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 community health centers of burlington (chcb) is a nonprofit health and human services orgainzaation whose goegraphic reach spans vermont's most populated and urban county, chittenden county, and the rural southern portion of grand isle county, representing a total of 150,000 vermonters. Through our 24-year successful history as our region's sole federally qualified health center, chcb has served our community as a health care home for vermonters of all walks of life, regardless of ability to pay.”

“-chcb ended the fiscal year providing a record-setting 115,086 patient visits. -together, with the power of community collaboration, chcb began offering onsite case management services at beacon apartments, a permanent 19-unit housing solution for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. Throughout the entire fiscal year, chcb cared for 1,533 homeless residents through their homeless healthcare program. -chcb introduced a new location on pine street in burlington, the south end health center, continuing to meet the growing needs of their medically- underserved service area. -the newly re-named champlain islands health center started construction on a new facility in 2016. Located in south hero, this new building brings expanded 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 20,134 interpreter-assisted visits to ensure culturally competent care. -in 2016, chcb received a federal hrsa grant to expand opiate treatment and create an innovative chronic pain team designed to prevent addiction by taking a proactive approach to managing pain. -over 6,900 patients without dental benefits or with limited means (medicaid) received oral health services via chcb's dental center; over 700 of those were for children at their school-based dental center.”

“Fundraising expenses 16,937 rental expenses 145,576 rental expenses -145,576 fundraising expenses -16,937”