2024-05-14T13:05:54-05:00 2023-06-30 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro St Pasadena CA 91107 990 2022-07-01 680238941 Youth for Change YOUT 5308778187 PO Box 1476 Paradise CA 95967 Stacey Poliquin Chief Financial Officer 5308778187 2024-05-14 1 Stacey Poliquin 999009999 1 Sean E Cain CPA P01612986 6264036801 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Beth Parsons PO Box 1476 Paradise CA 95967 18166679 0 X www.youth4change.org X 1991 CA Our mission is to support individuals, children and families to live happy, healthy and safe lives by providing services that promote dignity, self-determination and well being. 6 6 241 12 0 0 16193026 17690065 0 0 489688 139005 -48340 -19141 16634374 17809929 1585743 1483968 0 0 9912842 10919647 0 0 0 2399442 2483102 13898027 14886717 2736347 2923212 19906412 22973934 2855471 2999781 17050941 19974153 X Youth For Change (YFC) mission is to enhance the well being of children, families, individuals, and communities. 0 0 6580397 134628 Mental Health and Medication Support Services - serves clients who demonstrate emotional and behavioral needs that meet medical necessity for mental health treatment. The therapeutic treatment includes various modalities which include, but are not limited to, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy. The program clinicians may provide individual and or family therapy; provide case management for brokerage and linkage to new services; collateral services for caregivers or other significant members of the client's life such as teachers or social workers; and rehabilitation services for skill building. The goal of mental health therapy is to reduce functional impairment. Treatment may be provided at the office or in the home.Medication support services includes the prescribing and monitoring of psychiatric medications or biologicals necessary to alleviate the symptom of mental illness. These services are provided by licensed psychiatrists and nursing staff.6th St Mental Health includes access to the resources available under tier one plus mental health services including; assessment and evaluation, individual and group therapy, rehabilitation, individualized plan development and case management. Outcome measures include FIT scores, CANS and progress towards meeting goals identified in the individual case plan. For fiscal year 2022-2023 approximately 606 client hours were provided. 2057977 526547 The Wraparound program (Senate Bill 163) is based on the family and the community working together. The focus is on the individual needs of one child, one family, and one plan. Wraparound builds on the strengths of each individual within the family and the goal is to create a unified family plan for the future. Youth for Change is committed to providing Wraparound services that are family-centered, strength-based and needs driven. In 2022-2023 the Wraparound program provided family care and treatment to 70 families in Butte County, resulting in avoiding approximately 383 months of placement in a facility outside their home.The Wraparound Adoptions program is made available to families with adoptive children in Northern California. The focus is on the individual needs of one child, one family, and one plan. Wrap Adoptions builds on the strengths of each individual within the family and the goal is to create a unified family plan for the future. Youth for Change is committed to providing Wrap Adoptions services that are family-centered, strength-based and needs driven. In 2022-2023, the Wrap Adoptions program provided family care and treatment to 31 families, resulting in avoiding approximately 220 months of placement in a facility outside their home.The SB163/FOCUS Wraparound program provides extensive Mental Health Services to the families it serves. The following services are provided: Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) Plan Development Sessions Facilitating assessment, care planning and coordination of services, including urgent services for children/youth who meet the Katie A. subclass criteria. Plan Development Sessions - Facilitating assessment, care planning and coordination of services, including urgent services for children/youth who do not meet the Katie A. subclass criteria. Intensive Home-Based Services (IHBS) Individualized, strength-based mental health treatment interventions designed to ameliorate mental health conditions that interfere with a child's functioning. Rehab Services - Services with a client which address functional impairments: improve, maintain, or restore a functional skill, daily living skill, social and leisure skills, grooming and personal hygiene skills and/or medication education. Clinical Services Development of individualized, strength-based mental health treatment plans. Individual and family therapy. Brokerage/Linkage - Services to coordinate and provide linkage to needed medical, educational, social, prevocational, vocational, rehabilitative, or other community services. Collateral Services - Services to one or more significant support persons in the life of the client for the purpose of improving or maintaining the mental health of the client. Crisis Intervention Unplanned services that require a more timely response than a regularly scheduled visit. 24 Hour Crisis Pager Service provided to respond to families' crisis 24 hours a day/7 days a week.Sutter County Wraparound Services - Wrap around services provides both specialty mental health and social service supports for the entire family to assist with transition from a higher level of care such as a foster care placement or a Short-Term Residential Treatment Placement (STRTP) or to prevent the need for an out of home placement. This program provides 24/7 support from a team consisting of a clinician, a mental health rehabilitation specialist and a parent partner. 