Village Ranch Inc

“Peter forsman gary forsman member member family relationship”

“Copies of the return and related financial statements are provided to the board at a regular board meeting after the audit is completed. The preparer is present to explain the reports and answer any questions. One of the board members signs the return so it can be filed.”

“All employees are subject to the policy. The board of directors is the enforcing agency and they review pending conflicts of interest on an ongoing basis.”

“The board of directors sets the salary and bonus amounts for the executive director. They evaluate job performance and the financial position of the entity to determine the amount of compensation.”

“The board of directors uses the same process described in line 15a to set salary and bonus amounts for the program directors.”

“These documents are available upon request.”

“Residential programs: cokato: village ranch - cokato facility serviced a total of 75 clients (last year was 80 clients). The monthly average for population for cokato in 2024 was 30.2. This is up from last year's 28.9. The average length of stay was calculated to be 4.4 months. This is an increase from 2023 where it was 3.91 months. The overall successful completion of the program in cokato was 85%. This is up from last year's success rate of 71%. Cokato experienced 44 successful discharges and only 8 unsuccessful discharges. "hired two program directors to manage the facility. "hired additional part time and full-time staff to support the program. "vocational and virtues groups are improving. "residents participated in numerous community work service projects such as lake washington association clean up and painting of their building, cokato corn carnival clean up, winstock set up and clean up, dassel cemetery work (raised headstones), clearwater rodeo set up and clean up, cokato library (moved books), and numerous projects around the property of village ranch. Annandale: village ranch annandale house serviced a total of 37 clients for 2024. This is an increase of 2 clients serviced in 2023. Of the 37 clients, annandale house discharged successfully 15 residents (13 in 2023) and unsuccessfully discharged 13 residents (12 in 2023). The successful completion rate for annandale is calculated to be 52% success rate (roughly the same as 2023). Annandale had an 8.5 average residents per month for 2024. "hired a new program director for annandale in july 2024. "continue to help out the annandale food shelf for a community work service project. "residents are involved in equine therapy. "hired new staff throughout the year. "hired a new therapist. "continue to have yoga for the residents on a bi-weekly basis. Family focus: "between cokato and annandale, family focuse serviced a total of 35 clients in 2024. This is up from last year 29. "cokato had a 92% success rate and annandale had a 60% success rate (mainly due to low referral numbers and severe psychiatric issues with clients). "family focus families respond well to the new "strengthening families" model. Hutchinson: village ranch hutchinson serviced a total of 27 clients for 2024. This is down one resident compared to 2023. Of the 27 clients, 7 were successfully discharged while 8 were unsuccessfully discharged. Of the 8 unsuccessful discharges, 3 were discharged for failure to follow program rules and 4 for absconding from the program, while 1 was discharged for sexual misconduct. Hutchinson house experienced a success rate of 70% in 2024 compared to 50% in 2023. The average length of stay for the hutchinson house in 2024 was 3.84 months compared to last year (2023) 4.2 months. There was one restrictive procedure in 2024. There were 3 incidents reported to doc in 2024. Two involved serious resident injuries where it required a visit to the hospital and 1 for a group of residents absconding from the hutchinson house. There were no grievances filed. Many of the complaints filed by the residents involved loss of privileges, not violations of residents' rights. No legal action was taken, there were no adverse findings, and no findings of maltreatment. Strengths: "programming changes: the hutch house has made improvements this past year regarding changes in programming, relationship building, and accountability. Staff have focused on more ils programming regarding money management, cooking, cleaning, hygiene, employment, and education. Staff have also incorporated more accountability regarding resident's whereabouts when in the community, consequences for rule violations, and focusing on school. "school: school continues to be a good resource for the hutch house and clients they serve. The communication has been great and meeting students' needs has been a priority. Staff continue to transport residents to and from school as well. "employment: residents continue to be successful in”

“Foster care program: "a total of 112 youth were served in the foster care program. This includes long term, short term, respite, emergency, and shelter placements. "roughly 13,175 administrative days billed. "7 finalized adoptions "6 placement disruptions: 2 youth runaways, 1 agency decision, sibling group of 3 - emergency placement, very high needs for the family to continue care with the other youth in their home. "closed 10 foster homes. Reason for closing: 4 closed after finalization of adoption, 2 retired from foster care, 1 marital issue that needed to be addressed, 1 to focus on needs of special needs child, 1 took no placements for over 2 years so agency discussed with them closing their license, 1 to focus on their own family (have now reached out to start the process to relicense again) "new licensed homes in 2024: 9 "word of mouth appears to be the best recruitment effort, always looking at additional ideas to recruit foster homes. "continued monthly support group and training via zoom. Training topics are established yearly; tim wright provided the training. There is a total of 8 training courses a year. On the off months, foster parents are sent training links for required training as well as other resources throughout the year that pertain to foster care. "established with mn child welfare training academy and foster parent college as a training resource for case managers and foster parents. This is offered free to our agency. No longer members of yipa for training which had a yearly membership fee. "the quarterly newsletter continued throughout 2024 providing training, tips, foster care news, and additional support to families. The program started a private facebook group for our licensed providers to connect with other providers as well as share resources. "nora and mikaela continue to be an integral part of the foster care program. They continue to gain knowledge within their position and have done a great job there is positive feedback from the families they support as well as placing agents. Mikaela passed her social worker licensure to obtain lsw status. "positive dhs review. "the foster care program completed coa accreditation and is now fully accredited. "total licensed homes currently - 34 "5 pending adoptions that should be finalized between april-june 2025.”

“Rent expenses - part viii, line 6b 18,858 rent expenses - part viii, line 6b -18,858”