2011-11-22T09:18:59-08:00 2011-06-30 Brooks McGinnis & Company LLC 5871 Glenridge Dr Ste 200 Atlanta GA 30328 990 2010-07-01 581054331 Families First Inc FAMI 4048532800 1105 West Peachtree Street NE Atlanta GA 30357 Perre Edwards 2011-11-22 Shawn W Hardister 4045314940 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 11423736 false false X www.familiesfirst.org X 1890 GA Family and children services 32 29 232 578 24550 13044 7735381 7144327 2681504 2714880 70238 123963 -6100 822 10481023 9983992 503317 478448 0 5849880 6198298 52319 38918 568493 3738530 3695700 10144046 10411364 336977 -427372 10014258 9952117 1127086 870584 8887172 9081533 X To ensure the success of children in jeopardy by empowering families false false 3983087 1879108 Child and Youth Permanency - The objective of this program is to provide each child with a safe, nurturing life-long family, and includes adoption, foster care, permanency, community building and transition to adulthood services. The adoption program served 9,203 clients. Over 90% of adoption placements proceeded to finalization, with children being offered safety, nurturing, permanency and opportunity to prepare for and be successful in school. Outcomes showed 92% of families going through adoption training classes indicated their parenting knowledge and skills had been enhanced. The foster care program served 161 clients. During the past year, 98% of the children placed in Families First foster homes were protected from repeat abuse and neglect. In addition, 75% of the children who came into the foster care program left the program with a permanency plan of family reunification, an adoption plan, or a plan to return to relatives. 2393352 835772 Healthy Families and Relationships - This program provides families with the support they need to tackle life's challenges and transitions, through parenting skills training, counseling on mental health and family issues, support groups dealing with substance abuse, military veteran issues and divorce, as well as school programs that prepare children for success and enhance parent-child communications. The counseling program served 12,671 clients. Of the counseling clients, 95% were satisfied with the services and 43% increased their level of coping. 1722200 Family Sustainability and Empowerment - This program provides housing-based programs promoting healthy environment, self-sufficiency, child safety, and battles poverty, homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse. 241395 8340034 true true false true false false false false false true true false false true false false false true false false false false false true true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false true false true false false true 98 0 true 232 true true true false false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false X 32 29 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true true false false X X X Perre Edwards 4048532800 1105 W Peachtree Street NE Atlanta GA 303570948 William H Jordan 2.00 X 0 0 0 William Alexander 2.00 X 0 0 0 Tiffany Friesen 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sunny Burrows 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sandra B Carey 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sally Sidwell 2.00 X 0 0 0 Roya Irvani 2.00 X 0 0 0 Richard A Jones 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Raphael Holloway 55.00 X 122547 0 2157 Perre Edwards 55.00 X 135374 0 5545 Patricia Tuff 2.00 X 0 0 0 Melody Darch 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lou Winship 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lee Ann Lednik 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Anderson 55.00 X 157817 0 6760 Kenneth Neighbors 2.00 X 0 0 0 Justin Berman 2.00 X 0 0 0 Julie D Salisbury 2.00 X 0 0 0 Judge Alford J Dempsey Jr 2.00 X 0 0 0 John L Montag 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jeri Pickett 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jane K Ridall 2.00 X 0 0 0 James T Mills 2.00 X 0 0 0 Greg K Hecht 2.00 X 0 0 0 Frank M Howard 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Felicia Speetjens 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Tanis 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Eileen Christman 2.00 X 0 0 0 Deborah Baker 2.00 X 0 0 0 Carolyn Carl 2.00 X 0 0 0 Candace McCaffery 2.00 X 0 0 0 Brittain E Prigge 2.00 X 0 0 0 Bernadette Hartfield 2.00 X 0 0 0 Audrey Horne 2.00 X 0 0 0 Allen Chan 2.00 X 0 0 0 415738 14462 3 false true false Teens At Work 1373 Cleveland Avenue East Point GA 30344 Childcare Services 178135 Qualifacts Systems Inc 200 2nd Avenue South Nashville TN 37201 ECR Services 226110 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia PO Box 403012 Atlanta GA 30384 Health Insurance 489264 Bethany Christian 6645 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE Atlanta GA 30328 Adoption related svc 261569 Adoptive & Foster Parent Association 250 Georgia Avenue Atlanta GA 30312 Adoption related svc 244002 5 1381830 345762 255600 3681360 1479775 134785 7144327 Healthy Families & Relat. 