Okeechobee County Family Health- Health Start Coalition Inc.

“The coalition shall develop and approve policies on the rules of order for the conduct of all meetings of the voting membership, executive committee, standing committees and ad-hoc committees. This policy and all procedural matters shall be governed by the latest edition of "robert's rules of order." all meetings held by any entity of the coalition shall follow this policy or the meeting will be considered out of order and any business conducted, voted or acted on will be disregarded by the coalition board of directors or voting membership.”

“The executive director and/or treasurer review the form 990 prepared by an independent cpa prior to being filed.”

“In carrying out its provider selection and allocation functions, coalition members shall declare any conflict of interest and must abstain from voting on any issue related to the organization or agency they represent or with which they are employed or affiliated. Employees of the organization may not serve on the board of directors of any agency receiving okeechobee county family health/healthy start coalition funding, and they may not receive payment for any services they render to said agency. It is expected the organization's employees will use their own good judgment and discretion when filling volunteer roles.”

“The board of directors will review the executive director's performance. Okeechobee county family health/healthy start coalition, inc., employee handbook, february 2011, pages 7-8.”

“"at least once each year, employees and their supervisors will participate in an employee performance appraisal process. The employee will receive their annual performance evaluation within thirty days of their anniversary date. If a salary increase is warranted, it will be implemented in the anniversary month. The performance evaluation process shall be used not only to review performance, but also to provide reinforcement for achievements and guidance towards future development. Performance reviews will be conducted by the executive director." okeechobee county family health/healthy start coalition, inc. Employee handbook, february 2011, pages 7-8.”

“All governing documents for the organization are made available to the public upon request.”

“Schedule m, line 25 - organization received non cash contributions for occupancy, professional fees, and professional assistance to those the organization serves. Fair market value was used to account fo all non cash contributions.”

“Line 2a - the organization "leases employees", therefore the organization the organization did not issue forms w-2 or w-3 directly.”