Boys Town New England Inc

“Father Flanagans Boys Home FFBH is the sole member of all subordinate organizations. Dissolution of any of the subordinate organizations shall occur only upon the approval of FFBH, in which event its net assets shall be distributed to FFBH.”

“Father Flanagans Boys Home, the sole member, hires/appoints the organizations executive director. According to the by-laws of the organization, the executive director is the president and a voting member of the board.”

“FFBH, the sole member, must approve the appointment or removal of subordinate organizations directors. All subordinate organizations operate under an affiliation agreement with FFBH that controls all of their activities. Dissolution of a subordinate organization shall only occur upon the approval of FFBH, in which event the net assets of the subordinate organization, shall be distributed to FFBH.”

“A review was initially performed by an external accounting firm. After this review, an electronic copy of the final Form 990 was provided to all directors and officers of the affiliate board before it was filed.”

“FFBH, the sole member, regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy mainly through official annual affirmations, self-reporting and observation. Directors are covered by a board of trustee policy, and a separate policy covers officers and employees. Directors must report a perceived or actual conflict of interest to the Chairman of the Boards Executive Committee and has no vote in determining whether a conflict exists. A board member may be disqualified from participating in certain deliberations and votes during and after a review and may be required to resign if a conflict exists. Officers and higher level employees are required to and any other employee may at any time report any situation involving a conflict of interest to their Associate Executive Director and or the Legal Department for review and determination as to how to proceed. Any perceived conflict of interest can also be reported for review through a confidential organizational ethics line at www.boystownethics.com”

“Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Victor LaPuma provided services to Father Flanagans Boys Home and all affiliates, therefore the remaining 39 hours weekly is spent in that capacity. None of his salary was allocated to affiliates.”

“homes for siblings provides short-term emergency and crisis care for seven children at a time ages 5 to 11. Family Teachers and Assistant Family Teachers work with childrens needs and develop age appropriate treatment and educational plans. Staff members work closely with social services and other referral sources to find more permanent placements.”

“linking families to needed family services. Boys Town New England, Inc. also offers Family Visitation Services. This program offers families the opportunity to engage in positive relationships and skill-building activities while visiting with their children currently placed out of the home. The program provides transportation as needed, supervision of visits, cognitive behavioral interventions, and coaching and support to families during visits. The intensity and frequency of services are based on family needs and the goals. The Boys Town Model promotes quality assessment of the family needs that allows for individualization of goals and intervention strategies, and a continuous process of engagement, assessment, goal-directed intervention, and progress evaluations. The Family Visitation Services program is designed to provide monitoring and coaching services to families with children in care during their regular visits, for as long as these services are required. Initially, families will meet with a Visitation Consultant for an assessment of their needs, and the development of an individual family visitation plan. The exact amount of time consultants spend with families will vary. The Visitation Consultant focuses on family strengths, helping parents to improve parenting techniques and may even work with childrens temporary caregivers in order to foster and support goal attainment. Additionally, parents receiving services will be enrolled in Boys Town Common Sense Parenting training Boys Towns nationally recognized and promoted system for increasing parenting skills and decreasing the need for formal intervention services.”

“Father Flanagans Boys Home FFBH is the sole member of all subordinate/affiliate organizations. As part of the affiliate agreement with FFBH, all affiliates are to utilize FFBH employees to perform the mission of the organization. Costs incurred by FFBH for these employees are then passed on to the affiliate sites. Due to this arrangement, salaries are reported as a cost to the organization, but no W-2s are filed in the name of the affiliate organization.”

“Amount consists of payments to foster parents of 610,277 allocations from Father Flanagans Boys Home of 17,109 and other contracted services of 9,281.”