Children'S Center for Treatment And

“The children's home of bradford pa has authority to appoint up to five members of the children's center treatment and education board of directors.”

“The children's home of bradford pa reserves the right to draft and approve the children's center for treatment and educaion's annual capital and operating budget as well as all unbudgeted operating and captial expenditures in excess of 10,000. Children's home of bradford pa board of directors must also approve any substantive amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporations and bylaws before such ammendments become effective.”

“The completed form 990 is presented to the board finance committee for detailed review and approval using a secured company website which is password protected. After approval by the board finance committee, the full board of directors is provided a copy of the return in a similar manner for their review indicating that the finance committee has reviewed and approved the return. Hard copies of the return are made available at the request of the board member.”

“Each year at the annual board meeting, the board members are given a conflict of interest statement. They are required to sign it each year, making sure that if anything changes, it is noted annually. In the interim, if there are any changes, they are asked to report them to the assistant to the ceo, who will then give them a new statement to sign. If members are not in attendance at the annual board meeting, the conflict of interest statement is mailed to them, and followed up upon by the assistant to the ceo.”

“Compensation of the ceo and all other key employees is determined based on an independent study done by an outside consulting firm. This study and recommendations are then reviewed by the board of directors and salary adjustments, if appropriate, are then approved by the board of directors.”

“Compensation of the ceo and all other key employees is determined based on an independent study done by an outside consulting firm. This study and recommendations are then reviewed by the board of directors and salary adjustments, if appropriate, are then approved by the board of directors.”

“Documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Schools, and family homes as well as in other community settings. Staff in all of these programs recieved specialized training in their content area and are supervised by masters or phd. Prepared clinicians. Families access services by calling the agency's central intake office to allow the agency to veriffy insurance coverage and schedule the child and family for assesments that will allow them to access the correct level of care. Discharge planning for any family in service begins when a child is admitted into a program and the agency works with families and other service systems to ensure that when a child completes a specific program, they receive aftercare services that will assist them in being successful. All childrens program are strenghts based and embrace the philosophy that children and families can and do recover from mental illness.”

“Education division - childrens center for treatment and education operates multiple, privately licensed school programs designed to provide education for children who have been unsuccessful in traditional classroom settings. Programs offer the opportunity for academic success, and encourage students to value education and learning, all within a safe, structured setting. Students work on developing skill sets that will help them improve study habits. Teachers spend additional time working one-on-one with students as needed. Each classroom is staffed with an educational aide to provide academic support. The goal of this program is to improve academic acheivement and support recovery through our unique ability to provide both education and individualized mental health therapy.”

“This process has not changed since the prior year.”