Youth Service Inc

“The form 990 is reviewed by the board treasurer, outside counsel and the controller. After those reviews are completed, the form 990 is shared electronically with the remaining board members.”

“Ysi requires all board members and administrators to sign the conflict of interest statement. On an annual basis, board members disclose any interest they have with organizations that do business with ysi.”

“The compensation of the executive director and controller are reviewed annually and compare to national salary studies done by the child welfare league of america (cwla) and a statewide salary survey conducted by the pennsylvania council of children youth and family services, inc.”

“The compensation of the executive director and controller are reviewed annually and compare to national salary studies done by the child welfare league of america (cwla) and a statewide salary survey conducted by the pennsylvania council of children youth and family services, inc.”

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

“The signer on the tax return required update.”

“Prevention services - the prevention programs offered at ysi range from center based to home based. Included in this programming are programs designed to keep children and families safe and prevent child abuse or neglect. The location for center based crisis nursery programs provides a licensed center with trained staff to care for pre-school children whose parents or guardians must tend to activities to ensure stable housing, employment, health and care of their families. Truancy prevention helps families whose children are having difficulty attending school, re-engage with school, increase attendance and link families to specific community based services they need to maintain school attendance. Fes (family empowerment service) is a home based, home visiting model where case managers support families to overcome identified challenges that could lead to involvement in the formal child welfare system. These prevention programs are all focused on family stability and keeping families together.”

“Truancy prevention: our truancy prevention program works with students attending public and charter schools in the northwest area of philadelphia. Youth in the program are considered truant based on the number of absences recorded by their school. Parenting education - our enhancing parenting program is a parenting education and support group that meets in cycles of 12, two hour sessions. The interactive curriculum focuses on: improving parents' ability to identify, express, process and manage feelings; increase parents' understanding of child development; increase parents' understanding of the varied approaches to positive parenting including increase knowledge of nurturing and responsive parenting interactions.”

“Distribution and transfer 196,318”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”