624100 835772 835772 Child & Youth Permanency 624100 1879108 1879108 2714880 176123 176123 0 0 0 1328668 1380828 -52160 -52160 -52160 345762 58916 -58916 0 0 Parking revenues 24550 24550 Miscellaneous 624100 35188 35188 59738 9983992 2638992 24550 176123 0 478448 478448 0 0 174760 141603 25239 7918 0 5318960 4306011 768071 244878 66035 54680 9565 1790 223217 184834 32331 6052 415326 339319 57479 18528 41512 36701 4737 74 449 397 51 1 76623 67742 8745 136 59500 52604 6790 106 38918 38918 16389 16389 1152430 1018857 131526 2047 0 427837 245701 181864 272 153263 135499 17492 272 0 759608 647710 111898 187332 184560 2568 204 0 99463 80144 19193 126 2701 2701 0 166889 127813 39076 102411 66960 34966 485 Specific Assistance 7419 3220 4199 Program expense & other 165559 151062 7388 7109 Fundraising Expenses 187378 187378 Bad Debt Expense 88937 3000 37937 48000 0 10411364 8340034 1502837 568493 1050348 1177214 0 1113554 866864 866522 654365 0 0 0 0 118958 94528 6975874 5089340 1901164 1886534 4368173 4682858 0 0 0 595539 589754 10014258 9952117 839098 779530 87988 91054 200000 1127086 870584 X 3944291 4034402 4400584 4504834 542297 542297 8887172 9081533 10014258 9952117 X -427372 621733 X false true true X true true X 6550889 7521046 9376111 9192449 8649736 41290231 0 0 6550889 7521046 9376111 9192449 8649736 41290231 421619 40868612 339814 435996 254887 142975 176123 1349795 1814 2639 11913 14429 14044 44839 51607 52571 33970 46829 35188 220165 42905030 6008546 0.95250 0.94580 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 59500 59500 8287430 8346930 567347 141837 false 635215 558307 567347 1760869 2641304 73530 58800 59500 191830 158804 139577 141837 440218 660327 5570982 723975 743513 -1230274 5808196 5869458 757148 499151 -1554775 5570982 7220014 653873 -614099 -1390330 5869458 0.35000 0.09000 0.56000 false true true 497064 497064 4838075 3559449 1278626 1640735 1529891 110844 1886534 Interest receivable 9292 Due from supporting organization 580462 589754 Part V, Line 4 Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. Endowment fund is used for the costs related to providing community services and support for children and families X X X X X X true Candy Berman Event Manager false 345762 34839 310923 345762 34839 310923 GA Dining for a Difference 345762 345762 55640 3276 345762 345762 55640 3276 58916 -58916 true X 0 0 Weaver Gardens 65 36065 Foster Care 177 442383 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used In each funding agreement, dollars are allocated for client or foster parent needs. These amounts are paid monthly based on the clients in care and their specific needs for that month. X X X false false false false false false false false false false Kim Anderson 157817 6760 164577 Burch Corporation Family Member 8734 Heating and Cooling Servic false John MontagMontag Associates Board Member 31290 Brokerage fees false Candy Berman Associates Family Member 34839 Event Management false X 64321 X Soft/Hardware 1 70464 false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents and conflict of interest are available upon request. Financials and 990's are posted to the agency websites as well as upon request. 990's are also published by Guidestar. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The executive committee has always been concerned about assuring the organization has independent data on which to base the salary structure. For the executive team, the committee assembled data on CEO and senior team compensation from the Georgia Center for Non-profits, the Alliance, and other sources which gave some data for comparison. In fall of 2008, an independent study of executive team compensation was done by Bobby Dodd Institute. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Each board member must complete the conflict of interest policy form and make all required disclosures on a self report basis. The executive and governance committee monitor disclosures. Periodic completion of the policy forms will be required on a future basis. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is sent via email to the Board for review with comments and questions due back within one week. Any questions are answered during this time. The Executive Committee then approves the return on behalf of the full Board at it's next scheduled meeting. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d : Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other program services Families First Endowment Trust 1105 West Peachtree Street NE Atlanta GA 30309 581466244 To support Families First, Inc. GA 501(C)(3) Line 11 Families First Inc false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true Families First Endowment Trust r 255600