St Johns Community Services

Programs: St. John's community services (sjcs) is a historic (founded in 1868) non-profit corporation initially established as a hospital in washington, dc, by st. John's episcopal church, the "church of the presidents," following the civil war. Today it is a separate non-sectarian, non-profit corporation that operates as a "parent" corporation for a group of independent subsidiary corporations. These subsidiary corporations contract with st. John's community services for the use of the corporate copyrighted name as well as for a number of administrative support services. The parent corporation is governed by a volunteer board of trustees (bot). The bot provides overall guidance, oversight and direction to the subsidiary corporations. The subsidiary corporations are local boards that act as advisory boards to the individual states and provide representation on the board of trustees. The chairs of the local subsidiary boards act as representative members of each state subsidiary board as members of the parent board of trustees. The individual state subsidiary boards provide local perspectives and diversity to the board of trustees. As a prerequisite for establishing a contract with the parent corporation, each subsidiary agrees to operate within service quality standards that the parent corporation has established. In fiscal year 2017, state subsidiary locations included: the district of columbia, tennessee, pennsylvania, delaware and virginia. Sjcs provides administrative and technical assistance to its subsidiaries for the provision of services which include: education, employment, community participation, and community living. The parent corporation also provides external technical assistance and training to other non-profit and for-profit organizations, as well as government agencies. The organization contributes a portion of its resources to each of its five subsidiaries to support the st. John's community services mission. People receiving services through a st. John's subsidiary must meet local funding sources and the subsidiary's unique eligibility requirements for each specific service. The administrative support services that the parent corporation provides include: accounting, cash management, evaluation and strategic planning, communications and information dissemination, human resources, information technology, quality assurance, corporate compliance and program development. Each of these support services is individually tailored to meet the unique needs of each subsidiary corporation and its distinctive cultural as well as financial status. These services assist the subsidiary corporations to meet the requirements of the contracts, laws and regulations under which they operate. Each subsidiary operates under its own operating policies and procedures and local leadership. Administrative support services are provided to the subsidiary corporations at a low fixed rate consistent with national standards. To further the mission of advancing community support and opportunities for people living with disabilities, the parent corporation sets quality standards consistent with the mission that must be met by the subsidiaries in the provision of services. Those services must foster inclusion, self-direction, economic self-sufficiency, relationship development and choice. Meeting and maintaining these standards is an essential requirement for the continuation of the administrative support contract and use of the corporate name.