2016-08-29T15:09:49-07:00 2015-12-31 Leaf & Cole LLP 2810 Camino Del Rio South Suite 200 San Diego CA 921083820 990 2015-01-01 942358632 WALDEN ENVIRONMENT INC DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES WALD 6195845777 8525 GIBBS DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92123 TERESA STIVERS CEO 2016-08-29 true JULIE A FIRL P00085551 6192947200 X 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z X TERESA STIVERS 8525 GIBBS DRIVE SUITE 100 SAN DIEGO CA 92123 9982077 false false X WWW.WALDENFAMILY.ORG X 1976 CA Walden is a foster family and adoption agency which is engaged in the recruitment, certification, and training of foster and adoptive parents, and the placement of foster and adoptive children. 7 7 128 1 0 216481 203057 8351250 9778926 62 94 0 8567793 9982077 0 0 4125181 4270024 0 0 4401205 5102947 8526386 9372971 41407 609106 1669548 2585976 486279 793601 1183269 1792375 X Walden Environment dba Walden Family Services (Walden) was formed in 1976 as a nonprofit organization to provide advocacy, out of home placement, and treatment services for children unable to remain in their own homes due to abandonment, abuse, or neglect. Waldens goal is to help stabilize children, youth and families through community-based prevention and intervention services. Walden is a treatment-level foster family and adoption agency which is engaged in the recruitment, certification, and training of foster and adoptive parents, and the placement of foster and adoptive children. Waldens funding comes primarily from federal, state, and county welfare programs. Walden provided services to 473 unique foster care clients plus hundreds more children/youth/teens through our Adoptions, After Care, Cal Learn, AYA, Cal Learn, First 5 Nurturing Parenting programs, and Visitation Centers. false false 3887630 4456369 FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT-Therapeutic Foster Care:Therapeutic foster care provides an effective alternative to institutionalization and group home care that allows children to grow into healthy adult members of the community. The children in Waldens care have severe emotional and behavioral challenges as a result of past abuse, and require intensive services to help them heal and remain in a family environment. Many of the children have suffered the trauma of multiple foster families or group home placements before coming to Walden. Waldens specially trained foster families and support services enable children that otherwise would be in a group home to live with a family.Foster Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs:Waldens Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) program enables foster children and youth with medical needs to move out of skilled nursing facilities and hospitals into highly skilled and specially trained certified foster families. Families care for children with technology-dependent conditions, such as apnea monitors, nebulizers, oxygen, feeding tubes and other adaptive equipment. The program also serves infants who were drug-exposed, born premature or failing to thrive, as well as children with juvenile diabetes and life threatening medical conditions. Foster parents receive intensive training and support to care for childrens special health care needs.Foster Care for Children with Developmental Disabilities:Walden serves the needs of foster children and teens with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and other similar challenges. The goal of this program is to prevent institutionalization, prepare children and teens for maximum independence through participation in a full range of typical childhood experiences in family and community settings.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Program:This program provides education and advocacy services for LGBTQ foster youth, and training and support for child welfare providers, foster parents and birth families. The focus of this program is Walden Family Services actively recruits and educates members of the LGBT community about becoming certified foster and adoptive parents. 2584188 3073897 Transitional Housing Program + Foster Care (THP+FC):Walden was one of the first agencies in Southern California to offer THP+FC, a program that provides youth ages 18-21 with safe, affordable housing in a neighborhood of their choosing, comprehensive and individualized case management, life skills training, mentors, opportunities to make community connections, and goal-planning under AB12, the state law that enables youth to stay in foster care until age 21. Walden currently operates the program through our Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego offices. 766316 765914 San Bernardino County Visitation Center:Through a contract with San Bernardino County, Waldens visitation centers in San Bernardino and Victorville provide a place for birth families to have supervised visits with their children. Walden provides visitation coaches to each birth family in order to give them the tools they need to help decrease their childs length of stay in foster care. Walden provides over 800 hours of visits each month. 