Episcopal Community Services

“The preliminary 990 draft is prepared by the staff and outside tax preparer. The draft is reviewed by senior management staff and the Finance Committee. Any changes are incorporated into a final draft which is made available to the governing board for questions or comments before being filed.”

“All board members, directors, and officers are covered under the conflict of interest policy. The policy pertaining to the Board of Directors requires them to sign a conflict of interest form. If a conflict exists for related transactions, then that individual will not be included in any part of the decision making process.”

“A) Comparability compensation data for ECS compensation is furnished by an independent source, Center for Nonprofit Management, for all top management positions. Top management positions are compared against the independent data in comparative ratio format. B) Compensation is reviewed by the Human Resources Department and a designated board committee. C) Compensation for the CEO is reviewed and approved by the ECS Board of Directors. The CEO compensation review and analysis was documented and the process was completed in April 2024. D) Top management position compensation is reviewed by the Human Resources Department, CEO, and CFO. The review and analysis process was documented and the process was completed in April 2024.”

“The Organization makes its financial statements available to the public through its website. Organizational documents and the conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“Mr. Lenell Carter was the CFO through July 9, 2024.”

“Head Start and Early Head Start: Head Start promotes the school readiness of young children from low-income families through agencies in their local community. Head Start and Early Head Start programs supporting the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5. In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social, and other services. Head Start services are responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage. ECSS Head Start and Early Head Start programs provide early childhood development, healthy nutritious meals and education services to over 1,600 low-income preschool children and their families. Services are delivered in a variety of settings including 12 centers, and one community partner with South Bay Community Services and over 330 homes. ECS partners with the Juvenile Court and community schools to operate a Head Start program for children of pregnant and parenting teens while they pursue their education.Total program expenses were $23,795,944”

“Behavioral Health Services: 1. ECS Central East Regional Recovery Center (CERRC) provides intensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment to more than 1,031 clients including Transitional Age Youth (TAY) in the central region of San Diego. CERRC provides recovery residence (housing) assistance, on-site mental health services, case management, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) referrals, Naloxne distribution, transportation, medical referrals and vocational assistance. 2. ECS Accord empowers adults to stop driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. It is a fee-based, state licensed DUI treatment program providing drug and alcohol education and counseling services. Approximately 86% of the more than 5,935 clients served successfully completed the program. 3. ECS Para Las Familias empowers families with children ages 0-12 who are struggling with the adverse effects of trauma. A significant amount of the children are in foster care. The services provided to approximately 620 low income families (with children aged birth to five years) are bilingual and include behavioral health care screening, assessment, family therapy and school observation. ECS Para Las Familias also provides behavioral health services to children and families enrolled in Head Start programs in the South Bay. 4. ECS' Uptown Safe Haven empowers mentally ill homeless adults to transition to permanent housing. This is a "Harm Reduction" site where the philosophy is to first house and stabilize the resident and then work on an individualized plan to assist them in improving their mental and physical health, income and life skills. Approximately 36 adults are served in the program each year in the downtown area of San Diego, the area with the highest concentration of homeless people in San Diego County. In addition to being homeless, these adults have also been diagnosed with a mental illness and most have a substance use disorder. C-HRT Safe Haven services approximately 38 unhoused residents annually living with chronic substance use conditions and is a partnership between the County of San Diego, the City of San Diego, family health centers, and Episcopal Community Services. This is a "Harm Reduction" model where the philosophy is to first house and stabilize the client before addressing their substance use disorder and co-occurring mental illness.Total program expenses were $10,695,806”

“ECS Nutrition Services programs provides over 210,000 high quality, balanced meals and snacks annually to the children enrolled in ECS Head Start and Early Head Start programs and the adults served in the ECS Safe Haven programs.Total program expenses were $548,560”