Star Community Support Services

“The organization delegates control over management duties to carelink community support services, a related entity.”

“The audit committee first reviews and approves the form 990 report. After that the audit committee chair distributes the form 990 report to all members of the board of directors for their review and approval. This business is conducted at the regular meeting of the board of directors.”

“All members of the board of directors sign and file conflict of interest statements annually. All staff and volunteers of the organization sign and file conflict of interest statements annually. Directors, staff and volunteers are required to update their signed conflict of interest statements when appropriate. It is the duty of the governance committee to review the organization's codes of conduct and any other written policies of carelink community support services regarding ethical conduct, conflicts of interest applicable to directors, officers, members, employees and volunteers and to recommend changes as appropriate.”

“The personnel and compensation committee of the board is responsible for the oversight of officers' compensation. The committee develops a compensation policy that is reviewed and approved by the board of directors annually. Compensation for all officers and senior management employees is evaluated against market data from local, national and industry specific survey data and is performance based. The personnel and compensation committee conducts the annual evaluation of the president and ceo, utilizing a structured written report process and makes recommendation of salary and other compensation to the board of directors. The board establishes the total compensation package for the president and ceo. The minutes of the meetings of the personnel and compensation committee and the deliberations of the board of directors regarding the president and ceo's compensation is recorded and filed in the board meeting minutes. The president and ceo conducts the annual evaluation of the vice-president and cfo, the vp of program operations and the vp of administrative services. These evaluations utilize a structured written report process and are performance-based. The salary and compensation package of these executive management employees are reported to the personnel and compensation committee annually. The written evaluations and compensation packages of all employees regardless of position are on file with the human resources department.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are located at the administrative offices of the organization. Individuals interested in reviewing or receiving a copy of any policies/procedures which are not proprietary, may submit a written request to the president and ceo.”

“Psychologist fees: program service expenses 141,086. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 141,086.”

“The audit committee assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit and selection of the independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior year.”