The Children'S Clinic Serving Children and Their Families

“Process to review the form 990: the form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. The ceo & cfo review the 990 in detail. In addition, the finance committee members review the 990 in a group and ask any questions that need clarified before the final processing. A final draft of the 990 is then provided to all the board members prior to filing.”

“Monitoring compliance with conflict of interest policy: members of the board avoid any matters that could create a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict of interest. The board reviews any conflicts of interest identified. If an interest is identified, the board member shall abstain from any vote that could materially benefit or create gain for himself or any family member. No board member may be an employee of the clinic, or immediate family member of an employee.”

“Compensation review: the compensation committee, appointed by the board of directors, reviews and makes recommendations related to the ceo's compensation based on comparable salaries among community clinic association of los angeles county (ccalac) members. The review process and decisions of the compensation committee and board of directors are documented within the minutes of the meeting where the reviews are conducted. Reviews occur annually.”

“Document disclosure: if a written request is made for such information, it is reviewed for appropriateness and disseminated accordingly.”

“Board member stipends: the following board members received stipends for attendance at board meetings through the year: martha herrera, phansy peang, catalina cruz, evangelina ramirez, d'ette cummings, and mynor aguirre. The stipends were below reporting thresholds, and no 1099's were issued to the recipients.”

“Organization's exempt purpose achievements: tcc's multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, behavioral health professionals, health educators and administrative leaders provide comprehensive preventive, acute and chronic health care for all ages; care coordination; chronic disease management for diabetes, depression, obesity and asthma; behavioral health screenings; family planning; pre-natal; health education and outreach; walk-in immunizations; legal services, laboratory testing; dispensary; eligibility screening; translation services; and referrals to community resources. For over 75 years, tcc has been providing the right care at the right time and in the right way. Tcc is committed to providing high quality health care services for the children and families we serve. This includes behavioral health services, which are an integral component of comprehensive quality care in tcc's patient centered medical home setting. Our team of behavioral health specialists includes licensed clinical social workers, master's level social workers and interns who receive ongoing training on evidence-based practices to ensure that we provide the best treatment and quality of care. Our newest programs include the everychild bright beginnings initiative which serves pregnant women, new moms and families with children 0-4 years of age by providing a range of mental health and community resources to promote resilience and ameliorate the impact of trauma and toxic stress. As the community's leading safety net provider, our wide range of partnerships with mental health and domestic violence service providers supports greater collaboration to better address the behavioral health needs of the community we serve, including the chronically homeless, veterans and their families. Tcc's premier health education and outreach team (heo) is made up of masters in public health individuals, chronic disease educators, community health workers and americorps interns, who partner with our community to provide the most culturally and linguistically appropriate health education and promotion on the topics that are most relevant to our patients and our community. Tcc's health educators work directly with patients and families and help them make healthy lifestyle changes. Team members are located at all nine of our clinic sites, while also working in the community and in some cases, visiting our patients in their homes. Heo provides a multitude of programs that complement and enrich the high quality health care services tcc provides. Classes include chronic disease management classes and healthy cooking and lifestyle classes. In addition, heo supports the implementation of the aca at the local level through eleven full-time and two part-time employees engaged in outreach and enrollment activities. Heo staff and our enrollment specialists have completed all state and federal required consumer assistance training to support health coverage enrollment.”

“Reconciliation of net assets: $ 20,370 change in beneficial interest in trusts 149,130 change in beneficial interest in assets held by mmcf -------- $169,500 total”