Northwest Montana Human Resources Inc DBA Community Action Parnership Nw Mt

“The agency utilizes its finance committee for an in depth review of its form 990. Fiscal staff present the form 990 and is available for questions from the finance committee. When the finance committee has approved the form 990, it is presented to the rest of the board of directors for their approval and is documented in the board minutes.”

“The agency annually has the directors review vendors and subcontractors used by the organzation to indicate if any director has a conflict of interest. If so, it is identified and documented. All directors re-sign a conflict of interest statement. Directors are reminded of the board policies regarding conflicts of interest.”

“The personnel committee of the board of directors is responsible for determing the compensation of the executive director. This committee utlitzes surveys of comparable salaries for executive directors in comparable organizations with approximately the same size of staff and spending in a location of similar size. The committee documents this information and their decision on the appropriate compensation to offer to the executive director. The full board then approves or disapproves their recommendation.”

“The agency provides copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements to anyone who requests them within 48 hours of the request. The agency also provides a copy of its form 990 on its website for anyone to read or download”

“Part viii line 10a the agency purchases and rehabilitates homes as part of its neighborhood stabilization program. The homes are sub-granted to the community land trust which then sells the homes and returns proceeds from the sales to the agency. Sales of inventory represents the amounts returned from the sales of homes transferred from the community land trust. The cost of goods sold represents the rehabilitation costs and homes purchased during the period. The timing of the return of funds from the sale of the homes may not coincide with the timing of the costs of purchase and rehabilitation. Sales proceeds returned 2014 1,693,060 2015 1,745,400 2016 1,095,023 2017 1,029,000 2018 516,500 cost of rehabiliation 2014 3,615,909 2015 741,771 2016 298,090 2017 1,027,548 2018 92,569 net subsidy to homebuyers 303,096”

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“Lieap (low income energy assistance program) provided energy assistance to 11,357 households in flathead, lake, lincoln and sanders counties, paying part of their winter heating bills. Energy share of montana is a partnership of concerned citizens, organizations and local utility companies committed to helping montana households overcome an energy emergency and move toward self-reliance. Energy share helps with emergency heating needs caused by situations beyond the households control and is used as a last resort for those ineligible for other programs or still in need after other resources are exhausted. The program is funded by utility companies, universal systems benefits charges and donations from concerned consumers. This program assisted 280 households with emergency heating and/or energy needs. Weatherization assisted 212 households to reduce the high cost of energy for low-income households. We install a combination of energy saving measures such as wall, attic and floor insulation, decreasing the amount of air infiltration from doors and windows and perform efficiency and safety checks on heating systems. Energy assistance programs assisted 130 households with emergency services to repair or replace heating systems, water heaters, or refrigerators that were not working properly or were energy inefficient. Both lieap and weatherization provided extensive client education to households receiving agency offered services. Information included: winter disconnect protections, energy conservation, home weatherization techniques, how to obtain rebates, discounts, and tax credits for energy efficiency improvements. Energy department employees participated in numerous activities in communities within all 4 of our service counties making people aware of energy programs that they may not otherwise be aware of and promoting energy conservation practices.”

“Emergency solutions grant (esg), offers emergency assistance through rapid re-housing and homeless prevention services to help those facing housing instability. The coc rapid re-housing program helps homeless households move as quickly as possible into permanent housing with long-term stability as the goal. Homeless prevention services are available to individuals at risk of homelessness. Permanent supportive housing program assists people who have a disability and are chronically homeless (12+ consecutive months or 4 episodes totaling 12 months in the past three years). It is modeled much like section 8, in which the program participant pays 1/3 of their monthly income for rent on a qualifying unit and the program covers the remaining balance. These programs provided assistance to 371 individuals. The courtyard apartments operated 32 units of low-income affordable housing. In 2018 the courtyard apartments underwent extensive rehabilitation utilizing the low income tax credit program. This allowed for essential upgrades to ensure the longstanding integrity of the units and to help with keeping rents affordable moving forward. Section 8 rental voucher program assisted 355 very low and low income households to obtain decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market. The program provided subsidies which enabled rents to be "affordable" based on 30% of their income. The self help rehab program (shr) assisted 6 households. This funding is a 523 technical assistance grant through usda-rural development's self-help rehab, which allows us to assist homeowners in repairing their existing home. This program combines the efforts of the homeowner, capnm staff, volunteers, and licensed contractors to meet home repair needs through the use of low-interest loans and grants. The northwest montana community land trust inventory in 2018 was 52 homes. Capnm is the sole owner of westgate apartments and teakettle vista i apartments in columbia falls. These are both rural development 515 apartment complexes set aside for the elderly and disabled populations.”

“State displaced homemaker provides services to individuals who had previously been providing unpaid services to family members in the home and were dependent on the income of another family member. Individually designed programs stressed self-image enhancement career assessment, on- the-job training and job search assistance. As of june 2018, the agency is no longer running this program. Tanf pathways program provides intensive case management focused on financial freedom, informed choice and eventual independence from public assistance programs. Individuals formulate goals and develop employability plans in partnership with their client advocates. This plan may include but not limited to; job search/ job readiness workshop and activities, financial education, matched savings program, computer and nutrition classes. Individuals may choose to pursue educational training such as hiset preparation, attendance at a vocational or post-secondary education program or pursue an advance degree such as an associate or bachelor degree. Pathways offers paid or unpaid and customized work experience training at a variety of host sites or businesses that prepares clients for employment. Supportive service assistance is available on an as needed basis for participation and employment related needs including, childcare assistance, transportation related expenses, clothing and tools needed for employment. Of the individuals enrolled in the above-mentioned program, 401 obtained skills/competencies required for employment, 4 completed post-secondary education and obtained a certificate or diploma, 161 obtained a job, 34 obtained child care so that they could work, seek work or go to school and 184 obtained access to reliable transportation and/or driver's license.”

“Financial skill building workshop is to provide support to help strengthen and improve an individuals and households financial knowledge and decision-making skills to achieve financial freedom. This is a great program for anyone looking to become more educated about personal financial management. Homebuyer education class allows individuals to learn all aspects of the home buying process including credit report and score, shopping for mortgage loan, budgeting to purchase, finding the right home and inspection process, loan process and being a homeowner. 336 individuals were enrolled in these programs. The renting wise workshop is to help renters get into and maintain decent and affordable housing. This is a great program for renters who are struggling to find housing due to blemishes in their past rental history. It is a great opportunity to become a more educated tenant. A number of additional services were offered within this department, including the provision of a variety of essential care kits for participants. 98 various kits were provided which included welcome home kits for homeless households as they move into stable housing and included cleaning supplies/kitchen goods/new sheets/emergency food kits, baby kits, hygiene kites, sleeping bags and emergency cold weather kits. Community services block grant (csbg) is the funding that links all agency programs and provided support for programs that are not self- sustaining on their own. The agency is part of the community action partnership network that receives this funding. Its efforts are focused on community partnerships that promote individual, family and community self- sufficiency. During the year, capnm made over 702 referrals to other non- profits/services in our four county service area. Volunteers contributed over 537 hours to the agency in 2018.”