Pace Center for Girlsinc

“The public accounting firm, warren averett, cpas and advisors, prepares and reviews the form 990 and provides technical and reporting advice to the ceo, cfo, and the committee members. It also ensures that a complete and accurate return is filed with the irs and applicable state agencies. Once the draft of the form 990 is prepared, it is reviewed by the sr. Director, strategic finance. The finance committee reviews and approves the tax return afterwards. Finally, the return is presented to the full board for its review and approval and is filed with the irs and applicable state agencies upon approval.”

“All officers, directors and key employees are required to sign annually a conflict of interest disclosure form and are additionally required to disclose to the board chair any issues that arise during the interim period. Additionally, there are procedures for other individuals to disclose such acts to the board chair or, if the matter relates to employees, to a member of senior management. Periodically, internal audits of compliance are conducted.”

“It is the policy of the organization to pay salaries which reward each employee in proportion to the value of the employee's services, according to established salary levels which, within the means of the organization, compare favorably with rates paid by other similiar non-profits in the area where each individual site is located. Salaries are based on the job position and description level of responsibility, employee's experience and educational level, local cost of living, and performance ratings. Salaries are reevaluated every two years to reflect current economic conditions.”

“Pace center for girls, inc., makes its forms 990 available on the same day, if requested in person, or within 30 days if requested via mail, e-mail, facsimile or private delivery. Availability of other documents such as our governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and our financial statements follow the same disclosure policy and the same turnaround times. All these documents are provided by the organization to all requesters free of charge and without any explanations of the reasons for the request.”

“The mission of pace is to provide girls and young women an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, training, and advocacy. Pace programs serve middle and high school aged girls with three or more risk domains correlated to being high-risk for delinquent behavior and victimization. Pace employs gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and strength-based prevention and early intervention programs and services for girls with multiple risk factors. Today, through a statewide network of 21 pace centers in florida that provide the full academic school day and comprehensive wrap around services. Pace also partners with school districts and community healthcare partners in fl, ga, and sc to bring much needed mental health services to young women through its pace reach program. Collectively, pace annually helps more than 3,000 girls get back on track to graduate from high school. Pace also partners with school districts and community healthcare partners to bring much needed mental health services to young women through its pace reach program. Pace currently operates in the florida counties of alachua, broward, citrus, clay, collier, duval, escambia-santa rosa, hernando, hillsborough, lee, leon, manatee, marion, miami-dade, orange, palm beach, pasco, pinellas, polk, st. Lucie, and volusia-flagler, georgia counties of macon and peach, and south carolina counties of florence, marion and darlington. Pace continues to act on its goal of serving more girls in critical need through expansion, most recently with its second expansion out of florida into florence and darlington county in south carolina. Pace continues to establish relationships through a girls coordinating council (gcc). The gcc, initially convened by pace, has 22 members representing organizations across florence and darlington county who identified four focus areas for their work: teen pregnancy, mental health, illegal behavior, and victimization. Pace-thc, inc. ("pace-thc"), pace broward-thc, inc. ("pace broward-thc"), pace collier at immokalee-thc, inc. ("pace collier at immokalee-thc") and pace alachua-thc, inc. ("pace alachua-thc") are affiliated not-for-profit organizations incorporated under the laws of the state of florida in 1995, 2001, 2006, and 2009, respectively. Their purpose is to hold title to property in the counties of duval, manatee, escambia, broward, collier, lee, and alachua, florida, to be used exclusively for educational, literary, scientific, or charitable purposes, to collect income therefrom, and to turn over the entire amount thereof, less expenses, to pace.”

“The process has not changed from prior years.”