Whitington Homes and Services for Children and Families Inc.

“The Corporation has one class of members. Members may be individuals or organizations. Any legally competent person of good reputation, who resides in Indiana, is eligible for membership upon paying the membership fee.”

“An annual meeting of the members is held each year for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.”

“An annual meeting of the members is held each year for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.”

“A DRAFT of Form 990 is submitted to management for review and revision, if necessary. The DRAFT is then reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors prior to filing.”

“Annual disclosures by staff are made to the Executive Director. Annual disclosures by the Executive Director and members of the Board of Directors are made to the Board President. The Executive Director, in the case of disclosures involving staff, or Board President, in the case of disclosures involving Directors, determines whether a conflict exists and whether the conflict is material. Material conflicts of interest are brought to the full Board. The Board determines whether the contemplated transaction is "just, fair, and reasonable" to the Organization and beneficial to it. The Board authorizes or declines to authorize the transaction based upon its determination.”

“The Executive Director's compensation is evaluated annually by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors using data from the national Child Welfare survey and the Indiana Association for Residential Child Care Agencies (IARCCA) survey. The proceedings are contemporaneously documented.”

“N/A; no officers are compensated. No key employees meet or exceed the reporting threshholds.”

“Upon request, governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to funders, the State, auditors, Board members and to those who are in a working, supportive relationship with the agency. Requests made by other parties are evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Executive Director.”

“During 2020, three (3) clients participated in home study assessments to earn eligibility for adoption. Child-Preparation services focus on working with children who are leaving out-of-home care for adoption or other family permanency which requires preparation and support to help them understand the past events in their lives and to process feelings connected to their experiences of abuse and neglect, separation, loss, rejection, and abandonment. The clinician works with the child to help them understand the termination of his/her parents parental rights; help the child understand and embrace the adoption process; involve the child in planning for the adoption; help the child with the transition from foster care to adoption; and reduce the possibility of disruption. Resource Parent Support groups provide support and training to resource parents in many areas to include but are not limited to increasing the resource parents knowledge of how fostering a child or multiple children can impact their marriage and their family dynamic. The groups may cover topics such as effective communication, embracing challenges, positive discipline, conflict resolution, compassion, and collaboration.”

“Visit Supervision-Traditional services provides a neutral party to mediate visit times, locations, conditions, transportation for children to and from the visit site, supervised visitation by a trained paraprofessional, teaching and modeling of parenting skills and child development expectations as requested by DCS/PO. Casework services provided include, but are not limited to, parenting education, money management, child development education, community referrals, and behavior modification. Supervised visitation is also provided to clients and their children, both in and out of the home. Therapeutic services are provided by trained staff and utilize evidence based procedures such as, Dialectical behavior therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive processing therapy, motivational interviewing and play therapy. Whitington Practitioners are available to their families 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Truancy Termination program will enable Whitington to address delinquency issues; the right way through preventative and restorative measures. The Juvenile Probation Department has targeted truancy as one of the primary indicators that youth are at risk or are participating in risk taking behavior. Whitington Home and Services has chosen this model to implement for individuals out of a desire and mission to create opportunity for change for individuals, families and communities. During 2020, we provided 214 hours of home-based family centered case management & therapy to 20 clients.”