Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado

“The executive committee, when the board of directors is not in session, generally shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall be limited by the actions set forth in article xiii, section 13.2 of the organization's bylaws.”

“A copy of the form 990 is presented at a business committee (of the board members) meeting by the organization's tax preparation firm and approved by the board of directors before filing.”

“Written disclosure of representation is required to be submitted upon becoming a board member and verbal affirmation is required at each board meeting.”

“The executive committee reviews compensation of the ceo/executive director as compared to the surveys provided by the employers council & colorado nonprofit association and recommends reasonable conformity for organizations of similar size. Appropriate documentation of the review and approval process is kept in the organization's records.”

“All recent audited financial statements, tax returns and annual reports are available on the organization's website. Governing documents and the conflict of interest policy are available upon request.”

“Line 1f, statement of revenue, contributions during the year ended june 30, 2022, the organization received a large unrestricted bequest gift, totaling 1,463,824. This gift resulted in a significant increase in contribution revenue for the year ended june 30, 2022.”

“Florence crittenton services' mission is to educate, prepare, and empower teen mothers and their children. Using a trauma-responsive, two generation program model, teen families are supported through education, early childhood education, health and wellness, and economic and social asset building.”

“The early childhood education (ece) center has ten classrooms and serves up to 108 children and promotes physical, cognitive and social-emotional development for children beginning at six weeks old through pre-k. The center is open year-round to serve the children of teen moms. It provides children with nutritious, family-style meals cooked in our scratch kitchen; three age-appropriate playgrounds and daily early literacy activities integrated into teaching strategies' creative curriculum. Teachers receive in-house assessment and coaching from our in-house quality coach, using teachstone's classroom assessment scoring system mental health center of denver provides on-site classroom support for teachers around trauma-informed behavior management. The center has a robust family engagement program that includes parent-teacher conferences for teen parents to monitor their children's growth and progress and family activities in which teen parents and family members join the children in classroom activities and celebrations.during the covid-19 pandemic, the ece center continued offering both on-site and remote learning programming for children. Programming was temporarily modified during this time to comply with the center for disease control's safety guidelines for staff and children.”

“Student & family support program (sfsp) is a team of highly qualified family advocates and other professionals working year-round to provide culturally responsive, asset-based social-emotional education and support to teen parents, including on-site case management, weekly support groups, after-school and summer enrichment activities, family engagement programming, art therapy, career readiness support, and transition services and housing support for alumni. Denver health provides free, on-site medical care for both teen mothers and children in the campus health center.through partnerships with the denver children's advocacy center (dcac) and denver health, sfsp staff also provide on-site mental health counseling services to teen mothers. In collaboration with community partners, teen families can also access a range of other on-site services, including provision of diapers, wipes, car seats, and strollers; public transportation passes; cooking and nutrition classes; legal services; and housing assistance. In addition, the transitions advocate assists alumnae in developing holistic post-secondary plans and provides additional support once teen mothers leave the florence crittenton campus. During covid-19 pandemic, sfsp continued offering both on-site and virtual services for teen moms. Programming was temporarily modified during this time to comply with the center for disease control's safety guidelines for staff and families we serve.”

“Florence crittenton high school - academic program for teen moms is operated in partnership with denver public schools (dps). Dps hires all high school staff and is responsible for the academic programming for the school. The funding for this program is provided by dps, and is reported as in-kind contribution to florence crittenton services. In fy22, the in-kind contributions were 2,542,795, compared to in-kind contributions of 2,465,310 in fy21. The high school includes a medconnect certification program available for academic credit, and staff especially dedicated to helping teen moms prepare for college, vocational training or career development. The majority of the in-kind contributions from dps consists of donated services which have been eliminated from the form 990 per irs requirements (2,223,496 and 2,185,205 in fy22 and fy21, respectively.)”

“Line 2c: there has been no change in the current year.”