Plea

“Form 990 is provided in hard-copy or electronically in advance of the filing deadline. Comments or questions are requested to be sent to the controller. The comments are reviewed by the controller, who directs the response to all questions, and where appropriate, directs changes to be made to the Form 990.”

“Effective July 1, 2023, PLEA became a controlled affiliate of The Devereux Foundation (Devereux), in which Devereux became the sole member of PLEA. As the sole member of PLEA, Devereux has the ability to elect the majority of members to the board of trustee. The governing documents were amended in conjunction with this affiliation to reflect this change.”

“PLEA follows the conflicts of interest policy of Devereux, the sole member of the organization. Accordingly, representatives of PLEA dealing with clients, parents, guardians, vendors, competitors or anyone who does or seeks to do business with PLEA are required to act in PLEA's best interests, disregarding any personal preference or advantage. Representatives shall make prompt and full disclosure to the appropriate parties via the Devereux Conflict of Interest form of any prospective or actual situation that involves, may involve, or might appear to involve a conflict of interest. Members of the same family or living within the same domicile may be employed by PLEA unless the Executive Director determines such employment is not in PLEA's best interest. Each PLEA employee has the responsibility to report any actual or perceived conflicts of interest to management, People Operations, Chief Risk and Safety Officer of Devereux, or the Employee Helpline. The Helpline is an anonymous "whistleblower service", where complaints are processed by an independent third party retained by Devereux for this purpose and subsequently referred to the Chief Risk and Safety Officer of Devereux. Annually, a copy of Devereux's business ethics policy is mailed or e-mailed to trustees, officers, directors and key personnel along with the annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement, which must be signed and returned to the Chief Risk and Safety Officer of Devereux within 30 days. The annual disclosure requires an acknowledgement of understanding Devereux's business ethics policy, as well as disclosure of any conflict, or appearance of a conflict, between personal interests and the interests of Devereux. Failure to comply or falsification of disclosure may result in disciplinary action, including possible dismissal. Certain newly-hired employees are given this policy on the first day of their employment and are required to complete the annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement immediately. All employees disclosing a conflict or potential conflict must have the Disclosure Statement reviewed and signed by the Executive Director prior to sending it to Audit Services. All Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statements identifying a conflict or potential conflict are reviewed by the Chief Risk and Safety Officer of Devereux and any other officers or senior management determined to be appropriate, and submitted to the Audit & Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees of Devereux for review. No Disclosure Statement may be reviewed by the person submitting it or by a person directly supervised by the person submitting the report.”

“Other changes in net assets represents an opening adjustment to net assets to record liabilities in conjunction with the affiliation with The Devereux Foundation that became effective July 1, 2023.”

“PLEA is part of the consolidated Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health (Devereux) organization. Its financial information is included in the consolidated audit of Devereux. The Audit and Compliance Committee of Devereux has oversight of the audit of the consolidated organization.”

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