Washburn Center for Children

“The Executive Committee is comprised of the current officers, the chairs of the standing committees, and all immediate Past Presidents who are still trustees. The Executive committee is authorized to act with the full authority of the board during intervals between meetings of the board.”

“The Form 990 is initially reviewed by the CEO and the Finance Committee of the board. The Form 990 is discussed at a Finance Committee meeting prior to a presentation to the board. The Board of Trustees then reviews and discusses the Form 990 and approves the filing.”

“It is the responsibility of every employee, supervisor, executive and others responsible for carrying out the organization's activities to immediately report suspected misconduct, dishonesty or conflict of interest verbally or in writing to the CEO, Chief Operating Officer, or the board of trustee's President. If the incident involves the CEO, it should be reported to the Chief Operating Officer or the board of trustee's President. If the incident involves the chief Operating Officer, it should be reported to the CEO or the board of trustee's President. To facilitate reporting of suspected violations, especially in those Washburn Center for Children situations where the reporting individual wishes to remain anonymous, the organization has established an anonymous voicemail box, which will be monitored by the Chief Operating Officer and the board of trustee's President. Employees may also report suspected violations anonymously in writing to the CEO, Chief Operating Officer, or the board of trustee's President. In appropriate circumstances, the CEO (or Chief Operating Officer, if the incident involves the CEO) will notify an officer of the Washburn board of trustees in the event of significant reported incidents on a timely basis. With support from the CEO, the Chief Operating Officer has primary responsibility for all follow-up and investigations of each reported incident, except if the incident involves the Chief Operating Officer. The board of trustees will review any issues reported to them. A journal of reported incidents, follow-up actions taken and resolutions will be kept and reviewed annually by the CEO, Chief Operating Officer, and the Finance Committee Chair as part of the annual audit process. During their employee orientation process, all employees will review and sign an acknowledgment that they have read and understand the code of ethics policy. An original signed copy will be kept in each personnel file. All supervisors and executives are required to sign the policy and reporting procedures annually. The code of ethics policy will be reviewed by the Finance Committee annually. Any changes will be approved by the board of trustees.”

“The CEO's annual salary is set as a part of their review by the Executive Committee. In this review, the Human Resources Director provides the CEO and the Executive Committee with a compensation history and the annual salaries of about 10 other nonprofit executives as examples (some are higher and some are lower than his salary). The annual salary is based on years of experience as an executive director/CEO, the size and kind of agency that Washburn is, the compensation that we need to provide to key staff that are generally licensed and often PhD's, and the performance of the individual in the position. More general nonprofit salary surveys are so broad that they do not adequately reflect the influence of some of these factors. More specific salary surveys, such as the one done by the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Providers, are mostly out state community mental health centers which reflect much lower salaries than executive leaders in metropolitan organizations. Many of these have little or no fund raising component to them, and many of them are largely public sector funding. The CEO reviews the salary for the executive leadership team annually. The executive leadership team receives benefits at the same level as other employees of the agency.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. The organization's financial data is also available at www.guidestar.org.”

“Washburn Center was certified as a DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) site for Adolescents on June 26, 2024. The first group under certification started in October 2024. In February 2024, Medica and Washburn Center for Children reinstated an innovative community-based support system to improve access to care. Intensive Community Based Services (ICBS) delivers face-to-face and virtual intensive support to kids and their families who are covered by Medica. Washburn Center is the first youth provider as Medica reinstates the intensive, short-term service for youth and their families in Twin Cities communities. This program is a metro-wide service for Medica-covered clients only, supporting families for up to six months. Washburn Center launched a Psychological Testing program available to internal and external clients focused on school age testing and assessment which became available in March 2024.”

“Washburn Center discontinued our APA certified training program, however we are still an intern site for psychologists. The APA certification was discontinued as the financial strain on the organization widened due to the vast requirements needed to operate the program and provide to trainees.”