Utah Afterschool Network

“The organization has members who are comprised of interested parties and partners of goodwill, including but not limited to state agencies and offices, community-based organizations, state-wide programs promoting youth development, parents, youth, school districts and schools, private for-profit providers, and business partners.”

“Directors are elected by the members at the annual meeting by a simple majority of members physically present at the annual meeting or by a simple majority of members who cast a vote electronically.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the organization's board of directors.”

“Each member of the board of directors completes and signs a conflict of interest disclosure each year.”

“Prior to voting on senior managements compensation, the board must determine how the proposed compensation package compares to compensation paid by similar organizations for similar services. Comparability data is appropriate if it provides the board with sufficient information to determine if the compensation arrangement, in its entirety, is reasonable when compared to what similar organizations pay. There are a number of ways to obtain comparability data: 1) uan may hire a compensation consultant, 2) the board of directors may purchase compensation comparability data from utah nonprofit association or from a human resource company, 3) the organization may use publicly available information on websites such as www.guidestar.org to determine what comparable afterschool networks are paying their employees.”

“Utah afterschool network makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Utah afterschool network (uan) is a statewide nonprofit organization that ensures utahs children have access to high-quality afterschool programs that keep them engaged, learning, and safe. We assist afterschool teams in building quality programs by mentoring program staff, facilitating professional learning opportunities, and collaboratively creating a model of best practices for programs statewide. We also support national and statewide advocacy initiatives that promote afterschool programs.”

“The utah afterschool network provided coaching, support, and training to 253 afterschool programs throughout the state of utah. Of 180 programs receiving observations and support from uan, 122 were rated as high quality. 91% of programs agreed that receiving support from uan helped increase their overall quality. 93% of programs agreed that utilizing uan's quality self-assessment tool helped to increase their overall quality. Uan staff provided 89 trainings to afterschool staff, delivered 184 resources to afterschool providers, and had 1,216 support touchpoints. Uan hosted our statewide afterschool professional development conference, jump start, for the first time in-person in two years with 621 afterschool program staff in attendance, impacting an estimated 25,000 youth from 217 afterschool programs. 100% of attendees reported learning new ideas to implement into their work in afterschool programs, and 95% of attendees reported increased knowledge of afterschool best practices. 574 afterschool program staff attended uan's virtual recharge conference, from 140 afterschool program sites.”