North Valley Caring Services

“The organizations treasurer is the sibling of the executive director.”

“990 is prepared by outside accountant. Following the completion of a draft form 990, the outside accountant met with the executive director to review the form 990 to assure that all representations and answers to issues, comments, and questions were accurate. The outside accountant then provided the form 990 to the organization's board of directors for review.”

“The organization requires that all directors, officers and key employees sign a statement each year which states that they have received, read, and understood the conflict of interest policy and have agreed to comply with such policy. Any potential conflict of interest must be presented to the board for corrective or disciplinary action.”

“The process for determining compensation of the organizations executive director is based on annual performance reviews with salary determination referenced against comparability data drawn from the salary survey published by the center for nonprofit management. The executive directors salary is approved by a vote of the bod.”

“The organizations governing documents and reviewed financial statements are available upon request.”

“The family literacy program achieves california family literacy performance indicators for up to 12 adults per year, and their 12 pre-school aged children (0-5 years). This is accomplished through 4 interworking program components: the early childhood education center, english as a 2nd language classes for parents, parent & child intergenerational literacy activities (pcila), and parenting education. The program outcomes were as follows: - adult esl classes had an attendance rate of 75%. - 67% of parents achieved a standard benchmark gain from pre- to post-test scores in the esl classes measured using casas (comprehensive adult students assessment system). - the parenting education component of the program had a 79% attendance rate for the required 10 hours each month. - families participating in parent-child interactive literacy activities (pcila) (10 hours per month), had a 72% attendance rate.”

“Supportive services - the breakfast program and food pantry help address the extreme poverty and homelessness pervasive in nvcs' community. During 2017, nvcs provided approximately 30,412 breakfast meals to 1,198 participants. The food pantry program provided 1,120,483 pounds of food to 6,498 participants. Nvcs also provided 6,261 showers to community members.”

“The afterschool youth program provides over 80 at-risk youth, aged 6-18, with an afterschool youth development program consisting of tutoring, sports and enrichment activities. In 2017, 13 students improved their grades by at least one grade level, in one academic subject, as verified by their report cards. 21 students improved their physical condition based on the california state fitness testing.”