Southwest Counseling Solutions Inc.

“Southwest counseling solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of southwest solutions, the parent company.”

“All board members must be appointed by southwest solutions' board of directors.”

“The southwest solutions board approves certain decisions of southwest counseling solutions board of directors including but not limited to the following: budget approval, bylaws revisions, formation of a new company, and capital acquisitions greater than $250,000.”

“The 990 was prepared by an independent accounting firm. The 990 was reviewed by the financial controller and provided to the board of directors for their review prior to the filing of the form 990 with the irs.”

“Annually the conflict of interest policy is provided to the board members for review and approval. In addition, the disclosure statement is completed on an annual basis by all board members. If there are any conflicts of interest, the board member would abstain from voting. All southwest counseling solutions employees and board members are subject to the conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation is set by the compensation committee of southwest solutions, a related organization. The agency participates in annual salary surveys based on agencies similar in size and revenues and consults with salary compensation specialists to determine compensation for ceo and key employees. All compensation must be approved by the board of directors. While an annual review is done, salaries are adopted for three years. Compensation was last reviewed in 2017.”

“Governing documents, the conflict of interest policy, and the financial statements are made available to the public upon request.”

“Southwest counseling solutions is submitting an amended form 990 for the period ended september 30, 2019 primarily to reflect the audited financial statements issued after the extended due date of the form 990 of august 31, 2020. The following changes have been reflected in the amended return: 1. Part i, lines 8-22 were revised to reflect the audited financial statements 2. Part iii, lines 4a, 4b, and 4c: updated program expenses and program revenue. 3. Part iv, lines 11f, 12a, and 12b: changed from no to yes to reflect the issuance of financial statements. 4. Part viii, lines 1e, 1f, 1h, 2a, 2b 2c, 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d, 11a and 12: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 5. Part ix, lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11g, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24a, 24e, and 25: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 6. Part x, lines 12, 15, 16, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, and 34: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 7. Part xi, lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, and 10: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 8. Part xii, line 1: changed from cash to accrual. 9. Part xii, line 2b: changed from no to yes and checked both consolidated and separate basis. 10. Part xii, lines 2c, 3a and 3b: changed from no to yes. 11. Schedule a, part iii, lines 1, 6, 7, and 13: updated to reflect changes. 12. Schedule d, part vii, line 3: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 13. Schedule d, part ix, line 2: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 14. Schedule d, part x, line 6: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 15. Schedule d, part xi and part xii: these sections were completed due to the issuance of the separate, audited financial statements. 16. Schedule d, part xiii: added explanation for part x, line 2 liability for uncertain tax positions under fin48 from the footnote to the organization's financial statements. 17. Schedule r, part v, line 2: updated the transaction amounts to tie to the audit report.”