Alternative Services - Oregon Inc

“The executive director and clinical director are married. Arthur Mack (Board President) and Robert Conner (Board Director) are business partners in NMC, Inc. There are no business transactions between NMC, Inc and Alternative Services - Oregon, Inc.”

“The organization outsources certain management functions to Community Living Concepts, Inc., and accounting and financial consulting functions to Financial One Accounting, Inc. Both organizations specialize in providing these services to a number of not for profit organizations that provide similiar services to the filing organization.”

“Community Living Concepts (see Schedule R) is the sole member of the filing organization.”

“Community Living Concepts, Inc. (Schedule R) is the sole member of the filing organization.”

“Certain executive decisions are subject to approval of the sole member (Community Living Concepts, Inc.)”

“The board of directors reviews an electronic copy of the Form 990 prior to filing. In addition, Financial One Accounting, Inc. will review and approve prior to filing.”

“Each director, officer, key employee, and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person: 1. Has received a copy of the conflict of interest policy 2. Has read and understands the policy 3. Has agreed to comply with the policy, and 4. Understands the organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. The interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but the after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if approporiate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After excercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the organization can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the organizations best interest, for its own benfit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement.”

“The executive director's and Scott Sleeman's compensation plan are reviewed and approved by the board of directors. All other compensation plans are approved by the executive director. Compensation plans are compared to similiar organizations and compensation surveys.”

“Documents are available to the public at the address listed on page #1 of Form 990.”

“There have been no changes made to the organization's oversight or selection process during the tax year.”

“After further investigation, the organization has determined that the organization's articles of incorporation reflect the name -OR. Therefore, we have updated the Form 990 to reflect the official name of the organization going forward.”