Wahupa Educational Enterprises Inc.

“Each board member will review the return for content and accuracy.”

“The agency has followed a process of annually reviewing the conflict of interest policy and its practical implications as part of an annual retraining in the employee manual and federal regulations for each grant project's staff, either at staff meetings or at training retreats. Until 2009 all employees were asked orally whether they had developed any interests outside the agency and were unsure as to whether they might raise a possibility of a conflict of interest, and asked to disclose and discuss any such interests with their immediate supervisors. The board of directors discussed the issue periodically each year with a focus on the kinds of conflicts that most often could arise for board members, but also with respect to the procedures followed by staff supervisors in watching for signs of conflict of interest among project directors or staff workers. In 2009, in order to have better documentation of this monitoring process, the members of the board and the chief management officer filled out written declarations, including but not limited to the specific conflict of interest situations that were listed in the revised policy. The board also decided that the written declaration would be required of project directors of the individual grant projects starting in 2010. The conflict of interest policy in the employment manual was supplemented with a requirement (as a condition of employment) that all full-time, professional staff must disclose to their immediate supervisors their plans to enter into any employment or contract for their services outside wahupa prior to entering into any such agreements. However, as noted above, the agency now requires an actual written declaration annually of all primary supervisory personnel and of the board members so that an annual written disclosure is documented.”

“For the most recent hiring of the director of trio programs (the top management official) the management consulted with independent university administrators, non-profit administrators, and an external evaluator who did extensive training and external evaluations for trio outreach programs. Management also found individual directors of trio programs and other outreach programs who were willing to disclose salary levels both for project directors of individual trio grant programs and directors with responsibility for several grant programs, as is the case with our director of trio programs. The results indicated that the compensation for the director of trio programs is extremely low, as compared with non-profits, but especially compared with trio directors who work for community colleges and universities.”

“For the most recent hiring of key employees the management consulted with independent university administrators and non-profit administrators to conduct external evaluations for trio outreach programs. Management also found individual project directors of trio programs and other outreach programs who were willing to disclose salary levels both for project directors of individual trio grant programs and directors with responsibility for several grant programs. The results indicated that the compensation for the project director is extremely low, as compared with non-profits, but especially compared with project directors who work for community colleges and universities.”

“Documents are available on the california attorney general website: oag.ca.gov; and documents are made available upon request of an interested party.”

“Upward bound lincoln project - this project services adolescents from economically disadvantaged areas with an intensive tutoring and monitoring program for participants who wish to pursue a post-secondardy education. The participants start in the ninth or tenth grade and are monitored from the time they begin the program through the fifth year following graduation from high school. Participants attend weekend classes and a five to six week summer residential program at a university campus for which they receive high school credit. The project serves approximately 63 participants from the san diego county area. Educational talent search (city) project - this project targets high school students from economically disadvantaged areas who demonstrate the ability and desire to pursue a post-secondary education. Counseling and follow-up is offered to students who may otherwise believe such a goal is unattainable because of economic and social factors. The project serves approximately 386 participants in the san diego county area.”