American Public Human Services Association

“The eligibility criteria for membership in the american public human services association (aphsa) is prescribed by the board of directors. The criteria for membership is as follows (a) any agency administering a public human service program on the federal, state or local level (b) any officer or employee of such agency (c) any other agency or organization that manifests an interest in public human services consistent with the objectives of the american public human services association (d) any officer or employee of such agency or organization (e) any other person who, in the judgment of the board of directors, manifests an interest in public human services consistent with the objectives of the american public human services association.”

“The board of directors is the governing body of the association. The board consists of the immediate past president of the association, serving in an ex-officio status, two individual members - one each from east and west of the mississippi river, who are elected by mail ballot of all members, three members appointed at large, five members appointed by the national council of state human service administrators, including the duly elected chair, two members appointed by the national council of local human service administrators, one each from a large and a small local jurisdiction, one of whom is designated as the duly elected council chair, and two appointed affiliate representatives, the officers are the president, vice president, and treasurer elected by the members.”

“The form 990 in its draft form is reviewed by the audit-finance committee in detail. Once approved by this commitee, it is presented to the full board for final vote of approval. Once approved by the full board, the executive director then executes the form 990.”

“The employee conflict of interest policy is contained in the employee handbook and is enforced as are all employee policies. The association has no conflict of interest policy for the board of directors.”

“The board of directors is responsible for identifying and selecting the executive director. The compensation has been reviewed by asae(third party). The board uses comparability data to determine a salary range from both asae and robert half, both third parties. The audit-finance and executive committees are responsible for final approval of salary.”

“The governing document can be found on the association website (www.aphsa.org). The form 990 is available by request and on guidestar.com. The conflict of interest policy is available by request. These documents are available for the same period of disclosure as set forth in internal revenue code section 6104(d).”

“The association is amending its form 990 to report changes made to financial statements issued subsequent to the filing of the original tax return. The following parts of the tax return were affected by the adjustment: part i - summary part iii - expense by program part ix - statement of functional expenses part x - balance sheet part xi - reconciliation of net assets schedule d - part x- other liabilities form 990t”

“Consultants: program service expenses 2,210,728. Management and general expenses 242,727. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,453,455.”

“Change in other pension plan obligation 299,707.”