St Johns Community Services

Programs: St. John's community services - new jersey is a subsidiary corporation of st. John's community services. The parent corporation is separately incorporated in the district of columbia and governed by a volunteer board of trustees. St. John's community services-new jersey (sjcs-nj) is separately governed by a local volunteer board of directors, supervised by local leadership, with administrative offices located in the state of new jersey where the subsidiary is incorporated. Sjcs-nj contracts to use the copyrighted name "st. John's community services" and purchases various administrative support services. As a condition of the contract, the parent corporation establishes and monitors service quality standards and the subsidiary accepts these service standards. The administrative support services that the parent corporation provides include: accounting, cash management, evaluation and strategic planning, communication 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 this subsidiary corporation and its distinctive cultural as well as financial status. These services assist st. John's community services - new jersey to meet the requirements of the contracts, laws and regulations under which they operate. St. John's community services - new jersey is not only governed by its own board, but also operates under its own operating policies and procedures and local leadership. Administrative support services are billed to the parent corporation, st. John's community services, by the subsidiary corporation, st. John's community services-pa at a low fixed rate consistent with national standards. To further the agency's 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 a requirement for the continuation of the administrative support contract and use of the corporate name. The parent corporation also provides technical assistance and training to the subsidiary corporations to facilitate the attainment of these established standards. 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. There was no activity during the year ended september 30, 2010.