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Children's Research Triangle

Child behavioral health, family support, training, research and Camp SOAR

Research time: ~21 min on GPT-6.1 Sol
  • Research — reviewed programs, finances and impact evidence.
  • Modeling — estimated costs, QALYs and uncertainty.
  • Source audit — checked claims, assumptions and calculations.

Updated: 2026-10-07

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Summary

What do they do? CRT provides child behavioral-health evaluations and therapy through its clinic and community partners. Its broader portfolio includes family support, training, research and Camp SOAR. Most reported reach combines children and families and does not establish unique completed therapy courses.

Why we’re interested in this organization:

  • Original costs reconcile functional, direct-event and investment resources.

  • Current community services establish child treatment and a financial-access mechanism.

  • The revised initial model distinguishes child health from caregiver resources and retains full negative burdens.

Our main reservations:

  • Mixed reach does not establish unique completed trial-like courses.

  • External therapy QALYs and caregiver cash/time changes are conditional, not local causal outcomes.

  • Whole cost against a narrow historical channel is not portfolio or marginal gift EV.

What do you get for your dollar? $24.3M per DALY in Chicago. DALY is our one-year comparison unit. QALY-based health gains and income-welfare equivalents retain their original assumptions; they are not measured clinical DALYs. Conditional annual whole-recipient cost against partial child-therapy and signed caregiver-resource channel; donor HOLD, not portfolio EV or marginal gift..

Unique client starts and adequate therapy dose/completion, symptoms and functioning, family stress, evaluation follow-through, camp respite; reported reach and percentages cannot establish these causal outcomes.

1. What do they do?

Children's Research Triangle (CRT), EIN 36-4236142, provides child behavioral-health assessment and therapy, family support, professional training, research, and Camp SOAR. An ordinary gift supports this whole recipient. The official donation page names this EIN and links a donation form; no transaction was made. Donate

Community therapists work at schools and social-service sites in Chicago, Evanston and Dolton, as well as the Loop clinic and telehealth. These are actual service anchors in Cook County, not merely headquarters evidence. The edition uses the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin MSA under OMB-23-01 (21 July 2023); residence-level attribution remains unverified. Sites

Retain all assessment, clinical, camp, training, research, administration and fundraising costs. The audit identifies a separate for-profit affiliate, CRT Medical PC, with shared office/subcontract arrangements; this report does not merge that entity or attribute its services automatically.

2. Monitoring and information sharing

The 2024 annual report gives 1,368 children and families served, 786 people trained and 23 partners. Its 87% trauma-symptom improvement and 85% behavioral/emotional improvement figures lack denominators, attrition, timing, effect sizes and a comparison group. They are recipient monitoring claims, not causal recovery rates. 2024 report, printed p. 2

The report titled Impact Report 2025 gives 1,365 children/families, 805 trainees and 15 partners, alongside 86% trauma-symptom and 84% functioning improvement. Its camp section reports 96 campers and 130+ volunteer counselors/staff. The later HHS award narrative instead calls 1,166 people clients in 2025. Definitions are unreconciled; none is verified unique trauma-treatment starts or completions. Projected grant treatment of 70 children/caregivers annually is a target, not observed delivery. 2025 impact Award

Request deidentified annual cohorts by residence, diagnosis, modality, first start, adequate dose, completion, follow-up and alternative treatment. Include missing outcomes and harms.

3. Qualitative assessment

School/community delivery and no-cost partner-site care offer a plausible way to reduce access barriers. CRT lists TF-CBT, CPP, SPARCS, PCIT, Theraplay, EMDR and parenting interventions; the mix is not quantified. Therapy

A CRT-affiliated randomized trial compared 40 treated with 38 control children with FAS/ARND and found improvements in executive functioning and emotional problem solving. That supports one historical intervention, not contemporary trauma-care QALYs or the ordinary gift. Its registry distinguishes standard referrals in controls; planned follow-up is not evidence of observed persistence. Wells et al. Registration

External therapy evidence supports plausible benefit but weakens any automatic symptom-to-QALY bridge. A Norwegian TF-CBT randomized economic evaluation found no significant QALY difference versus usual therapy, despite a favorable cost-effectiveness probability. Aas et al.

