Human Services Programs of Carroll County Inc.

“The 990 is reviewed and approved by the board before filing with the irs.”

“Conflict of interest issues are dealt with on a board level via self-declaration of conflicts. Abstentions from votes are documented in the organization's minutes.”

“The executive committee considers the executive director's salary separate from all other staff and submits a recommendation to the board. The recommendation is based on the executive committee members' experiences in the industry, and the committee will also request hr to perform a comparability study from time to time (not necessarily annually). Salary decisions made at the board level are communicated via memo directly to the payroll specialist and human resources manager. Board members are also involved in the board approval of annual budgets.”

“The organization makes its governing bylaws, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request in its main office at 10 distillery drive, westminster, md. The organization's financial statements are also available on the organization's website.”

“Hsp operates the shelter and housing program with the housing first approach. Programming services the most in need first providing open- access, low barrier services. Hsp believes homelessness should be prevented. If it cannot be prevented, homelessness should be brief. Shelter and housing services strive to help participants increase their income, secure permanent housing, and provide necessary community supports and linkages to prevent homelessness from re-occurring. Shelter services provide overnight support and case management services to homeless individuals and families. Shelter staff connect homeless participants to housing opportunities - regardless of what might be going on in their life. Shelter services case managers focus on stabilizing participants, connecting them with basic needs and community resources, increasing their income, and rapidly securing permanent housing. Hsp manages 5 of carroll county's homeless shelters. Shelter services operate 24 hours, seven days a week to ensure participants are safe and stable. In addition to stability and support services shelters also provide food support, laundry facilities, telephone, and mail. In fiscal year 2019: . Women's shelter served 52 households/69 total participants; 55 adults an 14 children . Family shelter served 20 households/68 total participants; 32 adults and 36 children . Men's shelter served 25 total participants . Safe haven (a long-term shelter for participants with chronic and persistent mental health diagnosis)served 57 total participants . Cold weather shelter (operates from november 15th-march 31st) served 163 participants . Services provided safe, stable on-going support for 305 unique participants . 53% of shelter participants exited to permanent housing housing services work to prevent homelessness wherever possible. Housing services seamlessly blend services for those experiencing homeless to those at risk of becoming homeless. Hsp conducts housing and shelter services screenings 5 days a week via walk-in hours and throughout the community. A participants complete the assessment, they are referred to appropriate housing resources. If a participant meets the federal definition of homeless, they then are referred to coordinated entry. Coordinated entry completes a needs assessment, to objectively assess the participant's risk or need. Participants are then referred to shelter services, permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities (pshpwd), or rapid re- housing program. Pspwd provides housing and case management services to chronically homeless, hsp maintains 15 rental units for participants. Rapid re-housing provides short term rental assistance to participants experiencing homelessness. While participants wait to access services, they can participate in homeless recovery case management services, with a focus on securing housing. If a participant is at-risk of becoming homeless, has an eviction, or is in need of a security deposit, hsp has additional services to meet those needs and avoid homelessness. Hsp is the county-wide access point for security deposits and eviction prevention, serving as the authorizing agency for several community funding streams. Hsp also partners with the united way, to administer the family stability program, providing case management and short-term rental assistance to families at-risk of homelessness who have child in the school system. In fiscal year 2019: . Completed housing and shelter services screenings for 385 households/594 total participants; 437 adults and 157 children . Coordinated entry served 424 total participants; 317 adults and 107 children . Permanent housing served 18 households/28 total participants; 20 adults and 8 children, 80% of households exited to permanent housing . Rapid re-housing served 38 households/93 total participants; 55 adults and 38 children, 70% of households exited to permanent housing . Homeless recovery case managers served 125 households/127 total participants,”

“Family support: the carroll county family center provides support services to parents and their children under four years of age. A priority is to assist parents in making sure that all their children are healthy physically, developmentally, and emotionally. This is accomplished through a variety of activities and services, including immunization checks, developmental screenings, parent/child activities, and quality child developmental care while parents engage in support programming at the center. The family center supports parents through programs designed to increase parenting effectiveness and self-sufficiency skills. The parenting class utilizes the research-based curriculums, "the nurturing program," "the chicago parenting plan,- and "parents as teachers". Self- sufficiency services include adult education classes in ged preparation, esl, computer literacy, and job readiness. Other center-based services include: case management, health classes, a parent leadership program, cooking classes, and peer support activities. In addition to these center- based services, the family center also offers a home visiting program. Our in-home interventionist is trained in the "parents as teachers" curricula and provides these programs as well as case management to families in their own homes. Services are provided free of charge, and transportation is provided on a case by case basis to assist families in accessing center services. During the year ended june 30, 2019, 34 families participated in center- based activities and 21 families received home visit services. This comes to a total of 55 families (121 people).”

“Economic mobility programming provides integrated employment and training, financial education, and long-term case management services to help people believe in themselves and their future. Economic mobility programming encompasses opportunity works, financial education services, and our volunteer income tax preparation (vita) site. Opportunity works offers a unique blend of hands-on job training, job readiness assistance, and long-term case management support services to help participants re-enter the workforce and become thriving community members. Opportunity works enrolls participants with significant barriers to employment, including criminal background, mental health disorder, and substance abuse history. Opportunity works focuses on providing community- based re-entry services. In fy 19 opportunity works served 146 individuals 90% had a significant barrier to employment; 91% did not commit a crime during the program year; 50% maintained or increased their income through employment; 60% maintained employment for 90 days or more. Opportunity works utilizes three job training platforms for participants: 1. Second chances, carroll county's only free store, who served 2,788 households; 2. Ebay business, generating over 400 to support programming; 3. The community garden is a 7,800 square foot produce and herb garden, centrally located in downtown westminster. 100% of the harvest directly benefits our low-income community. In fy 19, 555 pounds of produce fed 469 households. Financial education services help participants with budgeting, access to fair banking services, and developing solid financial habits. Services offered include monthly financial education workshops, financial consultation, as well as one-on-one financial coaching for up to one year 241 participants attended 101 scheduled financial education workshops. 118 participated in ongoing financial coaching services: 68% increased their financial well-being; 63% created a household budget; 30% maintained that budget for 90 days; 27% maintained for 6 months; 73% achieved a financial goal, purchased an asset, paid down debt, or created savings. Our vita site prepares free tax returns for low to moderate income households. Vita is an irs sponsored program. The vita site promotes taxpayer education, accessing vital tax credits, as well as saving your refund. Taxpayers saved 2,700. Vita prepared 916 tax returns giving back over 1.2 million dollars to our working poor community.”

“Investment expenses -1,776 rental expenses 11,711 rental expenses -11,711 investment expenses 1,776”