Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

What it reported doing in 2024

Intensive Services: For youth who need more help, our Intensive Services Division provides a higher level of behavioral health care. Families with children who have severe emotional or behavioral difficulties can receive individually designed services at Wellnest or at home, in school, and in the community - all depending on the family's needs. The Full Service Partnership (FSP) gives families with children experiencing serious emotional and behavioral problems the opportunity to receive intensive, coordinated services. Our wraparound services offer flexible, therapeutic, and individualized plans of care for children and youth at risk of experiencing an out-of-home placement. Lastly, families in Los Angeles County with child welfare involvement can get help for their child's serious emotional disturbances through the Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS) Program. At the Drop-In Avis & Mark Ridley-Thomas Life Learning Center (LLC), young people can alter the course of their lives with such services as therapy, case management, employment, education and career guidance, life skills, substance abuse counselling, housing, and more. This vibrant, accessible 10,000-square-foot space gives transition-age youth a safe place for recreation and creative exploration, along with a chance to build personal strengths and a sense of community. Each youth connected to the LLC has access to a variety of programming where a youth becomes an essential part of the team. Most clients benefiting from this program are young adults emancipating from foster care and/or reforming from the probation system.The Hope for Housing LA Program is a scattered site housing program where each young person is part of a team to support their ability to maintain independent living. Youth are placed in service areas 4 and 6 and learn to live independently with a roommate and receive very focused support to prepare them for permanent housing at the completion of their program. The Nest on Florence will provide permanent supportive housing for vulnerable young adults and their families in South Los Angeles. The Nest on Florence includes 51 units for young men and women and their families who are at risk for homelessness or have become homeless, as well as those who are experiencing a behavioral health issue which inhibits their ability to maintain stable housing for themselves and their children. Wellnest will support the Nest on Florence residents' primary needs with intensive case management; mental health support and services; addiction/recovery services; employment and/or benefits advocacy; assistance in strengthening independent living skills; and building a more comprehensive natural social support system. Families throughout Los Angeles County with child welfare involvement can get help for their child's serious emotional disturbances through the Intensive Field Capable Clinical Services (IFCCS) Program. Wellnest staff collaborate with child-serving providers in a strength-and-needs-based approach, with the child and family at the center. In addition to the behavioral health interventions for the child, help is available for parents/caregivers in addressing their own trauma, which impacts both family and child stabilization. IFCCS also provides case management, psychiatry services and links to such community resources as housing, financial, and health services. Our staff responds to crisis 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Wraparound is a nationally recognized model of service delivery that serves children and youth at risk of experiencing an out-of-home placement. An individual plan of care is developed for each child, driven by family-designated teams that include their treatment team, child welfare and/or juvenile justice workers, educators, natural supporters and other community members. Wraparound's flexible funding allows teams to do "whatever it takes" to assist in keeping a child in the community and in their home. Interventions tailored to the

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
• Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: 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: 23.4%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings