Advancing States Inc.

“The executive committee shall be officers of the association and the past presidents of the association while they serve on the board. This committee shall have the authority to act on matters between meetings of the board.”

“Eligibility - members of the association shall be the state agency on aging and/or disabilities and ltss medicaid directors, as identified by the state. The term "state" includes the district of columbia, the virgin islands, guam, american samoa, the trust territory of the pacific islands, and the northern mariana islands. Representatives shall be the director of the state agency on aging and/or disabilities and ltss medicaid directors or an individual designated by the director of the state agency on aging and/or disabilities or medicaid agency.”

“Voting - each active state is entitled to one vote on each matter for consideration. The person designated by the state will cast the vote, in the absence of an effective proxy providing otherwise. If the membership is in the name of two or more persons, one vote binds all.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the director of operations and then by the executive director prior to filing. The draft irs form 990 is provided to the organization's board of directors prior to filing.”

“All board of directors and staff shall be required to complete and sign a conflict of interest statement annually. Copies of such conflict of interest disclosure forms shall be maintained at the advancing states' office.”

“The president of the board convenes three members of the board; the immediate past president and the vice president to do the executive director's performance evaluation and compensation review. The performance evaluation is completed using the same format that the full association staff complete on an annual basis. The committee also completes a compensation comparison of national associations doing similar work. The committee determines what the compensation shall be and sends notification of the decision on compensation to the director of finance and the director of operations.”

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

“Other professional fees: program service expenses 35,313. Management and general expenses 3,526. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 38,839. Contract services: program service expenses 1,918,706. Management and general expenses 191,574. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,110,280.”

“The audit oversight process has remained unchanged from the prior year.”