Northern Virginia Family Service

“The audit committee of the board of directors reviews the 990. The 990 is then provided to all members of the organization's board of directors who are given the opportunity to review and ask any questions they may have. The 990 is then filed with the irs.”

“The board annually reviews the conflict of interest policy and requires member, officer and key employee certification. Board member responses are reviewed by the board's governance committee, and officer and key employee responses are reviewed by the president & ceo and the corporate officers, and further reviewed, if necessary, by the board chair and executive committee, in order to best manage any potential conflicts.”

“The board determines compensation for the ceo on an annual basis. Periodically an independent compensation consultant is retained to survey the market for the appropriate compensation; the results are sent directly to the board chair and vice president of human resources. In-between years the board chair may elect to conduct an informal salary survey. The ceo recommends compensation for four corporate officers based on periodically conducting benchmarking from industry sources, which is reviewed with the board chair. The deliberation and decision are well documented.”

“The agency makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the general public by providing copies on request and by inspection at the agency's headquarters' office as set forth in section 6104(d).”

“Over the past 3 years, nvfs annually provides innovative and multi-faceted human services to an average of 35,000+ individuals and families across northern virginia to support them in realizing their full potential. With nearly 350 employees and over 4,000 volunteers each year, nvfs provides comprehensive support for children and families through the following core service areas: early childhood education, healthy families, child placement services, health access and nutrition services, housing services, homeless services, the multicultural center for trauma recovery, youth initiatives, workforce development, and other special initiatives. Nvfs partners with government agencies, educational institutions, corporations and businesses, foundations, faith-based networks, and other non-profit organizations to creatively and collaboratively address the competing challenges that families face in achieving economic independence. Of the clients who reported income to the agency in fy20, 95% had gross annual income at 200% or less of the federal poverty level and 42% served were children and youth under the age of 18.”

“Homeless and housing services: homeless services: housing is a basic need for everyone, and it is the foundation from which families and individuals can begin to build, or rebuild, stability and self-sufficiency. Nvfs provides emergency shelter to safely and temporarily house families and individuals experiencing homelessness and provides financial assistance with rent and utilities to prevent homelessness from occurring. The nvfs 92-bed serve family shelter is located on the nvfs serve campus in manassas. In addition to operating 68% of all shelter beds in greater prince william, the serve campus provides prevention, rapid rehousing, housing location, and comprehensive support services to individuals and families at-risk of or experiencing homelessness. Nvfs implements the housing first model to minimize a household's length of time experiencing homelessness and advance a household's rapid transition to permanent housing. In fy20, 96% of clients exited into permanent housing. Housing services: nvfs offers emergency assistance/housing subsidy coupled with case management, employment, education/skill building, and financial literacy services with the goal of providing a permanent housing placement to residents living in northern virginia. Regional programs include the housing opportunities for persons with aids (hopwa) and ryan white part b programs. Within fairfax county, nvfs administers the bridging affordability, moving to work, and prevention programs. In fy20, $3.2 million in emergency assistance was disbursed for utility, rent, water, and gas payments through a variety of short- and long-term housing subsidy and case management programs across the region. Nvfs also operates eleven affordable rental units in prince william county. These homes are designated for families living at 30%, 50% or 80% of the median area income with the goal of providing an affordable housing option to low-income families.”

“Early childhood services: early head start (ehs) and head start (hs): nvfs provides center- and home-based services to children ages 6 weeks through 5 years including the operation of five ehs centers (loudoun, prince william, and arlington counties) and one hs center in arlington county. Through our ehs grant and subcontractor agreements, nvfs also supports two community-based child care centers. Along with providing quality care in a stimulating and safe environment, nvfs prepares children to succeed in school. Trained staff meet regularly with caregivers to ensure that children have a safe home, to promote positive child-caregiver relationships, and to support a plan for family financial stability. A combined total of 767 children participated in these programs in fy20. Of these children, 90% demonstrated school readiness, were provided a medical home (eliminating the need to use emergency medical services for routine care), and were current on immunizations.”

“Health access and nutrition services: health access: in march of 2019, nvfs began strategic discussions with fairfax county to transition back several health access services due to anticipated increased county capacity over the next 18 to 24 months. In fy20, 379 children accessed reduced-fee medical care and 881 children & adults received reduced-fee dental care. Access to free & reduced cost medications (valued at over $10 million) was provided to 986 individuals who otherwise could not afford their prescriptions. Nutrition services: nvfs' hunger resource center (hrc) engaged a comprehensive network of resources to provide over 7.6 million meals in fy20 to help individuals and families address immediate and long-term needs related to food insecurity, basic needs essentials, and health education. The hrc prioritizes effective strategies that address the complex issues that perpetuate food insecurity. Nutrition education is provided through partnership with local health clinics/providers. Additionally, over 100,000 meals are supported annually by the hrc to provide 3 daily meals to our homeless shelter guests. The hrc is located on the nvfs serve campus in manassas and is the largest food distribution center in greater prince william. Moreover, nvfs expanded our food and basic needs support across the region as a core effort of our pandemic response efforts. Staff made contactless deliveries of diapers and supplies to clients, early childhood education families continued to receive meals despite closed schools, and our food panties at the multicultural center and training futures supported increased demand from community members.”

“The process for overseeing the audit of the financial statements and selection of an independent accountant that audited the financial statements has been consistent with prior years.”