Nhs Human Services Inc

“Thomas saporito, director, and brandon fisher, key employee - family relationship.”

“Form 990 was prepared by the organization's tax department and reviewed by an external tax advisor. Comments and the 990 were reviewed by senior management. The form 990 was then sent to each board member for review prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“An annual questionnaire is sent to and completed by each director. Any board member with a conflict of interest is required to recuse himself/herself from any discussions, negotiations, deliberations or decision making involving the transaction causing the conflict. All conflicts of interest involving directors, officers and key employees are reviewed by general counsel. The conflict of interest policy is monitored by the organization's office of quality and compliance and any potential conflicts are investigated immediately. Any disclosed relationships are communicated to the corporate controller for purpose of the audit, completing form 990 and for any possible internal control issues that may take place due to the conflict.”

“An integral part of the organization's executive retention strategy is maintaining a comprehensive, competitive compensation program for key leadership personnel. To ensure that its program and practices are meeting this objective, the compensation committee of the merakey usa board of directors engaged a consultant to review the program structure, current pay and reward levels and related administrative practices. Specifically, the consultants were asked to identify and report on current executive compensation levels and practices and programming trends among mission similar organizations of like size and operational scope, assess current merakey usa executive pay levels and practices in light of prevailing industry norms and, in light of continuing irs and sponsoring agency scrutiny of executive pay levels and practices in tax-exempt organizations to determine reasonableness of executive pay under irc section 4958 guidelines. The compensation committee used this information to approve the compensation of the organization's chief executive officer and chief financial officer and determine the compensation of other key employees.”

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

“In january 2024, all employees received a newly revamped, one-question employee experience survey via survey monkey. Through feedback received from the previous employee engagement surveys, we reaffirmed our investment in our workforce by further expanding our partnership with care.com, dailypay, and pryor learning. Merakey worked on optimizing resources, with various enhancements like revamping the human resources intranet site with new and improved functionality. Staff received a second employee experience survey via clearlyrated in june 2024. This second survey explored various aspects of employee experience at merakey, from job satisfaction and professional development opportunities to team dynamics and leadership effectiveness. In january 2024, merakey idd services expanded in the state of california with the acquisition of north valley developmental services (nvds), inc. Located in northern ca, the former nvds has been in operation nearly three decades providing community residential, day program, vocational and skills training services for more than 75 individuals with developmental disabilities and co-occurring complex medical needs. With a shared focus on supporting individuals and families served with exceptional quality of care, compassion, and commitment, merakey welcomed approximately 130 employees who transitioned from nvds to the merakey idd team. Nikole papas, executive director of merakey parkside recovery in philadelphia presented on the innovative partnership that merakey has developed with penn medicine at the national association of county and city health officials (naacho) conference in february 2024. Her presentation focused on the development of various pathways for individuals with opioid use disorder who are in the hospital system to utilize when transitioning to outpatient community-based care. This partnership is another example of the innovative ways that merakey continues to meet the needs of those we serve. In february 2024, audrey lundy, director of the crisis intervention response team from merakey parkside recovery in philadelphia participated in a panel presentation and discussion at children's hospital in philadelphia, hosted by the departments of social work and child and adolescent psychiatry and behavioral sciences. The event was held to share information about the philadelphia police partnership with behavioral health for emergency response reform and the positive effects that have resulted so far. Through her presentation and answering questions, audrey highlighted the innovative nature of the services provided to the homeless population and the profound impact as a result. Merakey launched easyvista, our new self service it service management (itsm) solution in march 2024. Easyvista replaced the footprints ticketing/work order system for it. Easyvista was designed to streamline our service delivery, enhance user experiences, and improve overall efficiency. Staff from the philadelphia and mongomery county certified community behavioral health (ccbhc) programs participated in samhsa first in-person regional grantee meeting in march 2024. The regional meeting provided an opportunity for grantees to get to know each other and benefit from peer-to-peer sharing of experience and expertise. Participants also engaged in mutual learning to deepen their knowledge about the implementation of the ccbhc model from each other, technical experts, and samhsa and other federal staff. Later in march, merakey's language services launched a new and improved on-demand video service with the lsa interpretation application. The new lsa interpretation app allows users to access audio-only features even if they opt out of video services. Clients can now schedule video calls in addition to our on-demand service. Users will connect to their scheduled vri call from the comfort of any laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, all on one convenient app. The new design of the lsa interpretation app is easy to access,”

“Change in fair value of interest rate swap agreements 710,323. Other income/expense -1,300,000. Other changes in 457 liability -432,925.”