Center on Halsted

“The Center on Halsted retains an independent certified public accounting firm to act as its external auditors and to prepare and review the Center's Form 990. The Board of Directors and the Finance Committee review the Form 990 before filing. The Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Finance Committee are provided a reasonable amount of time to review the final return and ask questions prior to its filing.”

“Annually, Board members are asked and disclosures are requested. The Board reviews the policy annually for compliance at the beginning of each fiscal year with new and returning board members. If a conflict arises, the board members will recuse themselves from the vote.”

“The contract for the CEO is a three (3) year agreement. Upon the last period, the compensation committee reviewed comparable salaries provided by peer organizations and compared Forms 990 of other like organizations were used. From this, the board sets the compensation of the CEO. The compensation process was documented.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in IRC Section 6104(d).”

“HIV Services: HIV services is comprised of three primary programs: 1) The State of Illinois AIDS/HIV & STD Hotline; 2) HIV/HCV Testing and Prevention; and 3) HIV/HCV Support Services. Clients wanting more long-term mental health treatment can enroll in Center on Halsted's Behavioral Health Services, where HIV+ clients are eligible for low-cost or free therapy through our Ryan White Part A grant. Using its database of over 2,900 statewide referrals, Hotline staff answered more than 6,900 phone calls, texts, geosocial, and internet/email contacts. Given the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS and STDs within Black and Brown communities, particularly within MSM, Youth, and Transgender populations, Center on Halsted's High-Impact Prevention efforts focus within these communities.”

“Youth Services: The Youth Department provides youth ages 13-24 three main program opportunities (the general Youth Program, the Youth Housing Program Initiative, described in greater detail below, and a mentorship program for HIV-positive youth known as "U4U"). Within each of these programs, youth are provided a variety of support and developmental resources including: case management; personalized individual intervention support; Anti-Violence support via the Youth Anti-Violence Advocate through a joint partnership with the Anti-Violence Program at Center on Halsted; Youth-specific Behavioral Health Support in FY19; and special programming for leadership development, teen specific opportunities, and social and cultural programming.”

“Senior Services: Senior Programming, offered in our newly expanded and renovated 5,500 square foot space named Center on Addison, provides services and programs for LGBTQ community members and allies over the age of 55 to meet their unique needs and challenges. In addition, Senior Service staff provide case management services including social security, food stamp and other government or state benefit checks to assess what services clients may be able to access, as well as numerous referrals to seniors in need of linkage to benefits, medical or mental health care, HIV testing, home health services, or other needs. Senior Services also provides programs and case management services to the residents of Town Hall Apartments, Chicago's first LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing. This innovative program is one of only several of its kind in the United States. In FY2019, Senior Services provided 80 residents with over 3,400 units of case management services.”