Joining Hands Visitation

“| Employee:, Relationship:, Employee:| Ophelia Nowells, Family Relationship, Tara L Bethea| Ophelia Nowells, Family Relationship, Nikita A Nowells|”

“The is no commitee with authority to act on bg ehalf of the governing body. Governing body makes all decisions with board approval. Everything is voted on and documented in writing and all boards must sign off. Because of Covid-19 board meeting were on hiatus as it was difficult to get everyone together or contact everyone due their personal situations via phone, text, email, text, or Zoom. It was incrediably challenging to say the least however effort was made to include each board officers”

“All 990 filings to date are kept in a specific binder in the Executive Director's office as are digital copies maintained on a secure hard drive and either version is available on request for upload or print out..”

“All board officers must sign and have on file a conflict of interest statement - there are no exceptions.”

“| Name of the Person:, The process used to establish compensation of the person who served in:|, The year in which this process was last undertaken:| More than one, Board approves the compensation for the executive director., 2019| Ophelia S nowells, As executive director of the agency, she with the assistance of the team leads (Currently - Benjamin Parks & Nikita Nowells) review each employee's overall performance and required training over the previous year. Raises are performance based and if the individual meets all the metrics and qualifications any increase in wage is determined by the stability of revenue and funding of the agency. If the agency can sustain an increase, the wage is increased if warranted. Individual must also perform a self evaluation and submit to HR. PCV Team leads have input and may offer critique. Review is at initial 90 Days of employment and yearly thereafter unless neccessity deems otherwise in the case of personnel issues or serious job dereliction of duty., 2020|”

“Fax, email, postal service, and or in person at the agency. Individuals are encouraged to make an appointment as office staff are on the road and out of the office on a regular basis.”

“All documentation is available for viewing via in person, mail, fax, or email. Our website directs everyone to agency's address and contact information as well as to the IRS for contact as well.”

“The mission of Joining Hands Visitation (JHV) is to help reunite foster care children with their non-custodial parents and to provide support for their independence, building stronger family ties and better futures one child at a time. We focus on building a strong network with community organizations and social welfare agencies that empower foster care children and their families in becoming independent and self sufficient. JHV is a state contracted provider for supervised visitation and transportation in Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, Pacific counties and in the past year expanded to Pierce, Penisula, and Lower King Counties as well.”

“Due to Covid-19 and the complications of exposure, the agency adapted to virtual visitation with the use of online video capabilities so that visitation would remain uninterrupted for the children the agency provided supervised visitation for. Once risks declined we resorted to the original form of supervised visitation but currently we provide not only in person but virtual visits as well for those unable to attend in person visits.”