Shared Services Alliance

“03. Appointment of board members (part vi, line 7a)greenville county first steps (gfs) has the authority to appoint one member of the organizations board of directors.”

“04. Form 990 governing body review (part vi, section b, line 11a)the organization provides a draft of the form 990 to the board chair, treasurer and executive director for review before filing the form 990. The form 990 is signed by the executive director.”

“05. Conflict of interests (part vi, section b, line 12 b)the board of directors reviews the conflicts of interest policy and determines compliance during program reviews.”

“06. Executive director compensation (part vi, section b, line 15 a)compensation of the executive director is decided by the board of directors. Pay increases to date have primarily been equal to increases in the executive directors required contributions towards health insurance.not included are health insurance premiums totaling $6000 funded by greenville first steps during the six months ending june 30, 2020.”

“07. Governing documents (part vi, section c, line 19)governing documents and financial documents are available from the irs, the sc secretary of state, or upon request to the executive director.”

“In addition to contributions and grants revenue recognized, the organization received, as fiscal agent for greenville first steps (gfs), $138,000 which was disbursed by the organization to 46 childcare providers, as directed by gfs, for training completion stipends; this amount is not recorded as revenue or related expenses by the organization.gfs provided office space to the organization at no charge, with a market value of $7,800 for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2021. In-kind rent revenues and expenses are not recorded by the organization.”

“Program service accomplishments across south carolina include the following:1.developed a comprehensive virtual training program for family home providers in the upstate 2.enhanced programmatic partnerships with sc first steps, greenville first steps, early learning ventures and various other partners 3.provided services to 330 childcare programs 4.implemented second child care resource and referral contract for enhancing business practice training for childcare providers 5.continued contract with sc program for infant toddler care and provided services to various centers 6.offered spanish translations for all digital resources7.expanded the number of counties served”