A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America (Jan 2018)

Exhibit 1. Percentage of human services CBOs that were insolvent each year , meaning that their total liabilities exceeded their total assets. For analysis, CBOs are segmented by size, geographic region, quartile of state social services spending, and types of services provided.

PERCENT OF INSOLVENT CBOs, TAX YEARS 2011–2015 CBO size 2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Total

Small (<$1M)

15.6%

14.9%

14.2%

13.7%

12.7%

14.2%

Mid-size ($1–10 M)

9.6%

9.7%

9.4%

9.1%

8.7%

9.3%

Large (>$10 M)

9.8%

9.4%

9.7%

9.8%

11.4%

9.9%

Region and subregion * 1 Northeast

13.9%

13.7%

13.4%

13.1%

12.4%

13.3%

New England

13.7%

13.4%

13.1%

12.6%

13.1%

13.2%

Mid-Atlantic

14.0%

13.8%

13.5%

13.4%

12.1%

13.4%

Midwest

12.7%

12.4%

12.0%

11.7%

11.7%

12.1%

East North Central

13.8%

13.4%

13.0%

12.7%

13.4%

13.2%

West North Central

10.9%

10.7%

10.2%

9.9%

9.1%

10.2%

South

13.3%

12.7%

12.3%

12.3%

11.9%

12.5%

South Atlantic

13.9%

13.6%

13.2%

13.1%

12.6%

13.3%

East South Central

15.6%

14.1%

13.5%

13.3%

12.2%

13.8%

West South Central

10.7%

10.0%

9.8%

9.9%

10.4%

10.1%

West

12.3%

12.3%

11.8%

11.9%

11.4%

12.0%

9.2%

8.2%

8.8%

7.9%

8.8%

Mountain

9.7%

Pacific

13.6%

13.8%

13.5%

13.3%

13.1%

13.5%

Quartile of state social spending * 2 Top quartile

14.1%

13.9%

13.5%

13.3%

12.5%

13.5%

Upper-middle quartile

13.5%

13.0%

12.6%

12.4%

12.6%

12.8%

Lower-middle quartile

12.0%

12.0%

11.6%

11.6%

11.5%

11.7%

Bottom quartile

12.2%

11.7%

11.3%

11.2%

10.6%

11.4%

Types of services Mental health and crisis intervention

8.0%

8.5%

8.1%

8.3%

7.6%

8.1%

Crime and legal-related

6.5%

5.3%

5.6%

5.1%

5.0%

5.5%

Employment

6.3%

6.1%

6.0%

5.6%

5.1%

5.9%

Food, agriculture and nutrition

3.4%

3.9%

4.3%

3.9%

3.2%

3.8%

Housing and shelter

31.6%

31.3%

30.5%

30.3%

30.0%

30.7%

Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief

2.7%

2.7%

2.6%

2.8%

2.5%

2.7%

Youth development

4.6%

5.0%

4.6%

4.0%

4.7%

4.5%

General human services

8.9%

8.7%

8.6%

8.2%

7.5%

8.4%

Total

13.1% 12.8% 12.4% 12.0% 11.6% 12.4%

*1 Regions and subregions based on US Census Bureau designations. New England includes CT, ME, MA, NH, RI VT. Mid-Atlantic includes NJ, NY, PA. East North Central includes IL, IN, MI, OH, WI. West North Central includes IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD. South Atlantic includes DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, DC, WV. East South Central includes AL, KY, MS, TN. West South Central includes AR, LA, OK, TX. Mountain includes AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY. Pacific includes AK, CA, HI, OR, WA. *2 Social spending calculated as per-capita state and local government expenditures on health and hospitals, public welfare, and elementary and secondary education, as reported by the State & Local Government Finance Data Query System, from the Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center.

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