Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Go to www.irs.gov/Form990 for the latest information.
| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Pt VI, Line 11b | A copy of the Forms 990 is sent to all the members of the Board of Directors for review prior to filing the return with the IRS. |
| Pt VI, Line 12c | Every member of the Board of Directors, Officiers of the organization and employees shall annually sign a statement which affirms each person has recieved a copy of the conflict of interest policy , has read and understood the policy, has agreed to comply with the policy and understands the organization is tax exempt and in order to maintain it's federal tax exemption status must engage in activities which accomplish on or more of it's tax exempt purposes. |
| Pt VI, Line 15a | Compensation for the CEO is determinded by the Board of Directors after completion of an annual review and comparisons of compensation information from surveys conducted by National Organization of State Associations for Children and other organizations such as the National Council for Behavioral Health. |
| Pt VI, Line 19 | All requested information is available by calling the agency's office. |
| Pt VI, Line 15b | Compensation for staff is determined by the CEO after annual reviews and comparison to industry standards are reviewed. |
| Pt III, Line 2 | Accomplishments FY 2020-2021 Advocacy Efforts |
| Pt VI, Line 5 | Arizona Council staff monitored over 800 bills introduced during the 2021 legislative session related to behavioral health, child welfare legislation, juvenile justice and other related topics while preventing other policy solutions from moving forward. Arizona Council staff, lobbyists and members were actively engaged in a large virtual legislative session providing testimoney and working on study committees and stakeholder meetings, adding the voice of the providers to the legislative process. Our engagement was sought after and appreciated by legislators and staff who asked for out assistance in finding members for stakeholders gropus and drafting or amending legislation. Several important bills that passed the legislature were Arizona Council priorities including:SB1089 Behavioral Health Professionals, Unauthorized Practice, SB1090 Outpatient Treatment Centers, Behavioral Health, SB1096 Appropriations; AHCCCS, CHIP, SB1250 Overdose; Disease Prevention; Programs, SB1388 Behavioral Health Facilities, Respite, Exemptions, HB2123 Schools, Suspensions and Expulsions, HB2439 Missing Children, Reportiong Requirements, HB2454 TElehealth, Health Care Providers, Requirements, HB2621 Prior Authorization; Uniform Request Forms. We provided weekly legislative updates to our members, created "action alerts" in support or oppisition to legislation and communicated regularly with elected officials and staff. We supported our members by providing training to help them build relationships with their state and federal elected officials through our state "Day of Action". Our legislative, congressional and administrative advocacy efforts established the Arizona Council as a credible resource to elect officials, legislative staff, the governors office and state agencies. We are seen as a problem solving resoource for policy makers. |
| Pt III, Line 2 | Member Services-The Arizona Council is only as strong as our member organizations. Our 106 members employ over 30,000 staff, operate over 700 facilities and serve over a million children, adults and families annually. Member organizations receive many benefits of membership including regular communication and technical assistance from the Arizona Council Staff. Through monthly general membership and committee meetings with our members, we were able to communicate, learn from and support each other. Quarterly forums with state agency representatives were held in September, December, March and June. Community forum topics included presentations on the CARES Act, regular updates on the Health Information Exchange (HIE), Telehealth, Accrediation, Child Trafficking, Censusm, as well as COVID Updates from DHS and AHCCCS. Monthly updates are provided to member agencies vias email. We also held monthly meetings with staff from AHCCCS and had refular participation of DCS staff in the Child Welfare committee. Salary Survey: We distributed our 9th biannual Salary/Venefit Survey, which surveyed over 50 behavioral health and child welfare positions. We will work on the 10th Salary/Benefit survey during the fall 2021 for distribution in winter 2022. Member Conference: We held our very first virtuasl Member Conference; Challenge, Opportunity, Change on December 2nd and 3rd of 2020. We had 209 people registered to attend and our attendance numbers remained high throughout the entire event. CEU's were available for nearly every session and recordings from the conference sessions were available online for attendees to view for 90 days post-conference. Overall feedback from the conference was very positive and we had wonderful sponsors that made the event a smashing success! Logo and Website Redesign: Arizona Council staff and board worked thoughout the year to update our logo and website. The new logo was launched in May 2021 and the website will be live early fall 2021. The redesigned website will serve as a vital communication platform between the Council and our members. We look forward to getting member feedback on this. FFPSA Transition: Arizona Council staff worked closely with DCS staff since passage of the Family First Prevention Services Act in February 2018. We hosted a series of educational and feedback webinars over the summer and fall of 2020 to collaborate with DCS and the provider community on resesign and implementation of parent skills training interventions using Family Connections and Nurturing Parenting Program as evidence based programs. Council staff served as an intermediary with questions for DCS during the procurement process and hosted an information and feedback session related to program transition. Thriving Families, Safer Children (TFSC): TFSC is a tecnical assistance project with the Children's Bureau, Casey Programs, and Prevent Child Abuse America supporting ways to address disproportionality of families of color involved with the child welfare system with prevention efforts. Arizona Council staff and members are a partner with a number of other organizations throughout the state working on this project. COVID-19 Advocacy and Support: The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges and opportunities for Arizona Council members and motivated us to become agents of change. Communication has been essential throughout this pandemic and therefore we continue to provide regular updates and resources to our members, including hosting monthly behavioral health update calls with AHCCCS staff. Members also had access to resources and advocacy from our national partners. We quickly moved to all virtual meetings with our members in March of 2020 and continued that through the 2020-2021 fiscal year and this change will remain in place indefinitely. We initally facilitated weekly, and then monthly, child welfare and respite workgroups to address specific concerns and now we are meeting bi-monthly for child welfare and as needed for respite. We also continue to meet regularly with AHCCCS and have been involved in providing recommendations and ideas regarding the 1115 and H2O waivers, as well as the ARPA state plan and many of the AMPM changes. We will continue to engage AHCCCS on issues like workforce shortages and comprehensive rate analysis for behavioral health services. AHCCCS, DHS, DES and DCS continue to seek our input on a number of issues, which are partnershis that we greatly value. We conducted multiple member serveys and used this data to effectively advocate for expansion of tele-services. We continue to work with state agencies advocate to safely resume and fund a full continuum of services as well as to address the workforce shortages that everyone is facing. |
| Pt III, Line 2 | Specific Iniatives: AHCCCS Policy Committee. AHCCCS/DHS COVID-19 Task Force. Arizona State Health Improvement Plan. Basic Needs Coalition. Center for Child Well Being Advisory Board. Collective Impact Project on Child Welfare. Cover Kids. Cover AZ Steering Committee. DCS Community Advisory Board. DCS REport Consolidation Work Group. Family First Prevention Services Act Implementation. National Council and NOSAC. Salary/Benefit Survey (biannual). Workforce Development Data Collection Workgroup. |
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