Living Well Foundation

“As amended, the articles of incorporation state that the foundation's directors still must be a resident of the portion of ouachita parish which lies west of the ouachita river when elected, and, even if a director changes his or her residency outside this area of ouachita parish, he or she still must (a) reside within the service area of the foundation and (b) maintain regular employment in that portion of ouachita parish which lies west of the ouachita river in order to continue to serve as a director. Until december 31, 2016, the foundation has been granted permission to temporarily re-assign the duties assigned to the planning/operations committee (including the duties relevant to form 990 part vi) to the foundation as the foundation time-to-time determines appropriate to other committees (standing or additional), or to the executive committee or to the board of directors. Except as the foundation may determine appropriate, the planning/operations committee shall be inactive, and shall have no assigned duties. In an effort to make the executive committee more effective and more versatile, an additional member has been added to the executive committee.”

“The foundation has one member, the hospital service district 1 of the parish of ouachita state of louisiana”

“The hospital service district 1 parish of ouachita state of louisiana shall be entitled to elect two-thirds of the directors and the police jury of ouachita parish state of louisiana shall be entitled to elect one-third of the directors. The members of the board of directors must meet the requirements set forth in the articles of incorporation of living well foundation.”

“Certain matters as listed in the by-laws of living well foundation require approval of the board of commissioners of hospital district 1 parish of ouachita state of louisiana.”

“President/ceo and board chair review and provide input on any noted items. Attorney, cpa, and auditor provide input on items as needed. Upon completion of form 990, it is put on website as public info and distributed by email to all board members. At board meeting, it is discussed that the 990 is in process and will be filed by the filing due date.”

“Before persons become board members,they are presented with the conflict of interest policy with which they are expected to comply. After becoming board members they are expected to notify the board of any conflicts of interest that may arise. For grant-making activities, directors, etc. Are required to disclose any possible conflict of interest or financial interest as defined within the by-laws and the board undertakes determination of that conflict or financial interest prior to any decisions.”

“In determining the compensation for the ceo, the planning/operations committee includes comparability data, a review and approval by independent persons and substantiation of the deliberation and decisions made.”

“In determining the compensation for the other officer, the planning/operations committee includes comparability data, a review and approval by independent persons and substantiation of the deliberation and decisions made.”

“Living well foundation furnishes the articles of incorporation bylaws, grant making guidelines, minutes of all meetings, budgets and other information on the organization website www.livingwellfoundation.net. All items are also available at the office location for public review upon request.”

“The foundation administered activities related to rendering care to the sick and injured or in the promotion of health, cooperated with other public and private institutions and agencies engaged in providing hospital and other health care services to residents of the district, and participated in activities designed and conducted to promote the general health of the community. The foundation's area of service included the following eight northeastern louisiana parishes: caldwell, franklin, jackson, lincoln, morehouse, ouachita, richland and union.”

“The foundation's updated agreement dated august 1, 2011, with ouachita parish school board (opsb) as a co-sponsor to cover financial deficiencies of federal, state and local funding sources, as well as insurance reimbursements and expenses associated with school based health centers located at riser middle school and west monroe high school, was terminated august 1, 2015, with the transfer of ownership to morehouse community medical centers, inc., a federally qualified health center. A final invoice dated september 23, 2015, was presented to the living well foundation from the opsb for operational support for school year 2014-2015. Upon the transfer of ownership of the school based health centers by the co-sponsors opsb and the foundation to morehouse community medical centers, inc., (mcmc), a memorandum of understanding was agreed upon by the living well foundation and the morehouse community medical centers, inc., to provide financial support by the foundation for 1 year of operations based on final reconciliation of financial performance for school year 2015-2016 at june 30, 2015, if needed. In order to allow for third party reimbursement payments, the mou included an 18-month timeframe for collections and reconciliations of the 2015-2016 school year billings. This commitment with the mcmc was designed to ensure that students who are limited in their ability to access the existing healthcare systems in the community would continue to have access to medical and mental healthcare on campus. As of december 31, 2015, no financial support was required for the first 5 months of operations from august 1, 2015 per the mcmc.”

“Students who are limited in their ability to access the existing healthcare systems in the community. During 2015 the foundation provided funding of 99,587 to riser middle school and 99,819 to west monroe high school. The agreement with ouachita parish school board was terminated august 1, 2015 with the tranfer of ownership of the school based health centers to morehouse community medical centers, inc., a federally qualified health center.”

“Recoveries of prior year grants -11,823 recoveries of prior year grants 11,823”