Casa De Amparo

“As a committee of the board, the executive committee shall have the responsibility of general supervision, management, strategic planning and control of the business of the corporation and over its officers and executive director. All decisions of the executive committee shall be reported to the board at the next regular meeting. The executive committee shall also be responsible for discharging any tasks assigned by the board of directors. There are two members of the board who are non-voting members. In total, there are fifteen voting members and two non-voting members.”

“Board members sharon stein and jerry stein have a family relationship.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm and is reviewed by the audit committee and accounting firm staff in a scheduled meeting. The form 990 is then provided to the full board of directors for their approval. The audit committee presents the form 990 and it is reviewed with the entire board.”

“Each january, all board members read and sign the conflict of interest disclosure form at the regular board meeting. The board reviews the conflict of interest policy as the education topic for january. Each director or officer of casa has a duty to disclose to the board (and to any applicable committee of the board) the material facts of any proposed transaction or action by casa in which such director has any conflicts. The disclosure required under #1 (above) must be made, to the extent possible, prior to any consideration of such proposed transaction or action by the board or by any applicable committee of the board. If a director or officer does not recognize the existence of a conflict prior to the board's decision regarding the transaction, the board member has a duty to disclose the material facts of the conflict as soon as the conflict is recognized. The director or officer having a conflict shall not participate in the deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration and shall retire from the room during deliberations except to the extent he or she has been invited by the board or committee to participate, after consideration of the significance to casa of the disclosed conflict. The board or committee may also request that he or she provide casa with any relevant information known to the director regarding the matter. Any proposed transaction or action in which the board has determined that a director or officer has a conflict of interest must be approved by at least 2/3rd's of the directors entitled to vote other than the interested director(s) at a scheduled meeting. When there is any doubt as to whether a conflict exists, the matter shall be resolved by action of the board, not including the participation of the individual whose potential conflict is at issue. All directors and officers are obligated to notify the board if they believe an individual director or officer has failed to proffer disclosure of a conflict they believe to be at hand, and the aforementioned procedure (resolution by action of the board, not including the participation of the individual whose potential conflict is at issue) shall be employed by the board in all such instances. The decision and vote of the board regarding any conflict shall be fully recorded in the minutes.”

“Compensation for employees, including the executive director, shall be considered in a fair and informed manner, taking into consideration the external economic climate and the financial condition of the organization. Risk to the short and long term financial health of the organization is the overriding consideration. Board members are not compensated. The procedure for determining the executive director's compensation requires the full board to consider compensation on an annual basis, typically initiating the process in december and implementing in january/february of the following year.”

“The organization's financial statements are available on the organization's website. All other governing documents are available upon request.”

“In 2019, casa de amparo continued its campaign to raise funds to expand the casa kids campus in san marcos to include a teen wellness center (twc) for foster youth. The twc will be licensed by california community care licensing as a community treatment facility, which is a secure short-term residential treatment program. This center will be the first of its kind in san diego county and only the third in california. The twc will serve san diego adolescent foster youth who are in need of a higher level of mental health, and emotional and behavioral care. The center will accommodate approximately 100 additional kids per year, providing over 4,000 additional bed nights annually. The twc will play a vital role in the treatment and prevention services provided to children and families affected by complex trauma that would otherwise likely be placed out of state. The organization plans to break ground on the twc in april of 2020.”