Wesley Family Services

What it reported doing in 2024

Family based mental health and family preservationfamily-based mental health therapy and support services include case management, assessment, communication enhancement, parent education and crisis intervention. These services focus on the needs of the family unit and attempt to prevent out of home placements of at risk children and those with mental and emotional diagnosis.family preservation and stabilization is short-term intensive program that provides family and individual therapy, case management support, and crisis management to children and families who are actively involved in and refereed by the juvenile justice system. Therapists work collaboratively with families to set goals that will create stability at home and address safety concerns.wesley family services offers placement services, such as foster care and adoption, to ensure that our children and youth are living in a safe and healthy environment and that their needs for permanency in a living situation and in relationships are met. The adoption services include post-permanency services to prevent disruptions of adoptive placements. Additional family and child-welfare services include: functional family therapy and aggression replacement training (art).autism and specialty servicesthe following programs provide high quality services tailored to meet the needs of children with autism spectrum disorder (asd). 1) ibhs (intensive behavioral health services): provides intensive, behavior focused consultation, therapy and interventions. These services can take place in the home, school, or community. This short-term service promotes independence by transferring the skills and expertise of ibhs staff to the family, school, and/or other involved child-serving systems. It is our hope that we can improve the quality of life for children and families through individualized treatment and crisis plans. 2) wonder kids (wk): offers children on the autism spectrum the chance to learn social skills. With small, therapeutic groups, children are able to learn how to interact with their peers in appropriate ways. Wk teaches the subtleties of communication such as eye contact, gestures, jokes, and initiating and sustaining conversation. 3) creative arts: offers an innovative approach to therapy. Our creative arts program has redefined the typical therapeutic group to include not only children, but their families as well. Children with or without a diagnosis are welcome, as our certified music therapists will work to assure that each child benefits individually. Our certified music therapists offer private, group, and family instruction in the following areas: rhythm, movement, vocal, and instrumental.4) specialized outpatient services to the asd population and to parents and children through parent-child interaction therapy (pcit). 5) autism center for growth provides applied behavior analysis services for young children with an autism diagnosis in a clinical setting. The goal of the program is to improve socially significant behaviors, target specific skill deficits, and decrease challenging behaviors. These services also target skill transfer to clients, parents, and caregivers through ongoing parent training.as a specialty service, wfs offers parentwise (education classes ) where wisdom, insight, support and encouragement are promoted through an evidence-based curriculum to children, parents, families and communities. The goal is to eliminate child abuse, neglect, and family and community violence and to support parents and caregivers in their roles as nurturing adults.outpatient servicesoutpatient behavioral health services offer treatment that considers behavioral and mental health problems in a holistic way by identifying an individual's strengths and talents to help them acquire knowledge and skills for real and sustainable changes. This program provides services to address mental health disorders through intensive outpatient (iop) and outpatient levels of care. Services in

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: $140.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • 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: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings