Cicatelli Associates Inc.

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm and is reviewed and approved by the board members prior to submission with the irs.”

“The organization has a conflict of interest policy that covers all board members, officers, employees and certain consultants. Through out the year, all covered individuals are required to disclose any changes to interests or transactions that may be a potential conflict. The independent board members review any potential conflicts and determines whether any actual conflict exists. Any interested board member is recused from participating and voting on the discussions and decisions involving such conflict.”

“Cai's initial wages are based on the salary range researched and developed for each position, with variations dependent upon employee qualifications, education and experience. When funds are available each year on the anniversary date of hire, staff receive a cost of living adjustment (cola) increase of approximately 3%. In addition to cola increase, one may receive a merit raise according to our policy. The independent board approves salary raises for the president and officers of the company and documents decisions contemporaneously.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“Over the course of fy2017, cicatelli associates inc. (cai) managed 47 projects, including 17 supported by federal funding, and 18 supported by state or local government. During this time, we conducted 558 capacity building events, including trainings, webinars, and technical assistance to 10,104 individuals. Cai's notable achievements for this year include: -entering our 18th year of providing coordination and grants management for the avon breast health outreach program, and being asked to expand our management of the avon safety net program's data collection and reporting. We competitively awarded and managed $2,650,000 in grants to 60 community based organizations, leading to the provision of 29,262 mammograms, 112,188 educational encounters, and 58,975 patient navigation services for low-income women across the country. -as the new york state women, infants and children (wic) training center since 2009, cai has continued to see notable improvements among the providers we train and the clients they serve. Over the course of the year, the breastfeeding initiation rate continued to increase from 83.4% to 84.8%, and there were notable improvements in breastfeeding duration indicators. In a year-over-year comparison, 55.3% (vs. 53.9%), 41.4% (vs. 39.5%), and 24.4% (vs. 22.8%) of infants in the cohort were breastfed for at least 3 months, at least 6 months, and at lest 12 months, respectively. The nys wic program continued to make progress toward meeting the healthy people 2020 objectives for breastfeeding for at least 6 months (60.6%) and at least 12 months (34.1%). -during cai's seventh year of its contract as the new york state center of excellence for family planning and reproductive health services, cai convened a learning collaborative among 12 agencies to develop and implement strategies and practices to improve clinic systems and outreach and engagement activities to improve enrollment and retention among a priority population of clients living at or below the federal poverty line. An 8% improvement was seen across all sites over the course of the learning collaborative. -in year two of hope buffalo, an initiative to reduce teen pregnancy and improve adolescent wellness, cai continued to grow the foundation of the collective impact model by identifying community action team co-chairs, developing a leadership action group, and establishing a youth leadership team workplan. The collaborative also initiated a number of evidence-based interventions in schools, including be proud be responsible, raising healthy children, and reducing the risk. -the center of excellence for health systems improvement completed a case study conducted to examine strategies employed by a federally qualified health center (fqhc) to implement systems and policies to reduce tobacco use among patients, and to apply evaluative performance measures. The case study was distributed to health systems improvement grantees and healthcare organizations throughout new york state. -the data and reporting technical assistance project for the hrsa hiv/aids bureau conducted 372 technical assistance sessions for individuals across the country, and developed 20 webcasts which were accessed 2,308 times during the year. -as the hiv/sti/hep c center of expertise in on-line training, a project that hosts an online learning management system to support nys' effort to end the aids epidemic, cai has developed and posted four e-learning modules, which have been utilized by 559 individuals. Pre/post testing indicates a 27% knowledge gain for participants of the motivational interviewing practice. -cai's sexual violence prevention training/technical assistance center provided 53 trainings and technical assistance sessions of comprehensive, evidence-based support to enable six regional centers for sexual violence prevention to implement robust, effective, community-wide efforts to prevent sexual violence. The project also launched a website resource page and training calendar”

“Consultants: program service expenses 1,640,826. Management and general expenses 201,621. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,842,447. Subcontractor: program service expenses 1,440,589. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,440,589.”