Casa of Hill County Texas

“The form 990 is prepared by a cpa who is experienced with non-profit organizations. A draft is sent to the board of directors for their review. Once all questions have been answered and any necessary changes have been made, the form 990 is e-filed. When the 990 has been accepted, a copy of the acceptance and final return are sent to the board.”

“All board members are required to annually sign a conflict of interest policy statement acknowledging receipt of the conflict of interest policy and that there are no conflicts. When a board member becomes aware that he or she will have a potential conflict of interest, he or she is required to notify the board of all material facts. Board members, excluding those involved with the potential conflict, will evaluate the circumstances and take proper action to resolve the issue.”

“The board of directors determines and approves the executive director's compensation by completing an annual performance review and using comparable salary information as provided by texas casa for other directors in texas.”

“Governing documents are available upon request.”

“Volunteers are essential to the on-going mission of casa of hill county texas(casahc). Casahc operates with 5 staff, 42 casa advocate volunteers and 10 volunteer board members. Casahc programs have a goal of having 100% of the children in care served by 100% volunteers. Advocate volunteers work with the children assigned to their case along with providing support at information sessions, speaking engagements, community events, and major fundraisers. Volunteer board members meet monthly to provide oversight and guidance to the organization in addition to providing support alongside the child advocates.”

“Psa 1 continued- casa volunteers are recruited using information sessions, newspaper ads, billboards, speaking engagements, and personal recruiting by existing volunteers. They come from all walks of life and must be over the age of 21, able to pass a texas dfps background check, national criminal background check, and be fingerprinted for the fbi database rap back program. Casa volunteers work with parents and children to first attempt to reunify children with their parents. This may require casa volunteers to solicit donations on behalf of the families, find support resources, and encourage the parents to continue to work to provide safe and stable housing for their children. When children cannot be reunited with their parents, casa volunteers seek out other adults that can be a positive role model and provide them a permanent and safe home. Because of the nature of the child protective system, casa volunteers are often the only consistent adult in the life of these children.”

“Fundraising revenues 24,565 fundraising expenses -24,565”