Broken Connections Inc.

“Federal form 990 was provided to the board prior to filing”

“At the first borad meeting of each year all board members are asked to read the conflict of interest policy and submit any possible conflicts to the board.”

“Executive director's salary was determined by looking at other organizations and establishing industry standard. The board of directors also considered the limited resources of the organization.”

“Consistent with the requirements of section 604 (d) of the irc and the regulations thereunder, copies of the organization's federal form 990 shall be made available upon request, in a timely maner, and subject to the charges permitted by law to any individual who requests it.”

“Basic center program (bcp) is to provide emergency shelter, food, counseling and aftercare services to runaway, homeless and street youth between the ages of 14 through 18 to ultimately reunite the family and help them achieve economic stability.”

“Volunteers help with grant writing to obtain additional funding and in property maintenence”

“Concrete, dependable resources and support in time of need; and help youth decide upon a constructive course of action for their lives. Bci bcp focuses on preventing runaway and homeless episodes by utilizing a strengths and resilience base approach. A strengths and resilience based approach has a simple premise-identify what is going well, do more of it, and build on it. Strengths are positive factors, both in the youth, and in the environment, which support healthy development. Resilience is the ability to help a youth 'bounce back', to 'recover' from adverse life experiences.”