The Family Violence Prevention Center Inc.

“A draft of the form 990 return is submitted to the executive director for initial review by the organization. It is then sent for review to the finance committee of the board of directors. Upon approval by the finance committee, it is circulated to the full board membership. Review by the board members is confirmed and approval for the filing of the form 990 is obtained via vote.”

“Interact maintains a conflict of interest policy and distributes copies within the organization to all of its employees and board members as well as makes the policy available to them upon request. Periodic review is made of the policy and efforts are taken to ensure that the enumerated policy requirements are adhered to, enforced, and monitored by the organization's leadership. In addition, the requirement of adherence with the existing policy is discussed annually with all members of the board of directors.”

“The board of directors reviews the performance of the executive director on an annual basis. The performance review is conducted by the executive committee of the board and then is submitted to the full board as a committee report. The board has the opportunity to move into executive session and further discuss the executive's performance outside his/her presence. Compensation adjustments are made based on the outcome of these annual reviews and through analysis of industry practices and compensation levels as provided by sources such as the nc center for non-profits and any the salary reports of the statewide coalitions working in the field.”

“The human resource committee establishes appropriate salary parameters for the employees of the organization. In addition, the executive director has significant input on matters of individual employee review and compensation.”

“Request for public information documents may be made to the executive director or associate executive directors. All requests are honored within 48 hours.”

“Interact is a private, nonprofit agency that provides safety, support, and awareness to victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault. The agency provides three 24-hour crisis lines, group and individual counseling, bilingual counseling, specialized children's counseling, case management, court and hospital advocacy, professional training, and a full curriculum of violence prevention in the wake county schools. Interact also operates wake county's (raleigh) only emergency shelter program for women and children, and north carolina's first community-based sexual assault forensic examination center. For more information, visit interact at www.interactofwake.org. In 2009, interact led efforts to form a ten member collaborative partnership to help provide comprehensive, wraparound services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault in a new 60,000 sft facility called the interact family safety & empowerment center. The center is the result of interact's three-year process to develop a better model of serving families in crisis, with a goal of removing the barriers that face victims of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault as they move through the healing process to not only survive, but to achieve self sufficient violence-free lives and truly thrive. This innovative approach is being recognized as a national model for the effective and efficient delivery of services for families working to overcome intimate partner violence. More than 34,000 people are served by interact per year. Families arriving at our doors not only receive interact's life saving crisis intervention services, but are also then connected to the services of the eight collaborative partner agencies located in interact's building. Interact is often the point of connection between those coming out of crisis through interact's programs and those additional service providers that are able to offer long-term supports to assure families do not fall back into crisis. The on-site partners provide the following services: easter seals ucp coordinates the provision of mental health services to women and children suffering from trauma exposure; inter-faith food shuttle operates interact's commercial kitchen and provides culinary skills training; kiran promotes self-reliance and empowerment of south asians in crisis through outreach, peer support, and referrals; legal aid of north carolina offers interact's clients legal assistance and conducts regular legal clinics; raleigh police department houses its entire family violence intervention unit on-site; southlight offers family substance abuse counseling services on-site; ymca of the triangle maintains interact's pool and operates after school and summer youth programs; and in partnership with our area's three hospitals - wakemed, rex hospital, and duke raleigh hospital - interact operates the solace center, north carolina's first community-based sexual assault forensic examination center. In one comprehensive center under the roof of interact's family safety and empowerment center, there is a seamless continuum of services where victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families can recover from the trauma of violence and abuse, heal, and achieve self-sufficiency. In addition, interact maintains strong relationships with several important collaborative partners located throughout the community. Interact relies on the support of more than 2,300 volunteers and interns who collectively provided more than 34,000 hours of service to provide programs that are innovative, efficient and effective. There is no fee charged to the families served by interact for the confidential services they receive. Interact is only able to operate because of the generous support of individuals, corporations, foundations, community groups, and governmental entities that are dedicated to advocating for and supporting individuals and families suffering from abuse. Interact has implemented an eco”

“Per the organization's records, more than 2,300 volunteers contributed over 34,000 hours of service during the current fiscal year.”

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