Women's Bureau Inc

What it reported doing in 2018

Transitions is a substance abuse treatment program for women. Transitions offers residential treatment averaging 6-9 months and outpatient aftercare for continued recovery after discharge for transitions residents upon successful in-house program completion. Opened in 1996, this family-focused program is the only long-term treatment facility for recovering women that allows their children to reside with them during treatment in northeast Indiana. Transitions is certified by the Indiana division of mental health as an "addictions service provider and is a carf-accredited residential substance abuse treatment provider. The program includes group education to teach recovery skills, parenting skills, life management, and more. Individual counseling is offered weekly for all residents to address the underlying causes of their addiction and the trauma which often has been a part of their lives. The goal at discharge is to empower families to not only be healthier but also more capable of becoming self-sufficient household units in the community. Nearly 95% of transitions' clients are single parents with limited family support. More than 50% of them meet the criteria for homelessness at admission. Many transitions clients do not have a safe environment in which to reside upon discharge from the program. The children who are admitted with their mothers range in age from infancy to 12 years, with children up to 17 years of age hosted for visitation. Many women enter the program while pregnant and deliver their infant while in residence at transitions. The vast majority of children are chins ("children in need of services" as a result of parental neglect or abuse). For children who have been raised in an addictive environment, program services that impart structure, routines, and healthy role-modeling of appropriate situational behaviors are crucial. Transitions strives to provide that structure for the children while helping their mothers obtain and maintain a life of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -38.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings