East Boston Ecumenical Community Council Inc

“The executive director, finance staff, and the finance committee review the 990. A copy of the return is provided to all board members for review and approval before submission.”

“An annual disclosure form is completed by all officers, directors, and key employees to describe any relationships, transactions, or other cirsumstances that could create a conflict of interest.”

“An informal survey is made of other agencies, governmental reports on masschusetts wages, and career websites to determine appropriate wage levels.”

“The ceo and board of directors determines compensation for all employees.”

“Upon written request or on public websites.”

“Individuals volunteer their time to assist with tutoring, mentoring, civic engagement and voters' registration.”

“The community legal assistance program (cleap) provides general services such as consulting, advanced parole, translation, preparation of letter to uscis and notary services. The organization sets a fiscal year goal of providing access for services to 3,000 individuals. Services were provided to 2,792 by the end of the fiscal year. Those services included assisting individuals with obtaining temporary protected status (tps) and immigration status (other than tps), and allowing the renewal of their work permits. In additon, the organization assists in the completion of i-130 family petitions which enabled the reunification of families by bringing members still in their homelands to the u.s. The organization also assists in completing the n-400 and n-600 applications to initiate the naturalization process.”

“Parent organizing program was developed to mentor parents and expand their leadership potential. The program encourages participation by parents in the identification of educational needs, program development and planning, and other public education offerings to meet the needs of their children. Nuestra voz cuenta (our voice counts) encourages the residents of east boston to actively participate in the voting process. The organization continues to strengthen existing partnerships and develop new organizational partners to increase the number of registered voters. In 2017 nvc registered 1,100 voters in the preparation for the gubernatorial and midterm elections and engaged this group to recruit more volunteers to register more voters in the east boston community.”