Housing and Services Inc.

“In may 2015 the organization's board of trustees adopted revised bylaws, an updated certificate of incorporation and revised conflicts of interests and whistle blower policies. The bylaws revised changed the organization from a membership organization to a perpetual board organization. In addition the bylaws reconfigured board standing committees. Other revisions were made to conform to expectations within the new york state not-for-profit revitalization act of 2013.”

“The organization's board of trustees created an audit committee whose functions include review of the organization's form 990 prior to its filing with the irs. In addition, the form 990 will be distributed to the organization's entire board of trustees before filing.”

“The organization adopted a formal written conflict of interest policy requiring that all trustees read and sign written acknowledgement that they have read the policy, understand the policy and have made all required disclosures under the policy on an annual basis. The organization's board of trustees created an audit committee whose functions include a review for compliance with the organization's conflict of interests policy on a minimum of an annual basis. The annual reviews were performed by the audit committee in june 2015 and may 2016, to work prospectively for 2014 as well, and the results of its review were reported to the full board of trustees at that time.”

“The organization has an established executive committee to ensure that senior management compensation is reasonable. The committee is provided information for comparable peer organizations and considers senior management responsibilities and recent job performance in its determination of the reasonableness of senior management. The committee meets at least once annually and also meets on an ad hoc basis when changes to senior management compensation are considered. The full board and the executive committee have currently defined senior management as the executive director and deputy executive director.”

“The organization's form 990, audited financial statements and organization policies are obtainable from the organization upon request.”

“The organization works toward ending chronic homelessness, preventing homelessness for persons threatened with displacement and improving housing conditions for the marginalized through the operation and development of permanent supportive and affordable housing. The organization helps its clients achieve their fullest potential for housing self-sufficiency by realistically assessing their individual needs and building respectful and caring supportive communities to overcome barriers to their success.”

“The organization's 2015 audit has been completed. The financial statements, audited by independent accountants, has been issued on a consolidated basis.”