Child Action Incorporated

“The Executive Director and Accounting Manager review the completed Form 990. Once finalized, a meeting is held with the auditor, executive director and at least one member of the board of directors where the Form 990 is reviewed. The Form 990 is then electronically sent to all board members before Form 990 is filed.”

“Child Action, Inc. requires all employees, officers and directors to complete and sign a Conflict of Interest Policy on an annual basis. The officers review any conflict of interests reported and follow procedures and policies based on the type of conflict.”

“The Board of Directors approved the hiring of the Executive Director. They also approve annually the salary schedule and benefits paid to all employees, including top management. The Human Resource department periodically compares compensation with like organizations in comparable cities to determine if any salary schedules need to be revised.”

“The Board of Directors approves annually the salary schedule and benefits paid to all employees. The Human Resource department periodically compares compensation with like organizations in comparable cities to determine if any salary schedules need to be revised.”

“All governing documents, policies and financial statements are located at the Administration office. All major grantors are given a copy of the Financial Statements & Supplementary Information and the Independent Auditor's Report. Any requests from the public regarding our Form 990 or Financial Statements are referred to the Administration office where the requester is given the option to view the Form 990 on the Guidestar website, come to our office to view the documents, or have a copy sent to them.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Advocacy and Community Education: Child Action, Inc. staff made presentations to over 1,900 people at community fairs and meetings, public hearings and other gatherings. One issue of the Child Action, Inc. Bulletin was distributed to over 2,300 child care providers and community advocates this year, in addition an average over 3,200 community members each month received Child Action, Inc. electronic News Bulletins. Participation on local boards and community task forces such as the 2-1-1 Advisory Board, ECE Advisory Committee, Safe Kids Greater Coalition, Sacramento County Office of Education Superintendents Early Learning Plan Advisory Committee, Quality Rating and Improvement System Advisory Committee and Consortium, Community Action Board, Infant Safe Sleep, and the Local Planning Council allowed Child Action, Inc. to advocate for parents and child care providers as well as to inform them about local public policy affecting them. The Stand for Children Picnic in May 2017 provided opportunities for local parents to meet with their elected representatives in the state capitol. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Workshops and Training: Two thousand two hundred twenty-five (2,225) child care providers and parents participated in two hundred thirty-one (231) workshops and training sessions that were provided in English, Spanish, and Russian. These sessions covered topics of parenting, child development and behavior, starting a child care business, conducting quality assessments, health issues and services, behavior management, inclusion of children with special needs, child abuse prevention, language and literacy, school readiness, Infant/Toddler Care, curriculum development, academic advising, and obtaining child development permits. Workshops and training were offered in English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, and Russian languages. Twenty-three (23) CARES Orientations and trainings were held during the year, attended by two hundred fifty-eight (258) providers. Workshops were provided to four cultural or linguistic communities during the year: Sixty-nine (69) workshops were provided in the Russian, Arabic, Spanish, and Farsi Language on Starting a Family Child Care Home, the Developmental Needs of Children, Special Needs Inclusion and Family Child Care @ Its Best. Sixteen (16) play day sessions were held this year. These sessions provided activities for providers to engage in social-emotional development, language development, literacy, perceptual, motor and cognitive development with children and information about setting up learning environments. Sixty-nine (69) parents, relatives and exempt providers attended. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: TrustLine Services: TrustLine is California's registry of in-home child care providers, tutors and in-home counselors who have passed a background screening. Child Action, Inc. provides information on TrustLine to families and exempt child care providers and assists with the application process in Sacramento County. Six hundred eighty-one (681) exempt providers were TrustLine registered during the last year. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Direct Child Care Services: Child Action, Inc. provided $42 million dollars for child care services for 8,894 children from 5,114 low-income families who were working, in training programs, or enrolled in school during 2016/2017. These programs allow parents to choose the child care services that best meet their individual needs anywhere in the county.”

“Capital outlay - operating programs = $4867”

“Health training scholarships, in the amount of $27,904, were provided to four hundred sixty-five (465) child care teachers and family child care home providers. One hundred-twenty (120) health training scholarships were provided to child care centers and three hundred forty-five (345) were provided to family child care home providers. Two hundred sixty (260) child care workers submitted applications to receive CARES stipends. One hundred fifty-two (152) publicly supported early learning center employees, who care for 3,652 children between the ages of birth and 12 years, followed through with professional and educational plans and received stipends of $500 to $3,000.Ten (10) child care centers and fifty-three (53) family child care homes received assistance in opening new child care services, increasing capacity of child care services for one thousand six (1006) children.Ten (10) early learning professionals participated in the Environment Rating Scale (ERS) Assessor Cohort providing environmental assessments to child care programs that received Quality Child Care Collaborative services. Each assessor conducted an average of four (4) assessments for the year. Forty-six (46) Environment Rating Scales (ERS) Assessments were administered to measure the quality of the environment of early childhood education programs during the year for the Quality Child Care Collaborative: 26 ECERS (Preschool), 13 FCCERS (Family Child Care) and 7 ITERS (Infant Toddler). Results of these assessments were reviewed and shared with directors, teachers and home providers who developed twenty quality improvement plans.The Consultation Team, made up of consultants in Special Education, Behavioral Health and Early Learning have provided nine hundred twenty-two (922) technical assistance, training and consultation services, on-site to one hundred thirty-six (136) child care centers and family child care homes. On-going, regular visits provide the opportunity to build trusting relationships between the consultant and the early learning staff at these programs and to observe dialogue and make changes over time for both the program and individual children.”