Episcopal Children'S Services Inc

“Form 990 is prepared by our external accountant based on information that we have provided them for our annual audit. After it is reviewed by the ceo and key management personnel, it is provided to the board for their review and comments. The board is afforded an opportunity to ask questions about the return at one of its formal meetings. The return is approved by the board prior to filing.”

“Annually the board of trustees and key employees are required to sign a conflict of interest statement.”

“The president of the board of trustees requests (about three times a year) from human resources information regarding current and previous year's comparable salary and benefits for the ceo. Additionally, periodic and independent assessment of peer compensation is obtained by the president. The president will evaluate performance, comparable compensation of relative peers and the current compensation of the ceo. He will determine an appropriate level of compensation for the ceo, in line with the limitations set by head start and the available funding from awards and grants. The ceo will review comparable information for the staff and determine appropriate adjustments in compensation, given the limitations set by head start and the available funding from awards and grants.”

“Ecs has filed its governing documents (articles of incorporation) with the florida secretary of state, which is then made available online by the state of florida. Form 990 is made available online via the federal financial clearing house website as well as guidestar's website. Audited financial statements are submitted to a variety of public funding authorities. Those funding authorities monitor and ensure that ecs is meeting its obligations, such as compliance with corporate governance policies (e.g., conflicts of interest statements, etc.). Our annual report which includes financial and operating information is available online at our website. All such information is available upon written request.”

“The school readiness (sr) program provides child care subsidy for families that qualify and provides educational and technical support to the child care providers serving these families. Ecs serves approximately 3,900 children on average per month and approximately 250 child care providers, as well as answering over 24,000 child care resource and referral calls from the community. Children enrolled in the sr program receive free or reduced child care from high-quality providers, developmental screenings, and assessments. Ecs education staff provided approximately 1,200 technical assistance visits either in person or virtually and 80 trainings to 850 participants during the year to help providers learn and implement best practices. Ecs provides sr services in baker, clay, nassau, bradford, putnam and st. Johns counties in northeast florida through a contract with the early learning coalition of north florida.”

“Through our partnership with the elc of duval and kids hope alliance, we send teams of trained coaches, technical staff and volunteers to non-ecs run child care facilities in duval county. Our staff works with directors and teachers to improve the quality of their environment, teaching methods, and curriculum. This partnership served about 2,664 children, 67 centers and 196 classrooms. We deploy teams of coaches into non-ecs run child care facilities to work with each director and teacher to create action plans to promote growth and development for all involved.”