programs including a childrens mental health program, rape/sexual assault program, and domestic violence program. The clinical staff work with individuals with interpersonal violence histories and their non-offending family members to address reducing trauma symptoms and increasing protective factors. The clinical team offers individual, family, and group counseling options to meet the needs of the individual and family. Some of the cli

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • 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: 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -25%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.2; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings