Compass Family Services

“A draft of form 990 is provided to the entire board and reviewed by the finance committee in greater detail prior to being submitted to the irs.”

“The policy applies to directors, officers and employees (insiders) and requires insiders to disclose conflicts as they arise. At the beginning of each fiscal year, all directors and officers are required to complete an annual disclosure questionnaire. In the event of a conflict, or the appearance of a conflict, the matter is handled in accordance with compass' conflict of interest policy. The policy is redistributed each june and every board member is required to sign it annually. The conflict of interest policy covers all board members and all employees. Items covered include financial interests, inside information, gifts and favors, and direct reporting relationships with family members. Any conflicts for the board should be reported to the board chair. Action for conflicts varies from simple disclosure to directed action. Where a potential conflict of interest exists, it shall be the responsibility of the person involved or any other person with knowledge to notify the board of trustees of the circumstances resulting in the potential conflict so that the board members can provide such guidance and take such action as it shall deem appropriate. No trustee who directly or indirectly is involved in a potential conflict is considered, nor shall the trustee vote on any action of the board regarding that potential conflict.”

“The executive director and finance director salaries are determined by the executive committee. There were no increases during the year other than across the board. Compass has a written compensation review policy. The primary source for comparable data is the northern california nonprofits compensation and benefits survey.”

“Governance documents, including the conflict of interest policy, are available upon request. The audited and interim finanical statements are available on the compass family services webite and upon request.”

“Compass family services provides a broad continuum of services that help homeless and at-risk families to find and maintain stable housing and build strong, healthy families. - 5,200 families called our hotline. - we served more than 3,400 parents and children throughout the year and prevented 77 from becoming homeless. - 747 families received drop-in goods, including hygiene items, diapers and transportation assistance. - working hand-in hand with our client families, case managers provided 21,347 counseling, education / employment, and goal-setting sessions. - 675 families required intensive case management services - this includes crisis intervention and immediate mental health counseling. - mental health services include crisis counseling, therapeutic shadowing in childcare programs, support groups, and psychotherapy for individuals, couples and children. - 2,816 mental health sessions were provided to parents and children. - 143 families were provided temporary or transitional shelter. - 548 families were placed into long-term housing. - 98% of families who were previously housed remained stable up to 12 months after exiting compass services. - we provided 210,000 hours of high quality, enriched childcare in programs specially tailored to meet the needs of children living extreme poverty or homelessness. - volunteers contributed 7,040 hours of their time.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”