Community Health Centers of Burlington Inc.

“Chcb makes the 990 available to the board of directors for review and/or comment prior to filing their return.”

“Conflict of interest forms are completed annually by each board member and reviewed by the governance committee of the board. If a conflict is identified by the governance committee, they take their findings to the full board for resolution. In addition, conflict of interest forms are brought to each board meeting to insure board members have an opportunity to amend these statements at any given time. Director-level personnel statements are signed annually or as needed. Furthermore, chcb's conflict of interest expectations are outlined in the chcb employee handbook as well as the chcb code of conduct. All chcb employees - existing and new - including direcotrs are expected to read the code of conduct and sign an acknowlegdement that is kept in their personnel file.”

“The compensation for the ceo is drafted by an executive committee based off of industry comparisons. Then this is reviewed and approved by the board.”

“The compensation of other officers or key employees is based on salary surveys performed by national association of community health centers, and is approved by the executive director.”

“Governing documents are available upon request.”

“The mission of the community health centers of burlington (chcb) is to improve the health of all within the communities chcb serves. Chcb is dedicated to providing exceptional care with respect and compassion and with a commitment to serving people regardless of financial status of life circumstance.”

“During the year, chcb formed the population health alliance, a joint venture for the purposes of improving population health, reducing health care costs and delivering health care services more efficiently.”

“Chcb acquired two new sites during the year: goodhealth, effective 7/1/16, and winooski family health, effective 4/29/17.”

“Visits. -chcb merged with an existing practice in south burlington, goodhealth internal medicine in july, 2016. This partnership made sense for the long- term sustainability of their practice and also provided increased access to fqhc services, such as low-cost prescriptions and dental care, to over 6,000 patients, many of whom are elderly. -chcb's champlain islands health center began seeing patients in a newly- constructed building in december 2016. Located in south hero, this location expands access to residents of southern grand isle county. -knowing that new americans and limited english community residents often struggle with histories of trauma and complex medical conditions, chcb provided 13,386 interpreter-assisted visits to ensure culturally competent card. -this year, 357 chcb patients received suboxone treatment as part of vermont's ongoing fight against opioid addiction. -chcb's safe harbor health center underwent major renovations to increase the number of exam rooms for their homeless patients and create a larger provider workspace. A washer and dryer were installed, and there are plans to create a community kitchen space in the near future as well. -two dental operatories that were at the safe harbor health center moved to a new home at the south end health center, creating convenient access to dental services in the southernmost tip of their service area. -chcb took the lead on burlington's only low-barrier winter warming shelter, a 30-bed facility that provided safety, warm meals and connection to services for members of the local homeless population from november, 2016 through april, 2017. -chcb's school-based dental center expanded by one operatory through philanthropic giving. This site provided dental services to 638 low-income and/or uninsured children from the burlington school district.”

“Fundraising expenses 8,993 rental expenses 196,763 rental expenses -196,763 fundraising expenses -8,993”