WCI: Work Community Independence

What it reported doing in 2021

Employment/day supportsthe employment & community based day supports division supports about 72 people at 45 rumford avenue, and common street combined. Eventhough our day programs opened, wci, along with other providers have been in a staffing crisis during the pandemic and were not able to return all of the individuals to their day programs. By june 30, 2022, wci was at 72% capacity. There are a variety of options including competitive employment, individual and group employment, volunteer opportunities, community, art, crafts and a therapeutic day habilitation program, including: 1. Community competitive employment and volunteer services, individual, group and cbds;2. Social skills (cbds), cbds and group employment;3. Deaf employment & day supports (individual & group employment & cbds); and the4. Life skills day habilitation program which includes a registered nurse, part-time physical therapist, speech pathologist and occupational therapist. Individuals within this division also have significant behavioral challenges and receive support from our clinical department. Wci has also created and expanded its art program, which is available to the individuals who enjoy art at 45 rumford avenue. Individuals create with support framed acrylic paintings, note cards, jewelry, votives using cement, crafts, scarves, using looms; and refurbish furniture.coronavirus pandemicin mid-march through june 30, 2020, the coronavirus began and the individuals lived at home 24 hours/day, 7 days a week as our day program and other agencies' day programs were closed during this time. In fy'22 many individuals returned to their day programs, but not all. Wci is currently at 72% capacity.individual (in-home) supportsindividual supports (or in-home supports) provides less than 24 hoursupports, to 10 individuals with 8 to 52 hours/week per individual in 9 apartments. One apartment in the gardencrest complex provides support to another apartment in the complex. The support staff are available to any of the individuals in each of the apartments in an emergency or if they have a need for additional support. One individual lives in a condominium owned by wci. Some people live on their own and others typically live with one other housemate. In addition, wci supports a married couple. Wci provides one man with about 20 hours of support while residing in his mother's home. This is not a new service to wci, as another gentleman did receive in home supports for approximately 15 years and eventually moved from his parent's home to a 24 hour home within wci. Staff provide support in assisting people to meet their varied goals in the areas of reading and interpreting their mail, meal planning, shopping, diet, nutrition and exercise, arranging medical services and providing treatment, planning leisure time on weekends, facilitating adult education classes or lessons, community integration, relationship building, problem solving, money management, budgeting and paying bills, vacation planning, chores, housecleaning, maintenance and addressing other individual needs. Staff provide support in the evenings throughout the week primarily and some weekend hours, as people are usually working or in some type of meaningful day program during day-time hours. This program allows people to live as independently as possible in the community with staff support.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
• 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: 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: 11%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings