Boys Town Texas Inc

“Father Flanagans Boys Home FFBH is the sole member of all subordinate organizations. Dissolution of any of the subordinate organizations shall occur only upon the approval of FFBH, in which event its net assets shall be distributed to FFBH.”

“Father Flanagans Boys Home, the sole member, hires/appoints the organizations executive director. According to the by-laws of the organization, the executive director is the president and a voting member of the board.”

“FFBH, the sole member, must approve the appointment or removal of subordinate organizations directors. All subordinate organizations operate under an affiliation agreement with FFBH that controls all of their activities. Dissolution of a subordinate organization shall only occur upon the approval of FFBH, in which event the net assets of the subordinate organization, shall be distributed to FFBH.”

“A review was initially performed by an external accounting firm. After this review, an electronic copy of the final Form 990 was provided to Jeff Fusselman Director of Finance Youth Care FFBH.”

“FFBH, the sole member, regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy mainly through official annual affirmations, self-reporting and observation. Directors are covered by a board of trustee policy, and a separate policy covers officers and employees. Directors must report a perceived or actual conflict of interest to the Chairman of the Boards Executive Committee and has no vote in determining whether a conflict exists. A board member may be disqualified from participating in certain deliberations and votes during and after a review and may be required to resign if a conflict exists. Officers and higher level employees are required to and any other employee may at any time report any situation involving a conflict of interest to their Associate Executive Director and or the Legal Department for review and determination as to how to proceed. Any perceived conflict of interest can also be reported for review through a confidential organizational ethics line at www.boystownethics.com”

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

“Victor LaPuma and Jeff Fusselman provided services to Father Flanagans Boys Home and all affiliates, therefore the remaining 39 and 38 hours weekly is spent in that capacity. None of Victor LaPumas salary was allocated to affiliates.”

“Father Flanagans Boys Home FFBH is the sole member of all subordinate/affiliate organizations. As part of the affiliate agreement with FFBH, all affiliates are to utilize FFBH employees to perform the mission of the organization. Costs incurred by FFBH for these employees are then passed on to the affiliate sites. Due to this arrangement, salaries are reported as a cost to the organization, but no W-2s are filed in the name of the affiliate organization.”

“296,189 is payments to foster parents, 28,834 are payments for other contracted services, 8,664 were allocations from Father Flanagans Boys Home, 7,821 were payments for other professional fees.”

“Boys Town Texas, Inc. is included in the A-133 audit that is completed on a consolidated basis for FFBH and its affiliates. There is not a separate A-133 audit for the monies awarded solely to Boys Town Texas, Inc.”