Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation

“Management and the finance committee reviews a draft copy of the form 990 for accuracy and presents to the full board of directors for approval before filing.”

“A written conflict of interest policy is in place that requires each board member and officer to sign and disclose their interests annually.”

“Line 15a: human resources performs a salary comparison with like agencies for the position. The ceo has an "at will" contract that is reviewed and approved by the board annually, and can be terminated at anytime. Line 15b: human resources performs a salary comparison with like agencies for the position. Salaries are reviewed and approved by the ceo, cfo, cmo, coo, and the executive committee of the board of directors.”

“The governing documents are provided to funders, auditors, and the state of washington. All documents are made available upon request.”

“Volunteers worked closely with the development and fundraising department in the adminstration building. They assisted with the salesforce and databasse management, assisted with google ad words for the website, took photos and video for valley cities, helped find grant opportunities, and helped write grants. All board members are unpaid volunteers who assist in oversight of the organization through monthly meeting discussing financial results, policies, the mission, and other governance issues.”

“(continuation) employment services (es) program - research shows that people who have a mental illness who go to work have increased income, improved self-esteem, improved ability to manage symptoms, and increased quality of life. Valley cities is the largest supported employment program in king county. Valley cities does much more than look for jobs for those in the program. Valley cities helps clients with diagnosed disabilities learn the necessary job search skills to make them successful in their job search, such as how to write resumes, apply for a job, and interview. A focus of the program is to connect clients to jobs that are a good fit and benefit not only the new employee, but also the employer. Valley cities collaborates closely with these individuals to plan for potential challenges on the job and outside of work that could make long-term employment difficult. Valley cities supports the individual with job coaching, assistance with training and works with their integrated treatment team to ensure there are natural supports in place so that they can be successful in their employment for the long term. Valley cities works closely with employers in the community to ensure valley cities knows the details necessary to provide a good fitting candidate. In 2023 157 clients were served in this program. Once valley cities matches a client with an employer. The employment program currently has contracts with king county supported employment, amerigroup foundational community supports (fcs), and division of vocational rehabilitation (dvr). In 2023, we had referrals from 244 clients, we served 207 clients with 100 being new client enrollments. There were 7,173 (56%) that reported they were not employed altogether. Veteran services - throughout 2023 and despite continuing restrictions of covid19, the valley cities veterans team continued to provide behavioral health, pathfinder, and navigation services for veterans and family members under funding provided by the king county veteran, seniors, and human services levy. Behavioral health services were provided to 25 clients under a contract with the washington department of veterans affairs. Both the pathfinder for veterans of color and the housing navigator programs served 127 clients. Cohen veterans network - in 2023, the cohen clinic provided approximately 11,233 services to 1,204 veterans, active-duty service members and their families with outpatient behavioral healthcare. While the clinic was not fully staffed for the entire year, there are currently 30.25 fte budgeted positions. Over 90% of valley cities clients would refer their friends and family to the clinic for care. Almost 60% of clients with anxiety, 85% with ptsd, and 53% with depression experience overall improvement in symptoms at the end of their treatment. Primary funding sources included: cvn grant, boeing grant, bob woodruff foundation, pierce county contract, tricare, triwest and other commercial insurances. Since opening in 2019, the clinic has served nearly 6,000 members of our military community with approximately 55,000 hours of clinical care.”