Arizona Council of Human Service Providers

“A copy of the Forms 990 is sent to all the members of the Board of Directors for review prior to filing the return with the IRS.”

“Every member of the Board of Directors, Officiers of the organization and employees shall annually sign a statement which affirms each person has recieved a copy of the conflict of interest policy , has read and understood the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy and understands the organization is tax exempt and in order to maintain it's federal tax exemption status must engage in activities which accomplish one or more of it's tax exempt purposes.”

“Compensation for the CEO is determinded by the Board of Directors after completion of an annual review and comparisons of compensation information from surveys conducted by National Organization of State Associations for Children and other organizations such as the National Council for Behavioral Health.”

“All requested information is available by calling the agency's office.”

“Compensation for staff is determined by the CEO after annual reviews and comparison to industry standards are reviewed.”

“Accomplishments FY 2019 - 2020 Advocacy Efforts”

“Arizona Council staff monitored over 600 bills during the 2020 legislative session related to behavoral health , child welfare, juvenile justice, whole person health care and other related topics. We insured passage of key pieces of behavoral health and child welfare legislation, while preventing other policies that were deemed harmful to children, adults and families, thus adding the voice of the providers to the legislative process. Our engagement was sought after and appreciated by legislators and staff who asked for our assistance in finding members for for stakeholder feedback groups. We provided weekly legislative updates to our members and supported our members in building relationships with their state and federal elected officals through our annual Day at the Capital and Hill Day events. The Council staff were the state captains for the National Council Hill Day in Washington, DC and coordinated congressional visits with all of our federal representatives for participants. Our legislative, congressional and administrative advocacy efforts established the Council as a credible resource to elected officials, legislative staff, the governors office and state agencies. We are seen as a problem solving resource for policy makers.”

“Member Services-The Council is only as strong as our member organizations. Our 106 members employ over 30,000 staff, operate over 700 facilities and serve over a million children, adults and families. Member organizations receive many benefits of membership including regular communication and technical assistance from the Council Staff. Through monthly general membership and committee meetings with our members, we were able to communicate, learn from and support each other. Quarterly forums with state agency representatives were held in September, December, March and June. Community forum topics included presentations on innovative behavioral health, substance use, integrated whole person health care, child welfare programs, updates from Health Current on the Health Information Exchange implementation, advocacy skills, and the Value Base Purchasing. Monthly updates are provided to member agencies via email. We also hold monthly meeting with staff from AHCCCS and had regular participation of DCS staff in the Child Welfare committe. We completed our 9th biannual Salary/Benefit Survey. We have begun planning for the 2020 Member Conference, Challenge, Opportunity, and Change to be held December 2nd and 3rd, 2020. This will be a 100% virtual event due to COVID-19.”

“Specific Iniatives - AHCCCS Complete Care implementation, AHCCCS Policy Committee, Arizona Coalition for Insurance Parity, Arizona State Health Improvement Plan, Behavioral Health System Reform, Center for Child Well Being Advisory Board, Collective Impact Project on Child Welfare, Day at the Capitol and Hill Day Advocacy Efforts, DCS Community Advisory Board, DCS Report Consolidatin Work Group, Family First Prevention Services Act implementation, Housing and treatment continuum for those with SMI diagnoses, Initiation of AZ Neurosequential Model Consortium, Salary/Benefit Survey (biannual) and Workforce Development Data Collection Workgroup.”

“COVID -19 Support - The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges and opportunities for Arizona Council members and has motivated us to become agents of change. Communication has been essential throughout this pandemic and therefore we continue to provide regular updates and resources to our members, including biweekly behavioral health update calls with AHCCCS staff. Members have access to resources and advocacy from our national partners. Legislative advocacy efforts included securing retention funding to support ongoing capacity in our system of care. We quickly moved to all virtual meetings with our members and we facilitate weekly child welfare and respite workgroups to address specific concerns. AHCCCS and DCS continues to seek our input on a number of issues, which are partnerships that we greatly value. We have conducted many member surveys and use this data to effectively advocate for expansion of tele-services. We continue to work with state agencies to advocate to safely resume a full continuum of services.”