Caregiver welfare, evaluations, research, training, crisis services, school violence prevention and camp respite may help or harm. Their net health H is unmeasured; H=0 is a modeling omission, not no value. Avoid double counting child, parent and partner gains. Family time, volunteer labor and space also consume resources. Child health is not reduced by caregiver household grouping. Current no-cost partner care and school delivery support access mechanisms, but not measured cash savings or earnings. Positive resource overlap is discounted; full negative costs and harms remain.

4. What do you get for your dollar?

The frozen original health-only alpha was $91.3M per DALY. The revised conditional annual-work reference is $24.3M per DALY: .1448275 clinical years plus −.00004061 signed caregiver-resource equivalents. This removes the extra .25 gift-response multiplier from annual outcomes, retains full new .01 process-harm judgment and adds explicit resources; it is not observed better performance. Full FY2024 resources $3,523,321 include unquantified evaluation, camp, training and research. A .2 therapy cost allocation is hypothetical, not an observed restricted full cost. External q=.0095 includes eleven weeks and trial noncompletion; no second duration/completion multiplier. s=.1 aligned child starts, t=.25 local transfer and a=.5 alternative-care adjustment remain judgments. q=.0577 three-year external extrapolation is sensitivity only. Gift expansion remains unknown separately.

Model, assumptions and sensitivity

Full legal recipient FY2024 gross recorded resources C; all programs, admin, direct event and investment expenses retained. Add unknown net unrecognized K. Separate for-profit CRT Medical PC not consolidated.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin MSA, OMB-23-01-2023-07-21; actual Cook County sites observed. g=.95 is an unverified resident-health fraction.

Clinical = (N*s*q*t*a + signed other health - full aligned-cohort harm)*g. q includes eleven-week horizon. Caregiver resources use N*s*unique with access a independent of clinical response; positive work additionally gated by t. Joint net household log via shared income bridge, full negative burdens and distinct payer loss once. Annual reference excludes separate gift-response multiplier.

C
3523321 USD annual (observed). Original full FY2024 resources including direct events. [return24] [scheduleD24] [audit24]
N
1368 historical mixed reach (observed). Observed1368 mixed children/families, not unique starts; retained original prior independent source check. [annual24]
s
0.1 conditional parameter (judgment). Judged .1 distinct aligned child starts per mixed reach. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
q
0.0095 conditional parameter (observed). External adjusted imputed11-weekQALY assignment difference, not CRT observation. [qaly]
t
0.25 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
a
0.5 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
harm
0.01 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
g
0.95 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
unique
0.8 caregiver households per aligned child start (judgment). Judged .8 caregiver households per aligned child; not clinical patient deduplication. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
cash
100 conditional parameter (judgment). Judged100 otherwise-paid cash after alternatives, not retail therapy fees. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
work
0 conditional parameter (judgment). Zero central caregiver earnings; signed alternatives not child wages. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
cost
25 conditional parameter (judgment). Judged25 net additional fee/time/access cost relative to alternatives retained all exposed. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
baseline
20000 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
resourceYears
1 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
overlap
0.5 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
payerLoss
0 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
payerPeople
10000 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
payerBaseline
50000 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
externalCost
0 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
H
0 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
delay
0 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
r
0.03 conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]
unknown
false conditional parameter (judgment). Explicit conditional judgment; sources establish mechanisms not numerical recipient calibration. [therapy] [fees-current] [partners] [cg-income]

central: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {}

clinical-null: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: -0.01; all-population health QALYs: -0.01. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0}

financial-only: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0,"harm":0}

no-cash: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.07. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":0}

