Bridges a Community Support System Inc

“Form 990 is prepared by the auditors in conjunction with the accounting manager and the cfo. A copy of form 990 is distributed to the board of directors prior to filing the document with the internal revenue service.”

“The policy which addresses conflict of interest (policy # 101.1 ethics) is reviewed and approved annually by the board of directors. The agency communicates the ethics policy to all personnel and persons served. All personnel are oriented to the ethics policy at time of hire and in addition it is included in the staff handbook, which is signed by personnel that they have received, read and agree to abide by the contents of this policy. There is also a code of ethics book that is kept in the first floor information center from the various professional disciplines. It is also posted in the agency's waiting rooms for consumers to review and at the staff apartments in our residential sites. This policy is also incorporated into contracts with any vendors/suppliers. The policy's intent and its implications are addressed at staff and board meetings and in other clinical settings, as appropriate. In addition, we require that each employee take an annual e-learning course on compliance and ethics which includes material on conflict of interest. All staff are encouraged to report any potential conflict of interest as an adverse incident, which is then reviewed by the compliance officer and quality counsel for evaluation and feedback. Each supervisor is expected to follow up with employees to complete resolution of any incident. Additionally, the board of directors has adopted within the bylaws of bridges certain policies and procedures specific to the board regarding conflict of interest. Each board member is required to annually sign a statement which affirms that he or she has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy, has read and understands the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy, and understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax exempt purposes.”

“As stipulated in the bylaws of the corporation, the process for determining compensation of the president/ceo includes a performance review of this individual by the executive committee of the board of directors. This process includes the review of specific performance elements, the comparing of data on compensation of other ceos as available through our association's annual salary survey, and open discussion among the members of this committee. The meeting is documented in minutes of the executive committee of the board of directors. The executive committee then makes a recommendation to the full board of directors regarding the annual compensation for the ceo for their approval.”

“Bridges makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, tax return and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“There have been no changes made to the organization's oversight or selection process during the tax year.”