Cumberland Community Action Program Inc

“The organization has a policy council for its head start program, which is mostly comprised of parents from the head start centers that the program benefits. The policy council has the power to appoint one of the members of the organization's governing body.”

“The organization has a policy council for its head start program, which is mostly comprised of parents from the head start centers that the program benefits. The policy council approves the items such as policy changes, budget, etc. As related to the head start program. The organization's governing body is not required to act according to the decisions of the policy council, but a matter of disagreement between the governing body and the policy may be subject to dispute resolution through the us department of health and human services, which funds the head start program.”

“A copy of the form 990 will be provided to the entire board for review and approval prior to filing. The approval is documented in the board minutes.”

“Employees are required to report any conflicts of interest as they arise. Accounting staff have to sign a conflict of interest statement each year and must report conflicts as they arise. Should a conflict arise during the year, a board member would recuse himself or herself and an employee would have to resolve the conflict or refrain from working on the transaction.”

“The organization uses a wage study that is conducted by an independent third-party in order to determine reasonable compensation for the ceo and any key employee. The board of directors approves the study and the resulting compensation packages. The decision is documented in the board minutes. The organization's policy requires the wage study to be performed on a tri-annual basis.”

“The organization's governing documents and conflicts of interest policy are available upon request. The oraganization's financial statemments are available on its website.”

“During 2021, the organization tracked the number of volunteer hours (38,913) not the number of volunteers so the amount entered on this line is 0 even though they had significant volunteer support.”

“Alarm monitoring: program service expenses 25,748. Management and general expenses 1,026. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 26,774. Consulting: program service expenses 918,350. Management and general expenses 15,205. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 933,555. Contract services: program service expenses 872,768. Management and general expenses 88,264. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 961,032. Drug testing: program service expenses 7,418. Management and general expenses 315. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 7,733. Garbage services: program service expenses 62,832. Management and general expenses 2,392. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 65,224. Janitorial services: program service expenses 174,684. Management and general expenses 11,403. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 186,087. Lawn services: program service expenses 54,667. Management and general expenses 8,533. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 63,200. Linen services: program service expenses 1,415. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,415. Mental health services: program service expenses 834. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 834. Pest control services: program service expenses 17,750. Management and general expenses 929. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 18,679. Time & attendance: program service expenses 3,640. Management and general expenses 234. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,874.”