unknown-resources: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unknown":true}

no-alternative-additionality: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: -0.01; all-population health QALYs: -0.01. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.07. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"a":0}

no-transport-clinical: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: -0.01; all-population health QALYs: -0.01. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"t":0}

no-aligned-starts: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"s":0}

no-exposure: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"N":0,"H":0}

no-gift-no-exposure: Cost: $0; Chicago health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.00. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"N":0,"C":0,"H":0}

adverse: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: -0.16; all-population health QALYs: -0.17. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.46. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":-0.0095,"cash":-100,"work":-100,"cost":75}

positive-cash: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.13. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":300}

positive-caregiver-work: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.03. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"work":200}

negative-caregiver-work: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.26. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"work":-200}

negative-overlap-zero: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.33. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":-100,"work":-100,"overlap":0}

negative-overlap-one: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.33. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":-100,"work":-100,"overlap":1}

overlap-zero: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.06. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"overlap":0}

overlap-one: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.07. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"overlap":1}

full-transfer-counterparty: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.05. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"payerLoss":100}

extra-provider-resources: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.13. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"externalCost":100}

zero-net-access-cost: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.06. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cost":0}

higher-cost: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: -0.13. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cost":75}

no-resource-households: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unique":0}

less-household-duplication: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unique":0.5}

no-local: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.00; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"g":0}

all-local: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.15; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"g":1}

one-year-delay: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"delay":1}

half-year-resource: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"resourceYears":0.5}

greater-clinical: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.30; all-population health QALYs: 0.31. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0.019}

external-three-year-clinical-only: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.93; all-population health QALYs: 0.98. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0.0577}

conditional-therapy-allocation: Cost: $705K; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":704664.2000000001}

unrecognized-resource-budget: Cost: $4.4M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":4404151.25}

historical-mean: Cost: $3.3M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.14; all-population health QALYs: 0.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":3333163}

other-positive-health: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 1.09; all-population health QALYs: 1.15. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"H":1}

other-negative-health: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: -0.81; all-population health QALYs: -0.85. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"H":-1}

fewer-eligible: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.03; all-population health QALYs: 0.03. Income-equivalent healthy years: 0.00. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"s":0.025}

Frozen original health-only alpha diagnostic: Cost: $3.5M; Chicago health QALYs: 0.04; all-population health QALYs: 0.04. {"C":3523321,"N":1368,"s":0.1,"q":0.0095,"t":0.25,"a":0.5,"b":0.25,"g":0.95,"K":0,"H":0}; Q_all=b*(N*s*q*t*a+H); Q_MSA=g*Q_all; price10=913206265.8955792; 11-week central horizon, no extrapolated persistence. Hypothetical stress test.

Counterfactual: Timely public/insured or other-provider care substitutes for some children. Existing grants remain; resource savings are after alternative coverage and actual otherwise-paid consumption, not retail services. Gift-created expansion unknown separately.

Attribution: s is judged aligned child starts per mixed reach; t transports external clinical assignment effect including completion, no additional haircut. a represents timely alternatives. Household grouping only affects resources. Extra gift capacity remains unknown, not a second annual-outcome multiplier.

Very weak confidence; hypothetical scenarios, not expected value, confidence intervals or donor-ready estimates. Unknown K and H conditionally zero; no proof of linear scalability. Short horizon excludes possible lasting benefit.

