Sarah'S Inn

“The form 990 is emailed to the governing board for their review and approval prior to the filing.”

“Explanation of monitoring and enforcement of conflicts a new conflict of interest statement is reviewed and signed off annually at the start of each new fiscal year on july 1.”

“Compensation review approval process - ceo top management the compensation packages of all employees including the executive director, finance manager and all management team members are determined by an annual review of comparable position and salary structures within the non-profit industry using the staff size, annual agency budget, and social service focus as criteria.”

“Other organizations documents publicly available all documents are available to the public upon request.”

“Program service accomplishments intervention program - the goals of the intervention program are to increase the ability of domestic violence survivors and their children for staying safe to help domestic violence survivors achieve greater life stability and self sufficiency and to help ensure that children and teen witnesses of domestic violence become less likely to repeat the cycle of violence as adults. The specific activities of the intervention program include 1 emergency assistance through a 24-hour crisis line, safety planning, emergency shelter, transportation, and housing assistance 2 individual and group advocacy and counseling to help survivors rebuild their lives and heal 3 legal advocacy to help ensure protections under the law and 4 children and teens programming including art therapy, group services and individual counseling that will hep break the cycle of violence for future generations. Sarahs inn answers an average of 4,500 calls per year on its crisis line, and serves more than 1,600 women and children survivors each year.”

“Violence prevention program the goal of this program is to educate youth so that they will pursue non-violence and cultivate healthy relationships throughout their lives. This program primarily targets youths, ages 11-15, and is conducted through partnerships with local schools. Specific activities include 1 step back, a nine week intensive violence prevention for high school male freshman students 2 a week-long cyber-safety course for 7th grade students 3 week-long anti bullying course for 8th grade students and 4 our leadership development institute ldi program for selected high school students. The school based violence prevention programs reach 2,500 teens annually.”

“Training and education program the goal of the training and education program is to maximize mission reach through the ongoing development and growth of a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene. Sarahs inn is a certified training site through the illinois domestic violence professionals, inc. And a leader in providing domestic violence education and training geared toward the following audiences 1 professional first-responders, such as law enforcement, medical personnel, and related social service providers 2 prospective volunteers and interns who will provide domestic violence services, and 3 community-based groups that have a desire to become better educated about the issue. In fy14, our volunteers provided over 13,500 hours of service working throughout all aspect of our programming.”

“Change of oversight or selection process the organizations oversight process has not changed from the prior to current year.”