Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,180,414

Total expenses

$5,275,811

Contributions and grants received

$4,423,674

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

-$262,350

Other revenue

$19,090

Total assets, end of year

$8,796,872

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,105,400

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$7,691,472

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,788,765

Management and general expenses

$1,089,708

Fundraising expenses

$397,338

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,788,765

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• THE CHILD MENTAL HEALTH WRAPAROUND PROGRAM (CMHW) SERVES AS THE STATEWIDE ACCESS SITE FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN FACE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES. WE HELP FAMILIES APPLY FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES, KNOWN AS CMHW, THROUGH THE INDIANA DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION (DMHA). OUR FAMILY LIAISONS WILL ASSIST YOUTH & FAMILIES WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO COLLABORATE WITH FAMILIES IN IDENTIFYING ANY ONGOING NEED FOR SUPPORTS.FOR ALL CHILDREN & FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THROUGH DMHA, CHILD ADVOCATES WILL ASSIST IN MAKING REFERRALS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL WELL-BEING.

  Expenses $1,882,307

• INTERRUPTING RACISM FOR CHILDREN - IN MARION COUNTY, BLACK CHILDREN REPRESENT 11% OF THE CHILD POPULATION; HOWEVER, THEY REPRESENT 40.9% OF CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. RACIAL DISPARITIES IN CHILD WELFARE, INCOME, EDUCATION AND HEALTH CONTINUE TO EXIST AND SERVE AS A BARRIER TO JUST AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. INTERRUPTING RACISM FOR CHILDREN EDUCATES AND MOVES INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP RACISM IN ITS TRACKS, CREATING A FUTURE WHERE CHILDREN THRIVE AND RACE DOES NOT PREDICT THEIR LIFE OUTCOMES.

  Expenses $484,118

• THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT CHILD ADVOCATES IS COMPRISED OF TEN ATTORNEYS WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CHILD WELFARE. OUR ATTORNEYS ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO GAL (GUARDIAN AD LITEM) AND CASA (COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE) AGENCIES WITH THE GOAL OF ACHIEVING PERMANENCY FOR CHILDREN IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.OUR ATTORNEYS AT CHILD ADVOCATES PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF LEGAL SERVICES TO BEST ACCOMMODATE THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO; APPELLATE WORK, MOTION PRACTICE, LEGAL CONSULTATION, PETITIONS, TESTIMONY AND TRIAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, IMMIGRATION, CAPTA, ETC.THE COURTS STRIVE TO PROTECT ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN USING AN ADVERSARIAL APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING. MANY FAMILIES BENEFIT FROM A DIFFERENT APPROACH. FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, THE MEDIATION AND FACILITATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS, CASE MANAGERS, GUARDIANS AD LITEM, SOCIAL WORKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, FOSTER PARENTS, AND LAWYERS TO BRING THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNIQUE SKILLS TOGETHER IN A CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS TO CRAFT INDIVIDUALIZED SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FACE.

  Expenses $564,695

• THE DIRECT REPRESENTATION PROGRAM PROVIDES ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT CHILDREN IN CHINS (CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES) AND TPR (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS) CASES. CHILDREN HAVE MANY RIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATE IN HEARINGS, THE RIGHT TO BE PART OF THEIR DCS CASE PLAN, AND THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR CASE. SOMETIMES, CHILDREN NEED ATTORNEYS TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THEY WANT. THE GOAL OF THE DIRECT REPRESENTATION PROGRAM IS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN WITH INFORMATION SO THEY CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR CASE, AND TO ENSURE THE CHILD'S PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, OR FAIRNESS, IN THE COURT PROCESS.

  Expenses $392,934

• THE MEDIATION AND FACILITATION PROGRAM ASSISTS PARTIES IN FINDING AMICABLE RESOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGING PROBLEMS. OUR EXPERIENCED TEAM PROVIDES MEDIATIONS FOR CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES (CHINS) CASES, ACTIONS TO TERMINATE THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP (TPCR), AND CONTESTED ADOPTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, WE OFFER PERMANENCY FACILITATIONS TO ADDRESS BARRIERS THAT CAN KEEP CHILDREN IN CARE INDEFINITELY.MEDIATIONS AND FACILITATIONS INVITE OPEN CONVERSATION AND CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO REAL PROBLEMS FACING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. RESOLUTIONS REACHED THROUGH COLLABORATION ARE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, HAVE HIGHER RATES OF COMPLIANCE, AND HELP AVOID DELAYS INHERENT IN PROTRACTED LITIGATION. MEDIATIONS AND FACILITATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN TIMELY REUNIFICATION, INFORMAL ADJUSTMENTS, CHINS ADJUDICATIONS, CHANGES OF CUSTODY, GUARDIANSHIPS, THIRD PARTY CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS, AND ADOPTIONS OFTEN WITH POST ADOPTION CONTACT AGREEMENTS.

  Expenses $273,337

• THE EDUCATIONAL LIAISONS SERVE AT RISK CHILDREN AND/OR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM BY GATHERING FAMILY, TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL RESOURCES TO CREATE A PLAN TO IMPROVE A CHILD'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, DESPITE THEIR CHALLENGES WITH SCHOOL, BEHAVIOR, AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH.

  Expenses $191,374

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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