Sensitivity

  • clinical-null: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0}
  • financial-only: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0,"harm":0}
  • no-cash: $44.1M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":0}
  • unknown-resources: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unknown":true}
  • no-alternative-additionality: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"a":0}
  • no-transport-clinical: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"t":0}
  • no-aligned-starts: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"s":0}
  • no-exposure: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"N":0,"H":0}
  • no-gift-no-exposure: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"N":0,"C":0,"H":0}
  • adverse: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":-0.0095,"cash":-100,"work":-100,"cost":75}
  • positive-cash: $12.8M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":300}
  • positive-caregiver-work: $19.9M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"work":200}
  • negative-caregiver-work: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"work":-200}
  • negative-overlap-zero: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":-100,"work":-100,"overlap":0}
  • negative-overlap-one: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cash":-100,"work":-100,"overlap":1}
  • overlap-zero: $16.8M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"overlap":0}
  • overlap-one: $44.1M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"overlap":1}
  • full-transfer-counterparty: $38.0M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"payerLoss":100}
  • extra-provider-resources: $237.7M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"externalCost":100}
  • zero-net-access-cost: $16.8M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cost":0}
  • higher-cost: $240.3M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"cost":75}
  • no-resource-households: $24.3M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unique":0}
  • less-household-duplication: $24.3M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"unique":0.5}
  • no-local: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"g":0}
  • all-local: $23.1M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"g":1}
  • one-year-delay: $25.1M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"delay":1}
  • half-year-resource: $24.3M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"resourceYears":0.5}
  • greater-clinical: $11.8M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0.019}
  • external-three-year-clinical-only: $3.8M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"q":0.0577}
  • conditional-therapy-allocation: $4.9M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":704664.2000000001}
  • unrecognized-resource-budget: $30.4M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":4404151.25}
  • historical-mean: $23.0M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"C":3333163}
  • other-positive-health: $3.2M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"H":1}
  • other-negative-health: no finite positive estimate. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"H":-1}
  • fewer-eligible: $121.2M per DALY. Conditional annual therapy channel; external q includes11weekduration, no repeatedduration multiplier. Caregiver cash/work and full access cost jointlog; unknown portfolio not zero. {"s":0.025}
  • Frozen original health-only alpha diagnostic: $91.3M per DALY. {"C":3523321,"N":1368,"s":0.1,"q":0.0095,"t":0.25,"a":0.5,"b":0.25,"g":0.95,"K":0,"H":0}; Q_all=b*(N*s*q*t*a+H); Q_MSA=g*Q_all; price10=913206265.8955792; 11-week central horizon, no extrapolated persistence. Hypothetical stress test.

Unresolved inputs

  • Current unrestricted funding gap net of confirmed new awards, restrictions, renewals and cash; priced incremental staffing plan.
  • Dated unique MSA child starts/completions by diagnosis/modality and source counts reconciled.
  • Recipient comparison-based health outcomes, adverse events, utility mapping and persistence.
  • Net unrecognized volunteer/partner/affiliate resources, and signed other-portfolio health with overlap removed.
  • Actual caregiver household grouping, otherwise-paid medical cash and net fee/time/work changes, outside payer incidence.

Health and income breakdown

For the modeled $3.5M: 0.14 health QALYs + 0.00 income-equivalent healthy years in Chicago: $24.3M per DALY. Income equivalents are welfare comparisons, not observed QALYs or DALYs.

Method and caveats.

5. Funding and previous grants

Original FY2022–24 Form 990 Part IX expense is $2,957,499, $3,303,788 and $3,415,329. Adding direct event expense of $78,325, $136,556 and $107,992 yields comparable gross recorded resources of $3,035,824, $3,440,344 and $3,523,321 (mean $3,333,163). In 2024, audited expense is $3,521,499; Schedule D adds $1,822 investment expense netted in the audit and removes direct events to reach Part IX. Thus the model keeps that investment resource cost; it does not confuse the audit total with Part IX. 2022 return 2023 return 2024 return Schedule D

All three original audits were inspected. FY2024 cash was $614,925 and net assets $776,629, including a $125,000 board reserve. The $709,579 lease liability explains most liabilities; it is not an ordinary cash borrowing. The audit's financial assets available within one year were $630,484 and the undrawn credit line $100,000. These are dated balances, not present liquidity. Opinion was unmodified; no current audit findings were listed. Volunteer/partner resources are not fully valued. 2024 audit

