Mental Health Care Inc

“Steven welch, cfo, presents the 990 to the full board prior to submission to the irs.”

“The board reviews the conflict of interest policy annually.”

“The board of trustees determines the salary of the ceo and other key officers/employees of the organization. The vp of human resources assists the board by conducting a survey of other state and local agencies providing similar services. Gracepoint desires to ensure that its executive compensation program is competitive, fair and equitable, compliant with regulatory guidelines and representative of market best practices. The trustees' decision making process includes; that it will support the mission, values, strategic direction and tax-exempt state of the agency. The decision process includes the evaluation of pay practices for the industry and relies upon appropriate independent comparability data to support its decision making process. Executive compensation programs and decisions will be approved in advance of their implementation.”

“The governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and the form 990 are available upon request and also made available to the public through our website (www.gracepointwellness.org). All of the financial information and form 990 is also available for public view at www.guidestar.org.”

“Gracepoint's mission is educating, advocating for and giving hope to all people touched by behavioral health, substance abuse and developmental challenges. Significant activities of gracepoint are based on providing the most effective and efficient behavioral health and social support services for children, adults and families that facilitate improved health and positive change. Gracepoint provides those services through a comprehensive model that addresses the multifaceted, complex and interrelated modalities of behavioral and medical needs of children, adults and families. Services are provided regardless of a person's sex, nationality and/or religion; and are administered with respect to the individual. The agency is committed to increasing the community's awareness of methods to prevent and/or treat mental health and substance abuse needs, and accomplishes that through a variety of community education activities and involvement on a broad range of collaborative heatlh related initiates in the community. In addition to outpatient services for children and adults that also include in-home therapy (impact) and the community's only mobile crisis response team (mcrt), gracepoint is the primary provider for both adult and children (ages 5 - 17) inpatient crisis centers for the community. These inpatient crisis centers provide emergency stabilization care for children or adults experiencing severe mental, emotional or behavioral challenges.”

“The process for oversight of the audit and selection of an independent accountant has not changed from the prior year.”