Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$41,264,962

Total expenses

$40,618,684

Contributions and grants received

$39,107,145

Grants paid

$28,101,558

Program service revenue

$1,925,424

Investment income

$141,541

Other revenue

$90,852

Total assets, end of year

$11,581,198

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,451,184

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,130,014

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$38,131,685

Management and general expenses

$2,397,466

Fundraising expenses

$89,533

Program service expenses (Part III)

$38,131,685

Program services were 93.9% 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

• CHILD CARE WAGE$THE KEY GOAL OF THE CHILD CARE WAGE$ PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES. THROUGH INCREASED COMPENSATION, WAGE$ HELPS ATTRACT AND RETAIN EDUCATED EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS, AND ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION THROUGH A GRADUATED SUPPLEMENT SCALE. THE PROGRAM'S PRIMARY OUTCOME FOR FY24 WAS THAT THE TURNOVER RATE OF WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE LESS THAN 25%. RESULTS: OUTCOME MET. THE TURNOVER RATE FOR WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS WAS 15%, WELL BELOW THE BENCHMARK OF 25%. THIS REPRESENTS INCREASED STABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THE YEARS WHEN IT IS MOST NEEDED. IN ADDITION TO INCREASED RETENTION, WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS ALSO HAD OR OBTAINED HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION. EIGHTY-NINE PERCENT (89%) WHOSE COUNTIES HAD PARTICIPATED AT LEAST TWO YEARS HAD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ITS EQUIVALENT OR HIGHER BASED ON THE WAGE$ SCALE OR SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION DURING THE YEAR TO VERIFY THEIR PURSUIT OF ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK. WAGE$ PAID 4,079 EARLY EDUCATORS, SURPASSING THE EXPECTED OUTPUT. THESE PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN 1,846 FACILITIES SERVING APPROXIMATELY 89,709 CHILDREN AND THEY RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SIX-MONTH SUPPLEMENT OF $1,281. NINETY-NINE PERCENT (99%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH WAGE$. INFANT-TODDLER EDUCATOR AWARD$ PLUSINFANT-TODDLER EDUCATOR AWARD$ PLUS PROVIDES EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS TO LOW-PAID TEACHERS AND FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS WORKING AT LEAST 30 HOURS PER WEEK WITH CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE TWO. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BETTER COMPENSATE AND RETAIN PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN. THE PRIMARY GOAL FOR FY24 WAS THAT THE TURNOVER RATE OF AWARD$ PLUS PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE LESS THAN 25%. THE OUTCOME WAS ACHIEVED; THE TURNOVER RATE OF AWARD$ PARTICIPANTS WAS 15%. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IS AT ITS PEAK IN THESE YOUNGER YEARS, AND STABILITY IS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN. NINETY-NINE (99%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS STATED THAT AWARD$ PLUS SUPPLEMENTS HELP TO EASE FINANCIAL STRESS, WHICH IS ANOTHER KEY GOAL FOR THE INITIATIVE. SEVENTY-SEVEN PERCENT (77%) HAD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ITS EQUIVALENT OR HIGHER BASED ON THE AWARD$ PLUS SCALE OR SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION DURING THE YEAR TO VERIFY THEIR PURSUIT OF ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK. AWARD$ PLUS PAID 1,537 INFANT-TODDLER EDUCATORS WITH THE FUNDING AVAILABLE. THESE PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN 915 FACILITIES SERVING APPROXIMATELY 22,541 CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE TWO. PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SIX-MONTH SUPPLEMENT OF $1,150. NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT (98%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH AWARD$ PLUS.

  Expenses $14,105,931 · Grants $12,682,046

• T.E.A.C.H. EARLY CHILDHOOD:THE T.E.A.C.H. EARLY CHILDHOOD NORTH CAROLINA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION, COMPENSATION AND RETENTION OF NORTH CAROLINA'S EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE STRUCTURED USING FOUR COMPONENTS (SCHOLARSHIP, EDUCATION, COMPENSATION AND COMMITMENT) AND ARE AVAILABLE TO FACILITY BASED EARLY EDUCATORS INCLUDING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND HOME BASED PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN NORTH CAROLINA AND TO INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM NON-DIRECT SERVICE FUNCTIONS ON BEHALF OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE'S EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ENABLE ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE COURSEWORK LEADING TOWARDS CREDENTIALS AND DEGREES AT 56 OF NORTH CAROLINA'S 58 COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 20 COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES. PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION BY COMPLETING A MINIMUM NUMBER OF CREDITS ANNUALLY AND IN TURN ARE GIVEN RAISES OR BONUSES IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMMIT TO THE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FIELD, THEIR EMPLOYING SPONSORING PROGRAM OR SPONSORING ORGANIZATION FOR SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR. DURING FY 2023-24 THE T.E.A.C.H. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM MET ITS GOALS FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION, COMPENSATION AND RETENTION AMONG ITS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND PRODUCED POSITIVE OUTCOMES AS WERE PROPOSED. THE T.E.A.C.H. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDED CORE, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 2,163 EARLY EDUCATORS, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, HOME BASED PROFESSIONALS AND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SYSTEM SPECIALISTS IN 93 OF THE STATE'S 100 COUNTIES. SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES WERE PRODUCED IN THE AREAS OF INCREASED EDUCATION, INCREASED COMPENSATION AND RETENTION. FOR EXAMPLE, ON AVERAGE, TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED ON THE PROGRAM'S MOST UTILIZED SCHOLARSHIP MODEL, THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND SUCCESSFULLY MET CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, COMPLETED ON AVERAGE 16.5 CREDIT HOURS OF FORMAL EDUCATION, EXPERIENCED A 13.6% INCREASE IN EARNINGS AND HAD A 5.3% TURNOVER RATE. 64,680 CHILDREN WERE CARED FOR IN A SETTING THAT SUPPORTED AT LEAST ONE RECIPIENT ON A T.E.A.C.H. EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP. THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS ENABLED T.E.A.C.H. RECIPIENTS TO ENROLL IN 20,343 CREDIT HOURS OF EDUCATION AT THE STATE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND SELECTED UNIVERSITIES.

