Persad Center Inc.

“Our independent auditors prepare and deliver a draft of the form 990 to the executive director of our organization and it is available to all members of the board of directors for their review. Everyone is given time to review the draft form 990 and respond to our auditors with their comments. After this period, all appropriate edits are made to the draft form 990. The final edited version is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Annually, all board members are provided with a copy of our organizations conflict of interest policy to read and review. All board members are required to disclose all current conflicts and any other conflicts as they arise. This way management and the board can monitor all conflicts and enforce the conflict of interest policy on a current basis.”

“The compensation of our organization's executive director is reviewed annually by the executive committee of the board of directors. The executive committee reviews compensation data obtained from various sources on the internet, and comparing other executive director compensation in similar organizations and budget size as report on their 990 form. The personnel committee then makes a recommendation to the board of directors and the compensation package is voted on by the full board.”

“The organization will provide copies of governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements to the public upon request.”

“Health services decrease their symptoms of mental illness, increase their ability to cope with stressful situations, develop strategies to address difficult life circumstances and report increased life functioning and happiness.”

“YOUTH THAT THEY SERVE.”

“Persad also provided the following services during the 2013-2014 year substance abuse treatment- outpatient services were provided to individuals to assist them in reducing or eliminating use or abuse of drugs or alcohol, to recognize the damaging effects of substance abuse, and to repair damage done through the abuse. Consumers are helped to develop skills to live substance free. Transgender care- services were provided to individuals who identify as transgender to assist them in discerning and adjusting to a gender presentation and role that is congruent with their identity. Individuals and families are helped to address discrimination and conflict to develop skills to manage legal, school, work, and relationship challenges. Intimate partner abuse- same-sex couples or individuals from these relationships who were involved in domestic violence are served in this program. Consumers may be court referred or voluntary and may receive individual or couples counseling. This program helps individuals to recognize the cycle of violence and teaches skills to interrupt and avoid violent interactions. Youth services- persad provided a variety of services to lgbtq youth. An afterschool program provides a safe space for youth to come and receive homework support, meet up with friends and relax. In addition, persad provides street outreach, hiv prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, and suicide prevention programs. Older adult services- persad is the western pennsylvania affiliate organization for the national older adult program sage (services and advocacy for glbt elders). Persad is providing social/educational events for lgbt elders, professional training programs to assist senior service organizations to better serve the lgbt older adult, and a friendly visitor program to support individuals who may be isolated or home bound. Advocacy services- persad reaches communities in western pennsylvania with our community safe zone program. This community organizing and discrimination response service faciliates community events and meetings, educates community groups re: lgbtq discrimination and responds to individual victims of hate crimes or discrimination. Training/education services- during the 2013 service year, persad provided 6,084 hours of training services reaching 1,820 individuals. Training services target systems that work with lgbtq people to help them improve their cultural awareness and competency. Persad works with schools, corporations, and human service agencies to help their workers provide quality services to lgbtq people. Satellite centers- persad has outreach and satellite centers in washington, pa and erie, pa which were established to provide improved access to persad services to individuals living in those counties.”