South Central Community Action Programs Inc

“The form 990 is reviewed in detail by the cfo and the ceo. Electronic copies of the form 990 are then provided to the board members and reviewed in detail by the board treasurer and president prior to filing.”

“Employees and board members are required to complete and sign a conflict of interest form annually. The signed forms are kept on file. Monitoring starts at the time of employment. If an applicant has immediate family employed by sccap, the applicant would be ineligible if the position for hire is supervised by a member of their immediate family. Staff members cannot collect client intake or eligibility for members of their family and/or friends. All conflicts are reviewed by the ceo and, if necessary, the executive committee.”

“The executive committee determines compensation using comparable data from other community action agencies in pennsylvania. A salary survey was completed by the community action association of pennsylvania, a statewide association representing and assisting other community action agencies, which was made available to south central community action program, inc. The executive committee makes salary recommendations for the ceo at the time of the annual evaluation. The recommendations are documented in the evaluation document. Documentation of compensation decisions for the executive director (all csbg supported positions) are in the workplan for csbg funding. A spreadsheet with current rates, hours, and percentage increase clearly stated for each position is submitted to the funding source.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request.”

“The covid-19 pandemic caused south central community action programs to cease face to face client contacts with the exception of homeless shelters and food pantries. Adjustments have been made to continue services with safety measures in place.”

“The organization did not have any instances where backup withholding was required; however, if the situation would arise, the organization is aware of the reporting requirements and would handle that accordingly.”

“Change in community fund assets 1,141.”

“The finance/audit committee is responsible for review of the draft audit and selection of the independent auditing firm. The cfo is responsible for the oversight of the audit process. This process has not changed from the previous year.”