  Expenses $4,760,436 · Grants $3,174,282 · Revenue $517,208

• FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL INITIATIVES:100% OF REGIONAL LEAD CCR&R AGENCIES INDICATED THAT ASSISTANCE RECEIVED FROM THE R&R COUNCIL WAS HELPFUL AND INDICATED THAT THE CCR&R COUNCIL HAS ENABLED THE IMPROVEMENT OF R&R SERVICES. ALL 14 REGIONAL LEAD AGENCIES SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING THREE CCR&R CORE SERVICES: CONSUMER EDUCATION AND REFERRAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THE BIRTH-TO-THREE QUALITY INITIATIVE (FORMERLY THE INFANT-TODDLER ENHANCEMENT INITIATIVE) ACHIEVED 74% OF ITS THREE YEAR (FY 23, FY 24 AND FY25) GOAL OF 700 STATEWIDE PRACTICE BASED COACHING PARTICIPANTS BY PROVIDING 234 INDIVIDUALS PBC IN FY 23 AND 286 INDIVIDUALS PBC IN FY24. UNDER THE B-3 QUALITY INITIATIVE, 3227 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING SESSIONS REPRESENTING 161% OF THE ESTABLISHED GOAL OF 2000 PARTICIPANTS FOR FY 24.UNDER THE STATEWIDE CORE SERVICES DURING FY24, 87% OF PARENTS RESPONDING TO FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS INDICATED THAT THEY CHOSE 3, 4, OR 5 STAR CARE. NINE OF THE 14 REGIONS REPORTED THAT AT LEAST 89% OF THE CUSTOMERS SURVEYED RESPONDED THAT THEY CHOSE 3, 4, OR 5 STAR CARE, WITH 8 OF 14 REPORTING THAT AT LEAST 98% OF PARENTS INDICATED THEY CHOOSE THIS LEVEL OF CARE. STATEWIDE 92% OF PARENTS RESPONDING TO FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS DURING FY24 INDICATED THAT THEY USED QUALITY INDICATORS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR CARE. TEN OF 14 REGIONS REPORTED THAT AT LEAST 91% OF THE CUSTOMERS SURVEYED RESPONDED THAT THEY USED QUALITY INDICATORS IN THEIR CHILD CARE SEARCH. STATISTICAL DATA FROM DCDEE INDICATES THAT 70% OF ALL CHILDREN ENROLLED IN LICENSED CARE IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE ENROLLED IN 4- AND 5- STAR CARE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE STATE'S CHILDREN IN HIGHER QUALITY CARE. FURTHERMORE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF FY24, ONLY 5% OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN LICENSED CHILD CARE IN NORTH CAROLINA REMAIN ENROLLED IN 1- OR 2-STAR CARE.OTHER TRIANGLE CCR&R SERVICES: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES: - THERE WERE 215 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED FOR 1,766 (UNDUPLICATED) 3,102 (DUPLICATED) CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE TRIANGLE AREA. - THERE WERE 549 IN-SERVICE HOURS RECEIVED BY THE ATTENDEES. - THERE WERE 51 EARLY EDUCATORS TRAINED IN CEU TOPICS COMPLETING A TOTAL OF 630 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (CEUS)/56.5.0 IN-SERVICE CREDIT HOURS. - 96% OF EDUCATORS ATTENDING WORKSHOPS REPORTED FEELING CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS GAINED THROUGH TRAINING. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM (CACFP):- EARLY YEARS SERVES AS A SPONSOR FOR CACFP, A FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FINANCIAL REIMBURSEMENT, TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS FOR CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE. - CACFP SERVED 42 CHILD CARE HOMES IN THE TRIANGLE AREA. - THERE WERE 121,283 NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SNACKS SERVED THIS YEAR MEETING THE USDA MEAL PATTERNS TO AN AVERAGE OF 220 CHILDREN PER MONTH FROM DIVERSE POPULATIONS. - THERE WERE 108 MONITORING VISITS MADE TO CHILD CARE PROGRAMS TO REVIEW RECORDS, OBSERVE MEALS AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES: - THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM MEMBERS PROVIDED SUPPORT, COACHING, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO 687 EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS SERVING A TOTAL OF 1421 CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 5.CHILD CARE PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES: - ALL DURHAM COUNTY SMART START CONTRACTED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WERE FULLY UTILIZED, FOR A TOTAL OF $2,860,589. - SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTED 655 CHILDREN WHO ATTENDED CHILD CARE FACILITIES WITH AN AVERAGE STAR RATING OF 4.9. - 420 CHILDREN WERE JOINTLY FUNDED THROUGH THE DURHAM COUNTY NC PREK PROGRAM. - 81 CHILDREN RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE EARLY HEAD START SET-ASIDE FUND. - 21 CHILDREN RECEIVING SERVICES HAD DOCUMENTED DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS. - 24% OF CHILDREN LIVED IN FAMILIES WHERE SPANISH WAS REPORTED AS THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE. - $65,862.11 WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE ORANGE COUNTY REGULAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SUPPORTING 6 CHILDREN, ALL ATTENDING 5-STAR CHILD CARE FACILITIES. - $74,870.38 WAS