Southwest Counseling Solutions Inc.

“Effective january 1, 2020 with the amendment of the organization's bylaws (as disclosed on schedule o), the board of directors of southwest solutions, inc. Was granted with full voting and oversight responsibilities of the board of directors of all southwest entities, including the filing organization. Therefore beginning january 1, 2020 and after, only those board directors designated with "sws" on part vii have voting rights for the filing organization.”

“Effective january 1, 2020, the organization's bylaws were amended to include the board members of the parent company, southwest solutions, inc., in order to have one board of directors overseeing all the southwest entities, including the filing organization. This amendment to the bylaws granted voting and oversight responsibilities of the organization to the board of directors of southwest solutions, inc. And also established term limits for board members to three years.”

“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 2020.”

“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, 2020, primarily to reflect the audited financial statements issued after the extended due date of the form 990 of august 15, 2021. The following changes have been reflected in the amended return: 1. Part i, lines 8-9, 11-13, and 17-22 were revised to reflect the audited financial statements. 2. Part iii, lines 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4e: updated program expenses and revenues. 3. Part iv, lines 11f: changed from no to yes to reflect the footnote for uncertain tax positions included in the financial statements. 4. Part iv, lines 12a and 12b: changed from no to yes to reflect the issuance of financial statements. 5. Part viii, lines 1e, 1f, 1h, 2a, 2b, 2f, 6a, 11a, 11e, 12a, 12b, and 12d: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 6. Part ix, lines 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11g, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19,20, 22, 23, 24a, 24e, and 25: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 7. Part x, lines 1, 4, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, and 33: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 8. Part xi, lines 1, 2, 3, and 10: updated to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 9. Part xii: lines 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b: updated to reflect the issuance of financial statements and checked both consolidated and separate basis. 10. Schedule a, part iii, section a: updated lines 1e, 2e, 7a column e, 7b column e, 10a column e, 12e to reflect financial statement audited amounts. 11. Schedule b: added donation from bridgeway services inc. 12. Schedule d, part ix, lines 1 through 5, and part x, lines 2 through 6: updated to reflect the breakdown of "due from and "due to" affiliates and added notes receivable from swhs" to part ix. 13. 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. 14. Schedule i, part iii, column c: supportive service grants to veterans. 15. Schedule r, part v, line 1c: changed from yes to no. 16. Schedule r, part v, line 1m: changed from no to yes.”