The 2025 impact appeal projects a 2026 gap above $300,000 and federal support reaching zero by end-2026. Subsequent evidence prevents treating that appeal as current room: HHS records a new $499,896 action on 31 August 2026, performance period 30 September 2026–29 September 2031; Impact Grants Chicago confirms a 2026 $100,000 award, and Invest for Kids lists CRT among current beneficiaries. Award periods/restrictions differ; do not simply subtract awards from the old gap or assume five years are fully funded. HHS Impact Grants Invest for Kids

Before a recommendation, reconcile current cash, grant restrictions/renewals, remaining commitments and staffing capacity to a priced incremental plan, alongside unique local outcomes and a validated utility/duration bridge. The $3,000-per-child implication of the old appeal is not used as a marginal cost. Current clinic therapy lists $175/hour and group $85/hour, with private insurance/DCFS and income discounts; partner-site services have no patient fee. Sticker prices are not otherwise-paid cash. Judged $100 cash avoidance after alternatives, zero central caregiver earnings, .8 caregiver households per aligned child start, a=.5 financial access and $25 net extra fee/time/access cost per exposed household are illustrative. Positive caregiver work additionally requires t clinical transfer; negative work is retained fully. No child/survivor wages. Joint household-period gain-minus-cost enters one log against judged $20,000 resources with .5 positive overlap only. Public/provider full-transfer and unrecognized-resource stresses challenge central zero extra payer loss, a donor-budget boundary assumption not proof outside costs absent. Other portfolio resource effects remain unknown, with adverse/null cases. Whole annual costs remain separate from marginal gift capacity.

Annual expenses

Organization-level spending, including programs, administration and fundraising. The research list averages three comparable, consecutive full fiscal years when available.

  • FY 2022: $3.0M; Children's Research Triangle, 12-month period, Gross recognized Form 990 resources including separately netted direct event expense. Source
  • FY 2023: $3.4M; Children's Research Triangle, 12-month period, Gross recognized Form 990 resources including separately netted direct event expense. Source
  • FY 2024: $3.5M; Children's Research Triangle, 12-month period, Gross recognized Form 990 resources including separately netted direct event expense. Source

6. Sources

  1. FY2024 IRS Form 990, original e-file reconstruction. CRT / IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  2. FY2023 IRS Form 990, original e-file reconstruction. CRT / IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  3. FY2022 IRS Form 990, original e-file reconstruction. CRT / IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  4. FY2024 Schedule D, audit reconciliation. CRT / IRS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  5. FY2024 and 2023 audited financial statements; PDF pp. 6–17, 24–25. Kolnicki Peterson & Wirth. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  6. FY2023 and 2022 audited financial statements. Kolnicki Peterson & Wirth. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  7. FY2022 and 2021 audited financial statements. Kolnicki Peterson & Wirth. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  8. 2024 annual report, printed pp. 2–7, 13. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  9. Impact Report 2025, PDF pp. 1–3; URL filename says 2026. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  10. Therapy modalities and fees. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  11. Actual community therapy sites. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  12. Legal recipient and ordinary donation route. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  13. H79SM091564 new award, action date 31 August 2026. HHS TAGGS. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  14. Confirmed 2026 $100,000 grant. Impact Grants Chicago. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  15. Current-year beneficiary listing. Invest for Kids. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  16. Shearer et al. trial-based cost utility analysis, Table 4. Shearer et al.. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  17. TF-CBT versus usual therapy randomized QALY evaluation. Aas et al.. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  18. CRT-affiliated randomized neurocognitive habilitation trial. Wells et al.. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  19. Registered CRT neurocognitive habilitation trial. ClinicalTrials.gov. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-09-29.
  20. Current clinic fees, insurance and no-cost partner-site care. Children's Research Triangle. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-07.
  21. Healthy-life and income cost-effectiveness comparison. Coefficient Giving. Published: not stated; retrieved: 2026-10-07.