1451539 1437139 8689673 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false true 27 0 true 128 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X SUE GARCIA 6197275884 8525 GIBBS DRIVE SUITE 100 SAN DIEGO CA 92123 ARLENE LIEBERMAN CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARYANNE CARLIN Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LESLIE LEVINSON VICE CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JAYE CONNOLLY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER CHAVEZ Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RAJAH GAINEY Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LEE WILLS-IRVINE Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TERESA STIVERS CEO 18.00 22.00 X 44864 54833 6891 SUE EVANS COO 39.20 0.80 X 106445 2312 0 SUE GARCIA CFO 40.00 0.00 X 61754 0 7400 213063 57145 14291 1 false false false 0 203057 4040 203057 ADOPTION REVENUE 624110 595000 595000 Fees & Contracts Gov Agencies 624100 9138320 9138320 OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE 900099 45606 45606 9778926 94 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9982077 9778926 94 0 0 0 0 239804 101372 138432 0 3226658 3004798 221860 0 551453 458332 93121 252109 225875 26234 0 0 27560 60 27500 0 0 0 94110 94110 12859 11107 1752 75343 38147 37196 0 0 334152 301140 33012 146665 143220 3445 0 29049 22702 6347 0 0 22471 9609 12862 105412 98884 6528 FOSTER PARENT REIMBURSEMENT 2047473 2047473 EMANCIPATED YOUTH 1811841 1811841 MEMBERSHIP, LICENSES AND FEES 69180 58705 10475 FOSTER PARENTS 63672 63672 263160 198626 64534 9372971 8689673 683298 0 105219 306058 39145 166599 0 1164427 1617674 0 0 0 0 159265 187015 149914 85911 33196 64003 0 0 0 0 168296 244627 1669548 2585976 432187 684776 54092 108825 486279 793601 X 1064584 1693380 118685 98995 1183269 1792375 1669548 2585976 609106 X false true X true true true X 111625 101535 216481 203057 632698 5956368 5769045 7302291 8351250 9778926 37157880 0 0 0 5956368 5880670 7403826 8567731 9981983 37790578 0 0 37790578 184 65 363 62 94 768 0 184 65 363 62 94 768 0 0 5956552 5880735 7404189 8567793 9982077 37791346 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 12409 3791 8618 114165 67272 46893 23340 14848 8492 64003 DEPOSITS 125314 DUE FROM WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FDN 115812 THP INVENTORY 3501 244627 OVERPAYMENTS 108825 108825 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote Walden Family Services is a public charitiy and is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. Walden Family Services believes that they have appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and as such, do not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. Walden Family Services is not private foundations.The Organizations Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and State taxing authorities, generally the three to four years after the returns were filed. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: First 5 Nurturing Parenting Program:Through a contract with First 5 San Bernardino, Walden offers Parenting Classes for teen parents with children 0-5 years old throughout San Bernardino County using the Nurturing Parenting Curriculum. The curriculum uses an evidenced-based philosophy to help parents enhance their parenting skills, and the classes are offered free of charge in locations across the county. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Cal-Learn:Walden provides the Cal-Learn program in San Bernardino County, which provides case management services to assist pregnant and parenting teens receiving CalWORKS to attend and graduate from high school, or its equivalent. Coordinated services help teens obtain an education and access health and social services so that they can become self-sufficient adults and responsible parents. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: San Bernardino County Visitation Center:Through a contract with San Bernardino County, Waldens visitation centers in San Bernardino and Victorville provide a place for birth families to have supervised visits with their children. Walden provides visitation coaches to each birth family in order to give them the tools they need to help decrease their childs length of stay in foster care. Walden provides over 800 hours of visits each month. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Transitional Housing Program + Foster Care (THP+FC):Walden was one of the first agencies in Southern California to offer THP+FC, a program that provides youth ages 18-21 with safe, affordable housing in a neighborhood of their choosing, comprehensive and individualized case management, life skills training, mentors, opportunities to make community connections, and goal-planning under AB12, the state law that enables youth to stay in foster care until age 21. Walden currently operates the program through our Riverside, Los Angeles and San Diego offices. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: Independent Futures Program:Walden created the pioneering Independent Futures Program in 2001 to assist Walden foster youth exiting foster care. This grant- and philanthropy-funded program serves over 70 pre- and post-emancipated foster youth. Funding made it possible for Walden to address core areas of young adult development: education, employment, financial literacy, health and wellness, housing and connections to adult mentors. Walden phased out at the end of 2015, and many youth who were eligible for this program are now referred to the Transitional Housing Program + Foster Care or Aftercare. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE CFO REVIEWS THE 990 TAX RETURN FOR ACCURACY AND THEN THE CEO REVIEWS AND SIGNS RETURN. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts ANNUALLY EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQURIED TO DISCLOSE ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND REFRAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY TRANSACTION OR MATTER BEFORE THE BOARD IN WHICH A CONFLICT OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT EXISTS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management WE HAVE A COMPENSATION SALARY RANGE GUIDE FOR ALL JOB TITLES AND NEW HIRES SIGN AN OFFER LETTER DETAILING SALARY AND BENEFITS. WE BENCHMARK AGAINST THE NON-PROFIT SALARY PROFILES. FOR THE CEO, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES HIRING AND COMPENSATION DECISIONS. 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