Central California Legal Services Inc

“The executive director and fiscal officer review a draft copy of the form 990, and go over any questions together. The fiscal officer forwards to the preparer any corrections or changes. The executive director then circulates by email the preparers corrected draft to the audit committee. If any member of the audit committee has questions, concerns or corrections, the executive director and the fiscal officer will resolve those with the preparer and re-circulate the corrected draft to the audit committee. When all questions are answered, final forms are printed, submitted to the organization for signature and filing, and distributed by email to all members of the board.”

“Ccls has implemented an annual conflict of interest check, requiring board members to complete a conflict of interest form, which is maintained with the board minutes for the first board meeting of each fiscal year.”

“The board of directors sets the executive directors compensation at the time of hiring, based on market conditions and qualifications, and compared to onejustices annual compensation survey of california legal services nonprofit organizations. Thereafter, the board reviews the executive directors compensation in conjunction with his or her annual performance evaluation, and again in light of the onejustice compensation survey. Through this process, the board ensures that compensation paid to the executive director is appropriate and consistent with similar positions at comparable organizations throughout california.”

“The organizations pay scales are established by collective bargaining; the board of directors ratifies the resulting collective bargaining agreement and must approve any changes to the cba. At time of hiring, the executive director sets key and other management employees compensation based on market conditions and qualifications, compared to onejustices compensation survey. The executive director reviews key and other management employees compensation at the time of their annual performance reviews, and makes adjustments taking into account economic factors in addition to performance, including the most recent onejustice compensation survey, as well as any changes to bargaining unit compensation rates. In this way, ccls ensures that the compensation paid to key and management employees is appropriate and consistent with similar positions at comparable organizations throughout california.”

“Governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request from the organization. Financial statements are available online and upon request.”

“The position of the Director of Fiscal Operations is outsourced to a professional services corporation. A member of the professional services firm supervises the fiscal department's activities under the supervision of the Organization's Executive Director.”