Metropolitan Ministries Inc.

“The completed form 990 is emailed to each board member individually and reviewed by the audit committee of the board of directors. The audit committee of the board of directors must accept and approve the completed form 990.”

“The organization enforces the conflict of interest policy by having each board member sign an acknowledgement and disclosure form each year in which they are acknowledging the policy and disclosing any potential conflicts. The organization's president and cfo sign a disclosure form each year identifying any potential conflicts, such as transactions with board members or their affiliates, known to them. Any known or reasonably foreseeable actual or potential conflict of interest shall be disclosed to the board of directors, or its committee designee, by the interested person whose interests are, or may appear to be, in conflict with the organization. When any such conflict of interest is relevant to a matter requiring action by the board of directors or any committee of the board, the interested person shall disclose such conflict to the board of directors or such committee, and such interested person shall not vote on the matter. Further, the interested person shall retire from the room in which the board or the committee is meeting and shall not participate in any deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration. However, that interested person shall provide the board or committee, upon request, with all information relevant to the matter under consideration. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during any discussion of the matter and did not vote on the matter. When there is doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by a vote of the board of directors or the committee, as the case may be, excluding the interested person concerning whom the matter has arisen.”

“Compensation for the president and ceo was reviewed by a committee of independent board members and compared to relevant competitive salary data. Compensation committee then determined compensation level.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Metropolitan ministries (registered trademark of metropolitan ministries, inc.) provides answers for poor and homeless families, faithfully. This has been the cornerstone of the ministries' approach since its founding. Over the past 45 years, as the number of homeless families and hungry people has increased, the ministries has remained committed to reaching out and providing services that help prevent homelessness, ease hunger and offering homeless people life-changing solutions leading to self-sufficiency. Community engagement included the support of over 26,000 volunteers who donated 181,000 hours to help us lower staff and administrative costs. Many community partners have come together to help us care for more families than ever before. The number of families we were able to house and case manage both on and off our campus grew with this collaborative support. Total expenses associated with the ministries' program services were $25,557,838 per our audited annual report, which represents 86.6% of total expenses. This includes $5,727,496 of in-kind food and material donations over and above the financial donations to help us meet the needs throughout the tampa bay region. In addition the ministries received $1,513,508 of inkind services and significant contributions of volunteer time valued at approximately $4,586,000, which are not recognized by the irs as program services.”

“For families and individuals who live in their own home, but are at risk of becoming homeless, the ministries provides various services. These services include meals and clothing, holiday food, toys and spiritual assistance to over 46,400 families in need, utility and rent assistance, employment lab, and referrals to housing and other agencies to meet their additional needs. These prevention services have resulted in a 88% success rate to keep at risk families from becoming homeless in the next 12 months and are offered in a manner that respects every individual's god-given dignity and worth.”

“- uplift hall provides transitional housing and life skills programs for families and single women who need more intensive long-term services. - hope hall provides emergency short-term housing and life skills programs to families and single women who face homelessness due to unemployment and need help to get back on their feet. - in august 2017, the ministries opened the second 12 unit phase of 24 family units at its pasco county campus in holiday, fl. The ministries now serves homeless families with on-campus housing, as well as providing hot meals, counseling services and education to resident families. - offsite programs: offsite apartments are also provided to at risk families in four local neighborhoods throughout hillsborough county. Additionally, over 240 families are served annually offsite through the first hug program, funded by the children's board of hillsborough county, offering homebased case management services. - health and wellness: the ministries provides nutritious healthy well-balanced meals and snacks each day for all residents and head start children. The ministries also provides health and wellness resources and increased access to medical care to resident homeless families and single women. The program utilizes a comprehensive health assessment to determine residents' health and wellness needs. The new gym is utilized to provide physical fitness activities for all ages. Access to medical care is provided on site through partnerships with a medical provider and mobile clinic services. - counseling and case management: these services are central to all programs and include emergency crisis intervention, comprehensive assessments, case management and family counseling, and an individualized, achievable self-sufficiency plan. Additionally, anger management and life-skills building are included in the counseling components. - recovery and sobriety: the ministries offers a full-range of recovery services for all uplift u participants that struggle with addiction issues. Services include onsite addiction assessment and classes and recovery counselors along with referrals to other community recovery programs. Additional services include family intervention, co-dependency and prevention classes for family members, and connections to addict and family support services (alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, alanon and alateen). - community living and pastoral care: services include pastoral care, counseling, worship services, bible studies and spiritual development that prepares residents for self-governance, advocacy, and personal responsibility when they leave the ministries. Since may 2015 these services have been available in the ministries newly-constructed nondenominational chapel of hope located at the center of the tampa campus, to help residents focus on their spiritual growth and development.”

“- the ministries additionally provides before and after school care, summer programs, and an onsite teen program to serve the children of its residents. Since may 2015 these services were offered in the newly-constructed youth enrichment center and gym. - adult education through collaborative community partnerships, adult residents participate in comprehensive adult literacy, ged, english as a second language, culinary training, and other education classes that provides them with the skills and training they need to be self-sufficient. - employment services the ministries offers a continuum of employment services, from job readiness to job placement and long-term training. Job readiness preparation is a key element including assessment, counseling, learning and demonstrating "soft skills" such as punctuality, on-task behavior and time management. For residents who have completed the readiness preparation or already have the skills and experience to move forward, the ministries assists them in accessing job placement services and long-term training programs in the community.”

“The process for oversight of the audit has not changed from the prior year,”