SPENT USING DONATED FUNDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM UNITED WAY FOR CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIPS. - $683,779.19 IN ARPA BUILD BABIES DURHAM FUNDING SUPPORTED 120 CHILDREN WITH AN AVERAGE STAR RATING OF 4.8. - UNC CHILD CARE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: - $86,512.58 SUPPORTED 10 CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES. - $39,003.24 SUPPORTED 8 CHILDREN OF STUDENTS. - UNC STUDENTS FOR CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: - $335,509.17 SUPPORTED 34 CHILDREN. - 24 FAMILIES AND 40 CHILD CARE PROGRAMS PARTICIPATED IN THE EARLY YEARS, FORMERLY CHILD CARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SURVEY OF SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES.- 47% OF FAMILIES REPORTED THEIR CHILDREN WERE NOT IN LICENSED CARE BEFORE ACCESSING SCHOLARSHIPS. - 100% OF FAMILIES REPORTED SCHOLARSHIPS ENABLED THEM TO SECURE OR MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT. - 100% OF RECIPIENTS EXPRESSED OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH EARLY YEARS SERVICES. - AMONG CHILD CARE PROGRAMS THAT SERVED EARLY YEARS SCHOLARSHIP CHILDREN: - 100% RECOGNIZED THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AS AN IMPORTANT SERVICE. - 100% AGREED THE PROGRAM WAS EFFECTIVELY OPERATED.CHILD CARE REFERRAL SERVICES: - 3,511 FAMILIES WERE SERVED THROUGH THE CHILD CARE REFERRAL CENTRAL PROGRAM - TOTAL OF 2,652 FAMILIES RECEIVED CHILD CARE CONSUMER EDUCATION AND REFERRAL (CER) SERVICES THROUGH CHILD CARE REFERRAL CENTRAL, THE REGIONAL CALL CENTER OPERATED BY EARLY YEARS FORMALLY CHILD CARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION. - 859 FAMILIES RECEIVED CONSULTATION SERVICES - 1,646 WERE DURHAM COUNTY RESIDENTS OR CLIENTS - 241 WERE ORANGE COUNTY RESIDENTS OR CLIENTS - 1,296 WERE WAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS OR CLIENTS - 328 WERE RESIDENTS OF ALAMANCE, CASWELL, FRANKLIN, GRANVILLE, PERSON AND VANCE COUNTIES - A TOTAL OF 4,243 CHILDREN WERE IMPACTED BY THESE SERVICES. - 37% (975 OF 2,652) OF FAMILIES ACCESSED SERVICES THROUGH THE AGENCY'S ONLINE REFERRAL SYSTEM. - ENHANCED REFERRAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 27% (710) OF FAMILIES SERVED. - 30% OF CER SERVICES WERE TO FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $20,000 PER YEAR. (2,090 PROVIDED INCOME INFORMATION) - CER SERVICES WERE PROVIDED IN SPANISH TO 293 FAMILIES, 4 FAMILIES RECEIVED SERVICES IN OTHER LANGUAGES (13% OF ALL COUNSELOR-ASSISTED REFERRALS & CONSULTATIONS) AND 21% OF ALL FAMILIES REPORTED BEING OF LATINO/A DESCENT. - IN THE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL EVALUATION OF FAMILIES SERVED, 496 FAMILIES WERE SURVEYED. 96.6% OF ALL FAMILIES REPORTED BEING SATISFIED WITH SERVICES, 99.2% REPORTED FEELING RESPECTED IN THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF, AND OVER 99.2% REPORTED USING THREE OR MORE QUALITY INDICATORS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR CHILD CARE.- THE AVERAGE STAR-RATING OF CHILD CARE SELECTED BY FAMILIES RECEIVING REFERRAL SERVICES WAS 4.5. 99% INDICATED THEY SELECTED A PROGRAM WITH A 3, 4, OR 5 STAR RATED LICENSE.- CHILD CARE REFERRAL CENTRAL STAFF ALSO CONDUCTED 17 WEBINARS/SEMINARS AND 28 INFORMATION SESSIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN 49 COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT CCSA'S SERVICE AREA.

  Expenses $19,265,318 · Grants $12,245,230 · Revenue $1,408,216

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

• ASKORP INC

  $997,786

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY/ PRE-K SUPPORT

• CHILDCARE NETWORK - RUBY STREET

  $792,140

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY/ PRE-K SUPPORT

• DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $779,625

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY/ PRE-K SUPPORT

• FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES RISING INC

  $518,808

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY/ PRE-K SUPPORT

• MARTIN-PITT PFC

  $468,129

  CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SEVICES

• CHILD CARE RESOURCES INC - CHARLOTTE

  $461,506

  CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SEVICES

• SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

  $453,830

  CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SEVICES

• CHILDREN'S CAMPUS AT SOUTHPOINT

  $418,612

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY/ PRE-K SUPPORT

• SOUTHWESTERN CHILD DEV COM

  $379,546

  CHILD CARE RESOURCES AND REFERRAL SEVICES

• ANB EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION LLC

  $336,434

  CHILD CARE SUBSIDY

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500419349300325

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