Healthconnect One

“The board of directors has delegated to the executive/finance committee the detailed review of the form 990 prior to filing. This review includes a meeting with management to walk through and discuss the entire return. A copy of the draft return is then provided to all members of the board of directors with a report that the detail review has been completed.”

“Hc one monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy. Board members and employees are required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure form annually. Prior to a board or committee action involving a conflict of interest, the director or committee member who has a conflict of interest and is in attendance at the meeting shall disclose all facts and this is reflected in the meeting minutes. If the director or committee member that has a conflict of interest is not in attendance, he/she shall disclose the conflict prior to the meeting and the chair will report the disclosure and this is reflected in the meeting minutes. A person with a conflict of interest shall not participate or hear the discussion of the matter except to disclose material facts and to respond to questions. The person with a conflict of interest will not be counted in determining the presence of a quorom for purposes of a vote (on said conflict). A person's ineligibility to vote shall be reflected in the meeting minutes.”

“In fiscal year 2018, hc one's operations committee, which included 4 board members, reviewed and approved compensation and made a formal report to the full board. The committee reviews comparable data to determine compensation.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon written request.”

“Since 1986, across more than 50 communities in more than 20 states, hc one's efforts have helped healthier babies to be born with fewer c-sections, achieved higher breastfeeding rates, and expanded support for mothers and families in the crucial first few months of a child's life. Our programs have also generated resources and created jobs in local communities. Hc one works in close partnership with hospitals, clinics, and community organizations to jointly design programs that provide support for mothers before, during, and after birth and to train community members - who are the best experts on their families and neighborhoods- to run them. With thirty years of experience working on birth equity issues, our programs are consistently linked to better health and wellbeing for moms, babies, families and communities. Recent accomplishments include: -as a direct result of successful program implementation in washington state with hc one's long-time partner open arms perinatal services, established a new community-based outreach doula program for the pacific northwest somali community through funding from the county's best starts for kids. -launched the national birth equity leadership academy (bela). 125 participants from 27 states, d.c. And puerto rico focused on addressing birth equity issues through leadership development, capacity-building for effective communication and community lead projects. During the year two gatherings were held-a regional bela meeting in mississippi and bela faculty orientation in illinois. Three national webinars were held for bela participants. -launched the bela community project demonstration to implement local community birth equity projects nationally. -established nine memorandums of agreement with national and local organizations to implement mutally reineforcing activities. -developed structures and frameworks for evaluation of programmatic activities. -transformed our system for doula data collection into care guide connect and is now housed within maternity neighborhood creating national access. -implemented a support contract with reaching our sisters everywhere for black breastfeeding. -held the show me the money sustainability meeting. -provided doula training for a north carolina military base to start a doula collective for birthing women residing on the base.”

“Other consulting: program service expenses 60,637. Management and general expenses 37,212. Fundraising expenses 7,907. Total expenses 105,756. Consultants-recruiting: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 48,488. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 48,488.”