Hattie Larlham Care Group

“Form 990 is reviewed by the cfo and presented to the treasurer's (finance) committee by the tax accountant/preparer and cfo for review and approval. The board of directors then receives a copy of form 990 to review/comment on prior to the tax return being filed with the irs.”

“Each member of the board of directors receives training on ethical conduct by the director of corporate compliance during their orientation to the board and on an annual basis. Hattie larlham distributes to the board of directors at the annual meeting and during orientation the conflict of interest policy. Each board member has an obligation to make full disclosure of conflicts of interest each year. They receive the conflict of interest policy and a declaration statement to read and sign. If a conflict of interest is reported, the disclosure is placed on the agenda of a board meeting where a motion is made to acknowledge the disclosure and vote to determine if the services are appropriate to the needs of the organization. Hattie larlham has specific policies in regards to gifts and gratuities and employment of relatives. The executive staff of hl agencies must also report any conflict of interest to the ceo in regards to gifts, gratuities, and relatives employed at hl under an executive's span of control. If a conflict of interest is reported to the ceo, he/she will follow the same policy as it applies to the board of directors under the conflict of interest policy. Hl has a corporate compliance committee which meets monthly to monitor all corporate compliance activities. A corporate compliance evaluation is completed on an annual basis by the director of corporate compliance, a vice president of one of the hl agencies, and the quality improvement coordinator to determine which activities need to be addressed.”

“The process of determining the compensation for the organization's ceo, vice presidents, top management and key employees includes a meeting of the executive committee with the ceo where the committee is presented with salary recommendations compared to prior year compensation and compensation surveys/studies which would then lead to an approval by the committee of the compensation to be paid. The last compensation study was completed in 2016 by an outside consultant.”

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

“Adj. To account for elimination entries per consolidated audited financials -110,432. Transfer of net assets to hl center for children upon dissolution -876,123.”

“The committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit and selection of the independent accountant has not changed its oversight process or selection process from the prior year.”