Houston Area Community Services Inc.

“Delegation of authority: the executive committee is composed of the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. The executive committee may have full power in emergencies and may act for the board during the interim periods between board meetings. The committee must act consistently with established board policies and/or direction. All executive committee action must be ratified and approved by a quorum of the full board of directors at the next regularly scheduled monthly meeting.”

“PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990: Initially Form 990 is reviewed by the CEO/President and CFO/Executive vice president, finance, and any pertinent questions and concerns are communicated to the tax preparer. Once the review by the CEO/President and CFO/Executive vice president, finance, is complete, the form is reviewed by the finance committee of the board and any questIons or concerns are addressed to the CFO/Executive vice president, finance and, if needed, to the tax preparer.”

“Process for monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: every board member, officer, employee, contractor, or agent of hacs is responsible for ensuring that his or her conduct is consistent with these standards of conduct, with hacs's policies and procedures. All board members, officers, employees, contractors or agents, as well as candidates for board membership, annually disclose any potential conflicts of interest. No board member, officer, employee, or agent shall participate in hacs's selection, award, or administration of any contract or grant when a real or apparent conflict of interest is involved.”

“PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES: The compensation of the chief executive officer is determined by the board of directors. The compensation committee conducts an annual compensation study of similar organizations and makes recommendations to the board for approval of management compensation. The board's review and approval are documented in the meeting minutes. The Compensation of the other officers and key employees is reviewed by the CEO or their direct supervisors based on their annual performance. Documentation of the reviews is kept in the human resources files.”

“Process to make documents available: all documents required to be available for public inspection, including, but not limited to, form 990, financial statements, conflict of interest policy and organizing documents are available upon request during normal business hours.”

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