MID-Kansas Community Action Program Inc

“The committees of the organization are advisory in nature and do not have the authority to act on behalf of the governing board.”

“The form 990 is reviewd at a board meeting”

“The executive director identifies all agency vendors annually and prepares a list for board and staff review. All individuals review the listing and identify any conflict of interest according to policy and procedures.”

“The organization performs a wage comparability study and a new hire evaluation process”

“Wage comparability study and yearly reviews”

“All documents are available to the general public upon request”

“A community-based, non-profit organization that helps people move out of poverty. The purpose shall be to better focus funding resources to assist low-income individuals and families to acquire skills and knowledge, access opportunities, foster low-income affordable housing and achieve self- reliance.”

“Case management is a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the options and services required to meet the customer choice of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by advocacy, communication, and resource management and promotes customer accountability. Community collaborations are a necessity to the success of the customer. Over 200 partnerships have been established and are maintained by the community support staff. Over 4,000 individuals and families have received a service. Participants may be involved in the project for up to 24 months. In some situations the full amount of time may be needed due to the disability acceptance and confirmation of social security benefits, waiting periods for low-income or subsidized housing and in some cases building a solid work history to secure permanent, stable, decent employment wage earning. Participants are required to establish goal plans with both short term (3-5 months) and long-term goals (1-3 years). Participant services are individualized and may consist of nutrition classes, education and training, parenting education, life skills, and job readiness to mention a few. Participants meet with agency staff as often as needed; generally at the start of services, that is weekly, and as they meet objectives, they may become bi-monthly. Support services are ancillary services such as transportation, food, nutritional support, dental and vision assistance and other services assisting individuals and families in reaching the goal of self-reliance. Kidsfest is a family support activity that provides an opportunity for families to learn about community resources for the health development of their children.”

“Rapid re-housing is an intervention, informed by a housing first approach that is a critical part of a community's effective homeless crisis response system. Rapid re-housing rapidly connects families and individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing through a tailored package of assistance that may include the use of time-limited financial assistance and targeted supportive services. Rapid re-housing programs help families and invididuals living on the streets or in emergency shelters solve the practical and immediate challenges to obtaining permanent housing while reducing the amount of time they experience homelessness, avoiding a near- term return to homelessness, and linking to community resources that enable them to achieve housing stability in the long-term. Rapid re-housing is an important component of a community's response to homelessness. A fundamental goal of rapid re-housing is to reduce the amount of time a person is homeless. The primary focus of services in rapid re-housing is to provide help with finding housing and to troubleshoot barriers that prevent access to that housing. Housing identification services encompass helping households find appropriate rental housing in the community, contacting and recruiting landlords to provide housing opportunities for individuals and families experiencing homelessness, addressing potential barriers to landlord participation such as concern about short-term nature of rental assistance and tenant qualifications, assisting households to complete applications and prepare for interviews with landlords, helping households to determine if a housing option meets their needs and preferences, and help with moving. It could also include identifying co-housing with a friend or family member if that is the most appropriate option for permanent housing. The primary barrier to permanent houisng for many families experiencing homelessness is their limited finances. To address this barrier, the rapid re-housing program offers financial assistance to cover move-in costs, deposits, and the rental and/or utility assistance (typically for six months or less) necessary to allow individuals and families to move immediately out of homelessness and stabilize in permanent housing.”

“During 2021, it was determined that certain errors occurred in the accounting for the investment in vintage apartments, llc, refundable advances of chdo forgivable loans, agency funds held in trust and reserve accounts. These errors caused a net understatment of total begining net asset as of 47,907 as of june 30, 2021. These errors are summarized as follows: understatment of refundable advances of forviable loans- 152,685 understatment of agency funds held in trust- 18,035 understatment of investment in vintage apartments, llc- (79,315) overstatment of reserve accounts- (43.498) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- total 47,907”