Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc

“All board members receive a copy of the form 990 and have the opportunity to review it and ask questions before filing.”

“Annual disclosure statements are reviewed and discussed with trustees if clarification is necessary.”

“The executive committee of the board of directors determines the executive director's compensation annually by benchmarking the salary with other organizations.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public at cotsonline.org, guidestar, charity navigator, and upon request.”

“The committee on temporary shelter (cots) provides emergency shelter, services, and housing for people who are homeless or marginally housed in vermont. Cots advocates for long-term solutions to end homelessness. We believe in the value and dignity of every human life; we believe that housing is a fundamental human right; we believe that emergency shelter is not the solution to homelessness.”

“In may of 2017, the 95 north partnership began leasing the 14 apartments on the 2nd floor of the building to new tenants. These tenants are eligible for support services from cots, for which the partnership provides compensation to cots of 10,000/year minimum.”

“In september 2017, because of shifts in public funding, cots eliminated its traditional case management services, replacing those six positions with three newly created housing navigators who have an intensive focus on connecting clients to housing. The new housing navigator positions were filled as of 3/31/2018. The housing navigator team reports to the housing resource center coordinator.”

“Support services: one-on-one support services are offered to all of cots' clients. 129 homeless families, including those staying in emergency shelter or in the community, received support from cots staff. 120 single, homeless adults received outreach and support from cots staff. Transitional and permanent housing: the smith house (opened in 2002) provides individuals moving out of shelter with transitional housing. The smith house has seven single-room occupancy units, plus two permanent apartments, and full-time residential manager. Canal street veterans housing (opened in 2011) provides 16 units of two- year transitional housing for homeless veterans and their families, as well as 12 units of permanent, affordable housing. Canal street has a residential manager and a full-time program coordinator. The wilson (purchased in 1984) and st. John's hall (purchased in 1991) together provide 44 single-room occupancy (sro) units and four apartments: permanent housing for formerly homeless as well as low-income senior citizens and veterans; both facilities also have residential managers.”

“Note receivable increase 400,000 during 2017, cots discovered that a 400,000 grant from the federal home loan bank was deposited directly into 95 north avenue limited partnership in december 2015 and recorded as a note payable to cots. Therefore, cots has restated the 2016 financial statements to reflect a 400,000 increase in notes receivable and corresponding increases in temporarily restricted capital gifts and net assets released from restrictions.”