Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance

“As part of its program activities, metro dallas homeless alliance ("mdha") is a membership organization whose membership is composed of individuals and organizations which are concerned about the homeless issue in dallas and collin counties.mdha members include:non-profit organizationshomeless citizensunits of governmentfaith-based organizationsbusinessesindividualsthe members form the continuum of care assembly that guide policies and procedures for continuum of care assistance and provides an annual review of mdha in its role as collaborative applicant of the continuum of care consolidated application and as the hmis administrator. The chair and vice chair of the coc assembly serve on the mdha board of directors. The mdha board of directors are elected from nominations made by the governance and nominating committee.”

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“Outside tax advisors work with the cfo to prepare the form 990, which is reviewed by the ceo. The form 990 is also provided to all members of the board of directors.”

“The organization's conflict of interest policy is included in both the by-laws and the separate code of conduct and ethics. Board members and staff are requested periodically to acknowledge in writing having received, read and understood the code of conduct and ethics, as well as to fill out and submit a disclosure questionnaire disclosing any conflicts.”

“The executive committee of the board determines the compensation for the president/ceo. Annually, the committee consults salary surveys and other sources of information relating to the compensation of chief executives of comparable organizations. The committee also conducts a review of the ceo's performance. Both the comparable compensation information and the performance review are taken into consideration in determining the president/ceo's compensation. The compensation of key employees is determined by the president/ceo, in conjunction with the organization's human resources professional, based on salary surveys and other research on compensation for comparable positions and organizations, as well as performance reviews. The president/ceo reports these compensation levels to the executive committee of the board, and they are approved as part of the annual budget process.”

“The executive committee of the board determines the compensation for the president/ceo. Annually, the committee consults salary surveys and other sources of information relating to the compensation of chief executives of comparable organizations. The committee also conducts a review of the ceo's performance. Both the comparable compensation information and the performance review are taken into consideration in determining the president/ceo's compensation. The compensation of key employees is determined by the president/ceo, in conjunction with the organization's human resources professional, based on salary surveys and other research on compensation for comparable positions and organizations, as well as performance reviews. The president/ceo reports these compensation levels to the executive committee of the board, and they are approved as part of the annual budget process.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available t0 the public upon request. Copies of the organization's form 990 are also available upon request, as well as through outside websites such as guidestar.org.”

“Mdha developed the flexible assistance fund that provides small and impactful emergency assistance for homeless clients referred by homeless service provider agency staff. Eligible assistance include items such as critical document fees, apartment application and deposit fees, bus passes and transportation costs.mdha also began coordinated assessments system services of documentation of priority status which centralizes the prioritization of homeless persons for subsidized housing based on length of stay in homelessness and severity of services needs to develop a housing priority list.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, 16bmdha pebbles, llc is a disregarded entity with respect to metro dallas homeless alliance ("mdha"). Mdha pebbles, llc has not specifically adopted a conflict of interest, whistleblower, or document retention and destruction policy. However, since mdha is the sole member of mdha pebbles,llc and the two entities share common officers, policies of mdha are considered to be effective for mdha pebbles, llc.”