Utah Community Action Partnership Association

“The organization's members include eligible entities directly receiving community service block grant funding under the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981, title vi in october 1993. In addition, nonprofit organizations, businesses, governmental units, and individuals may become members by paying annual dues to the organization.”

“The executive director (or designee) of each member community action program (eligible entities directly receiving community service block grant funding under the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1981 title vi in october 1993)shall serve on the board of directors as an ex-officio voting member. The board may elect up to 6 additional board members.”

“The organizations form 990 was prepared by the organizations cpa in consultation with the organizations executive director. The form 990 was reviewed for accuracy and reasonability by the organizations executive director and treasurer. A complete copy of the form 990 was provided to the organizations board of directors before it was filed.”

“The organization provides a copy of its conflict of interest policy to all board members and management during onboarding. In addition, a copy is provided annually. All board members and management are required to review the policy and sign a disclosure statement, which acknowledges and understanding of the policy and discloses any potential conflicts of interest they are aware of. All potential conflicts of interest are reviewed by the executive committee to determine the appropriate action to be taken to eliminate or mitigate risks posed by the conflict. The organization requires that board members with conflict of interest be recused from the deliberation and voting related to a transaction or action in which they may have conflict.”

“At the time or hire and on an annual basis following, a committee of the board of directors establishes executive directors compensation. The organization requires that no member of the committee have a conflict of interest related to the compensation arrangement. The committee uses salary surveys, publicly available 990s, and other information for similar positions and similar organizations within the region to establish a reasonable level of compensation based on the executive directors performance. The committee contemporaneously documents its discussions and decisions in committee minutes and in the annual budget and are communicated to the executive director via a formal letter.”

“The organizations governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request to the organizations office. In addition, the organizations 990 for several prior years are available on the organizations website and through many publicly available services. The organizations reviewed financial statements are available through the organizations website. Articles of incorporation are available through the utah division of corporations.”

“Earn it, keep it, save it the organization leads a statewide coalition of partners from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in the earn it, keep it, save it program. This program aims to strengthen family financial stability through earned income tax credit outreach, free tax preparation, and asset formation programs. In spite of logistical challenges that closed many volunteer income tax assistance (vita) sites, the coalition helped over 14,659 low and moderate income families file state and federal income taxes for free. Of those returns, at least 3,481 households accessed more than 5,934,447.00 in eitc credits.”

“Training & technical assistance the organization works in partnership with utahs state community services office to provide training, support, and technical assistance on the community services block grant to the nine community action agencies in utah. During fy20, cap utah held a virtual conference that had 567 unduplicated attendees participate in 1,932 hours of training. The agency also supported 8 local agency databases used for csbg annual reporting. Staff also provided tools and data for a statewide rental assistance program that distributed 14 million dollars of assistance to 5,869 unique households from april to december 2020. Staff also provided 20 scholarships for fiscal management training which was needed as agencies saw large increases of cares act resources come to their agencies. The organization also participated in us department of health and human services human capacity and community transformation (httc) initiative through the regional performance and innovation consortium (region 8 rpic). Through this process, the agency was able to identify characteristics and initiatives from two community action agencies in utah that move families from poverty.”

“Advocacy & policy research the organization works to keep the struggles of those in poverty throughout the state in the mind of legislators when they are considering laws and budget changes that could affect this vulnerable population. This is done by educating lawmakers, keeping them current with poverty trends, and working with them to find solutions to reduce poverty in utah. During fy20, cap utah gathered and analyzed data from community action agencies to inform state and federal officials about needs related to housing, food, and other emergency services. The organization partnered with other advocacy groups to explain moratorium on evictions and the needs of community action agencies which experienced up to 650% growth in some programs.”