Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Inc.

“Completed returns are reviewed by the staff and executive committee any comments arising from their review are discussed. The tax return will be submitted to the finance and executive committee for its review and approval. Once the committee has completed its review, copies of the returns will be provided to all boards members for final review and approval which would be subject to a board vote noted in the board minutes”

“Each director, principal officer, key employee and member of a committee with board delegated powers must file and maintain current the organization directors biographical information form and, on an annual basis, complete the organization's directors conflicts of interest statement and acknowledgement which acknowledges that each individual has disclosed any potential conflict of interest; received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy read and understand the conflict of interest policy and agreed to comply with the conflicts of interest policy. The executive team supervises the distribution, collection and review of the annual directors conflict of interest statement and acknowledgments. The responses are compiled and presented to the board.from time to time, principal officers, key employee and/ or committee members are remained of their obligation to disclose potential or actual conflicts of interest when and if they arise. Procedures for managing identified conflicts: each director, principal officer, key employee and members of a board committee is required to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest to the individual considering the proposed transaction or arrangement there have not been any transactions this year which give rise to a potential conflict of interest”

“The board of directors is asked to develop a comparative base that is as close as possible to our organization. Different comparative groups are considered for each position; this market analysis is then reviewed by the board of directors in determination of salary adjustments from the perspective of market competitiveness and prior year performance”

“All documents are available upon request within the prescribed time frames as required”

“The casa project: the casa project is a homelessness prevention initiative working in partnership with community-based organizations and health centers to assist low-income households to remain stably housed. The casa project offers households a one-stop program that can assist them with their immediate housing crisis that will ensure they do not become homeless. Casa project advocates assist over 2,000 households annually with resources for back rent, arrearage management programs for utilities, linkage to legal services and landlord mediation. Advocates are also able to assist with furniture and bedding. A bed for every child: a bed for every child partner with public schools to identify children in need of a bed. Eight years ago, through our homelessness prevention work, we discovered families could not afford the purchase of a bed for their child (ren), needlessly compromising their education due to lack of stable, healthy sleep. A bed for every child has a simple yet impactful mission of supplying new beds to kids growing up in poverty so they can get a good night's sleep. Each year, over 2,000 beds are delivered to the homes of children in need giving them one more tool in their toolbox to school success. Big kid bed initiative: a toddler moving into a "big kid bed" is a childhood milestone. Yet that milestone cannot be met by far too many toddlers growing up in a low-income household simply because their parents do not have the financial means to purchase a bed. The big kid bed initiative, in partnership with community health centers, work to ensure a toddler growing up in poverty enters kindergarten ready to learn by providing them with a new bed and parental education on the importance of healthy sleep.”

“Homelink initiative: one of the keys that are needed to assist families and individuals from losing their homes are for them to access homeless prevention services easily. The homelink initiative has create a network where early intervention can occur at the first sign of a housing crisis- thus ensuring that affective intervention can be provided to the household in an effective manner that can support stabilizing their housing crisis and minimizing the pontential loss of housing. The homelink initiative was created with the main goal of embedding homelessness into existing services that households already access, such as schools, health centers, and home visiting nurse and social workers. Through this type of collaboration, homelink has begun to create an effective early warning system that has proven to reach at-risk households before they become homeless.”

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