1151857 651514 The Youth for Change Foster Family Agency (FFA) certifies Foster Care homes and provides training and therapeutic services for foster parents and children placed in the foster care system. For fiscal year 2022-2023, Youth For Change FFA served 37 children resulting in a total of 4,958 bed nights of care during the period covered.The Foster Care Transitional Housing Program began in 2001 offering an experience of independent living for current young adults in the foster care system. This housing opportunity is available to minors aged 17 who are soon emancipating from state care. The program provides basic living assistance including rent, food, clothing, household supplies, transportation assistance, etc., as well as support from a program case manager, mentor, county social worker and independent living advisor. In fiscal year 2022-2023, the Foster Care Transitional Housing Program provided support to 24 clients and approximately 5,301 days of care.The Transitional Housing Plus Program (THP+) provides young adults age 18-24 who were previously in the foster care system the opportunity for emotional and financial support while pursuing goals to live self-sufficiently. To be eligible for THP Plus a youth must have emancipated from the foster care system, be participating in the Butte County Independent Living Program and maintaining employment or education. Youth for Change strives to work with young adults in THP Plus for at least 6 months and up to two years to assist them in their journey to self-sufficiency. For fiscal year 2022-2023 THP+ served 15 clients for a total of 3,014 bed nights.Intensive Treatment Foster Care (ITFC) is an evidence-based, behavior modification program for youth age 12-18 that works with youth who have emotional and behavioral issues that prevent placement stability. When placed in ITFC, youth are immersed in an environment that is consistent and reinforcing of pro-social behaviors. Youth are mentored to develop academic and life skills, and their daily lives are structured with clear and consistent expectations and limits. Discipline in the ITFC Model involves specified consequences, which is delivered through a teaching approach. What makes ITFC unique is that it not only provides treatment to the youth, but also simultaneously works with their parents, relatives, or other Aftercare Resource to teach and practice effective parenting. This combination allows the positive changes made while the youth is in treatment to be maintained when they return home. For fiscal year 2022-2023 ITFC served 2 clients for a total of 193 bednights. 3243679 171279 3243679 171279 13033910 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 114 0 1 241 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Stacey Poliquin - Youth for Change 5308778187 PO Box 1476 Paradise CA 95967 Courtney Farrell Board Chair 1.50 X X 0 0 0 Mark Chrisco Secretary 1.50 X X 0 0 0 Michele Carter Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Jarreau Gilbert Director (Start 09/22) 1.50 X 0 0 0 Chandese Meghdadi Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Joe Sweeney Director 1.50 X 0 0 0 Beth Parsons Chief Executive Officer 40.00 X 118218 0 22761 Alan White Chief Operating Officer 40.00 X 95445 0 9567 Stacey Poliquin Chief Financial Officer 40.00 X 98955 0 23630 Andrew Ruege Psychiatrist 17.00 X 167007 0 0 Kathleen Shenk Director 40.00 X 101689 0 7660 581314 0 63618 3 0 1 0 Matson & Isom Technology Consulting 3259 Esplanade Unit 101 Chico CA 95973 IT Services 326227 Dr Michelle Robinson 4010 Foothills Blvd 103-34 Roseville CA 95747 Psychiatric services 129253 2 17434024 256041 17690065 139005 139005 331318 356750 -25432 -25432 -25432 Miscellaneous income 900099 6291 6291 6291 17809929 0 0 119864 1483968 1483968 402211 402211 7881127 7429569 451558 220208 218835 1373 1736183 1571594 164589 679918 618619 61299 40290 40290 183556 154822 28734 7766 7199 567 377566 334803 42763 486829 103678 383151 391570 355072 36498 346527 335585 10942 9228 7059 2169 324371 196989 127382 108517 59076 49441 Staff training 80410 72639 7771 Miscellaneous 77677 44377 33300 Dues & subscriptions 20533 17273 3260 Food 17490 13594 3896 10772 9159 1613 14886717 13033910 1852807 0 5955091 7858093 4052473 4898677 3126269 2347159 24103 12165 9498038 2708251 6589238 6789787 159238 1068053 19906412 22973934 1536388 1475885 531772 666159 787311 0 0 857737 2855471 2999781 X 17050941 19974153 17050941 19974153 19906412 22973934 2923212 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 15036731 14867761 14889578 16193026 17690065 78677161 15036731 14867761 14889578 16193026 17690065 78677161 78677161 26115 29141 363862 303858 470323 1193299 -3881 13782 9901 3140133 7229 123430 724 6291 3277807 83158168 65259 0.94610 0.94500 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1576257 1576257 4863836 1752754 3111082 2416276 510882 1905394 641669 444615 197054 6789787 Lease liabilities - operating leases 592453 Lease liabilities - financing leases 265284 857737 X 18166679 356750 356750 17809929 0 17809929 15243467 356750 356750 14886717 0 14886717 Part X, Line 2: Youth for Change is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Youth for Change in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Youth for Change's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expenses 356,750. Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Rental expenses 356,750. 1 Foster parents direct assistance 14 221875 Direct support for children 216 1262093 FMV Medical supplies, Placement, Vocational, Respite care, and recreation. Part I, Line 2: Records are maintained by the organization to monitor the assistance or grants. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Ruege Psychiatrist 167007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167007 0 0 0 Part III, Line 4d: Program Service Accompliments The LINK program, or 6th Street Center for Youth, addresses the immediate and long-range needs of homeless and runaway youth in Butte County. We provide basic needs: showers, laundry services, nutritious food, warm clothing, computer access and a safe haven to give them respite from violence and exploitation. We also provide individual case management/counseling services to address immediate needs and personal goals such as: counseling, crisis intervention, tutoring, education, life skills training, employment development and family reunification. The HEART Program (Homeless Emergency Action Response Team) offers 24-hour services to homeless and runaway youth under the age of 18 and their caregivers in Butte County. Clinical and case managements services also provided for approximately 234 hours during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Supervised Visitation Center, opened during the 2015-2016 fiscal year, continued to provide supervised visitation services in Oroville. Youth For Change also started providing visitation services in Yuba County in the 2022-2023 fiscal year. As a neutral party, Children's Services (FARE) program provides case plan development, and reassessment and adjustment, for families who are involved with Children's Services. The program manager of the FARE program also facilitates the Interagency Specialty Placement Unit meeting that meets weekly on Tuesday afternoons. The Master Lease Program is a way to expand housing options for unserved or underserved transition age youth who are consumers of 6th Street or Butte County Behavioral Health. In keeping with the recovery model philosophy of "whatever it takes" to help consumers on their path to recovery, having housing units available is a first step towards assisting consumers achieve self-sufficiency. The Master Lease Housing Program provides permanent supportive housing for consumers of 6th Street Center and/or Butte County Behavioral Health TAY services. Eligible consumers are low-income TAY between 16-24 years of age who have severe emotional disorders or serious mental illness and are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Support services focused on development of independent living skills needed to maintain safe and stable housing are provided throughout the program. Outcome measures include length of stay in housing, status at exit and progress towards meeting goals identified in the individual case plan. Butte County California Home Visiting Program (CHVP): Youth for Change provides certified Parents as Teachers home visitors to support Butte County families with young children ages 0-3, as they experience and overcome challenges every parent faces. The CHVP is fun, increases parenting confidence and satisfaction, helps babies reach developmental milestones, and provides navigation support to parents to access community resources. Butte County CalWORKs Home Visiting Program (CalWORKs HVP): Youth for Change provides certified Parents as Teachers home visitors to support Butte County families having young children ages 0-24 months and enrolled in the Butte County CalWORKs program. The CalWORKs HVP activities count toward CalWORKs requirements, are fun, increase parent confidence and satisfaction, help babies reach developmental milestones, and provide navigation support to parents to access community resources. Yuba County Differential Response (DR): Based on a triage process, Youth for Change's DR program responds to low to moderate risk child welfare reports with comprehensive community services. Provides home visits, navigation support for families to access community services, therapeutic services, and a wide range of individualized support and skill building. Yuba County CalWORKs Home Visiting Program (CalWORKs HVP): Youth for Change provides certified Parents as Teachers home visitors to support Yuba County families having young children ages 0-24 months and enrolled in the Yuba County CalWORKs program. The CalWORKs HVP activities count toward CalWORKs requirements, are fun, increase parent confidence and satisfaction, help babies reach developmental milestones, and provide navigation support to parents to access community resources. The Sutter County Peer Mentorship Program provides an employment opportunity for current or former consumers of Behavioral Health, or those individuals who have/had immediate family members who are/were consumers of Behavioral Health services. The Family Urgent Response system (FURS) provides regional mobile response system services, including a 24/7 hotline as well as local mobile response teams, to provide immediate trauma-informed support to current and former foster youth and their caregivers. Services provided for Butte, Sutter, and Yuba counties. The Commitment to Success Program is a grant through the Department of Justice Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program, to provide evidence-based, high fidelity, wraparound services and facilitate Child and Family Teams (CFT) for youth in detention and their families prior to, during, and following reentry into the community. The project aims to reduce both juvenile and adult recidivism among participating youth. Program services will address the youths' most prevalent criminogenic risks and needs and comply with best practices in community reentry. Many other smaller programs supported the mission of YFC throughout the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Finance Committee reviews the Form 990 and at the board meeting the board votes to acknowledge acceptance & review of the Form 990 and authorizes the Executive Director or designee to submit all necessary forms as needed prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Annually, each member of the Board of Directors is required to sign a Conflict of Interest Policy. They have read the Conflict of Interest Policy and have disclosed all known possible conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 Annually, there is a compensation review of the CEO by the Board of Directors. In addition, comparability data is used to review the salaries of the CEO, COO, and CFO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.