2015-08-05T13:14:45-07:00 2014-12-31 Leaf & Cole LLP 2810 Camino Del Rio South Suite 200 San Diego CA 921083820 990 2014-01-01 942358632 WALDEN ENVIRONMENT INC DBA WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES WALD 6195845777 6150 MISSION GORGE ROAD SAN DIEGO CA 92120 TERESA STIVERS Executive Director 2015-08-05 true JULIE A FIRL P00085551 6192947200 X 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z TERESA STIVERS 6150 MISSION GORGE ROAD 210 SAN DIEGO CA 92120 8567793 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. 8 8 115 3 0 101535 216481 7302291 8351250 363 62 0 7404189 8567793 0 0 3397206 4125181 0 0 3786560 4401205 7183766 8526386 220423 41407 1615146 1669548 473284 486279 1141862 1183269 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 4673362 4949646 FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT-Therapeutic Foster Care:Therapeutic foster care is an alternative to institutionalization for children. The children in Waldens care have severe emotional and behavioral challenges as a result of past abuse and are in need of 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. With Waldens specially trained foster families and support services, children that otherwise would be in a group home are able to live with a family. Walden is a cost-effective alternative to group home care that allows children to grow into healthy adult members of the community.Special Health Care Needs:Waldens Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) program is designed to move medically fragile children out of skilled nursing facilities and hospitals into highly skilled and specifically trained certified foster families. This program also cares for children with technology-dependent conditions such as apnea monitors, nebulizers, oxygen, feeding tubes and other adaptive equipment. Other children in the program may include drug-exposed infants, juvenile diabetics, failure to thrive infants, premature infants, or children with other life threatening medical conditions. This unique program includes intensive training and support for foster parents willing to care for a child with special health care needs.Developmental Disabilities Program:Walden Family Services serves the needs of foster children and teens with developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges. Developmental disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and other similar challenges. The goal of this program is to prevent institutionalization, prepare children and teens for maximum independence and enrich lives by participation in a full range of normal life experiences in family and community settings.Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Foster Care Network:This program is designed to meet the special needs of LGBTQ foster youth in Southern California. The focus of this program is education and advocacy services for LGBTQ foster youth, and training and support for child welfare providers, foster parents and birth families. Walden Family Services has actively recruited and educated members of the LGBT community to become certified foster and adoptive parents.Foster Care for Pregnant and Parenting Teens:Walden provides support and training to pre and post emancipated pregnant and parenting teens through this program. Services include support with the court process, parenting training, budgeting assistance and referrals to community resources. The program offers services and support to both teens that have custody of their children and teens working toward reunification with their dependent children. Additionally, under this program, Walden supports California Statute SB500 (Whole Family Foster Home - WFFH) placements and provides the services listed in the above paragraph to WFFH placements.Independent Futures Program:Walden created the Independent Futures Program in 2001 to assist pre and post emancipated Walden foster youth when they exit from foster care. It is a grant and philanthropy funded program which serves over 150 pre- and post-emancipated foster youth. Funding has made it possible for Walden to focus on the core areas of its program: education (supporting youth through high school and college with exposure, tutoring, resource management, applications); employment (resume building, interview skills, job expectations, ethical behavior, productivity and attitude); health (coping with chronic health issues that are often the consequence of early abuse and neglect); connections (adult mentors that will serve as a constant source of support for these youth who often have no other lasting relationships); financial literacy (shopping, bills, housing deposits); housing (developing a housing budget, paperwork, acquiring utilities and obtaining necessary furnishings). 1057241 1218610 Transitional Housing Program + Foster Care (THP+FC)THP+FC, 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 of 21. Walden was one of the first agencies in Southern California to receive this new license and is currently operating the program in our Riverside and San Diego Districts. 778103 773722 San Bernardino County Visitation Center:Through a contract with San Bernardino County, Walden visitation center in San Bernardino provides a place for birth families to have their supervised visits. We also provide parenting skill coaching to birth families inorder to give them the tools they need to help decrease their child's length of stay in foster care. 1402221 1362491 7910927 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 false false false false true 36 0 true 115 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 8 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false true true true false CA X Teresa A Stivers 6195845777 6150 MISSION GORGE ROAD 210 SAN DIEGO CA 92120 X ARLENE LIEBERMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LESLIE LEVINSON VICE CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAYE CONNOLLY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM 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 SUSAN EVANS DIRECTOR OF OPS 40.00 0.00 X 104500 0 4258 MARYANNE CARLIN CPA Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER CHAVEZ Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE WALSH-OZANNE Chair 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TERESA STIVERS Executive Dir. 18.00 22.00 X 50574 59426 15288 155074 59426 19546 1 false false false 0 216481 811 216481 ADOPTION REVENUE 624110 400000 400000 Fees & Contracts Gov Agencies 624100 7904469 7904469 OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE 900099 46781 46781 8351250 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8567793 8351250 62 0 0 0 0 155074 75320 79754 0 3114053 2853431 260622 0 615121 543527 71594 240933 215852 25081 0 1751 1751 27500 27500 0 0 0 83792 83792 23427 21387 2040 86109 71657 14452 0 0 327710 292237 35473 185067 180551 4516 0 24131 18225 5906 0 0 24092 13834 10258 92297 88083 4214 FOSTER PARENTS 2353225 2353225 EMANCIPATED YOUTH 790349 790349 MEMBERSHIP, LICENSES AND FEES 71696 65120 6576 TELECOMMUNICATION 58681 53789 4892 251378 190548 60830 8526386 7910927 615459 0 157172 105219 166574 39145 0 996264 1164427 0 0 0 0 70969 159265 335870 302674 52580 33196 0 0 0 0 171587 168296 1615146 1669548 410767 432187 62517 54092 473284 486279 X 1067132 1064584 74730 118685 1141862 1183269 1615146 1669548 41407 X false true X true true true X 608101 111625 101535 216481 1037742 6737329 5956368 5769045 7302291 8351250 34116283 0 0 0 7345430 5956368 5880670 7403826 8567731 35154025 0 0 35154025 952 184 65 363 62 1626 0 952 184 65 363 62 1626 0 0 7346382 5956552 5880735 7404189 8567793 35155651 1.00000 0.99980 0.00000 0.00020 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 26734 23677 3057 255766 232194 23572 53370 46803 6567 33196 DEPOSITS 59004 DUE FROM WALDEN FAMILY SERVICES FDN 108737 THP INVENTORY 555 168296 OVERPAYMENTS 54092 54092 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, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 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 of San Bernardino, Walden is providing the Walden Teen Nurturing Parenting Classes for teen parents (up to age 18) with children 0-5 years old throughout San Bernardino County. Nurturing Parenting Curriculum is an evidenced-based philosophy that helps 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 is designed to assist pregnant and parenting teens receiving CalWORKS to attend and graduate from high school, or its equivalent. Coordinated services help teens become self-sufficient adults and responsible parents, obtaining an education and having access to health and social services. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: San Bernardino County Visitation Center:Through a contract with San Bernardino County, Walden visitation center in San Bernardino provides a place for birth families to have their supervised visits. We also provide parenting skill coaching to birth families inorder to give them the tools they need to help decrease their child's length of stay in foster care. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Transitional Housing Program + Foster Care (THP+FC)THP+FC, 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 of 21. Walden was one of the first agencies in Southern California to receive this new license and is currently operating the program in our Riverside and San Diego Districts. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE CONTROLLER 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 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAKES HIRING AND COMPENSATION DECISIONS. 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