| I. PURPOSE
| | To provide policy, procedures, and guidelines for the Department of Mental Health (DMH) Workplace Charitable Giving Program.
| | II. POLICY
| | The DMH Workplace Charitable Giving Program will follow the mandates set forth by the Board of Supervisors Workplace Charitable Giving Standards and the Chief Administrative Office Los Angeles County Employees Charitable Giving Campaign Coordinator Handbook.
The County’s Campaign Mission is to support local non-profit charitable organizations that provide a broad range of health and human care services to residents of Los Angeles County and that reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the region and the underserved areas impacting the status of men, women, and children. It is also the County’s Campaign Mission to administer a voluntary cost effective program that maximizes employee donor choices and dollar distribution to agencies providing direct services to local residents in Los Angeles County communities.
The County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors authorizes the use of County funds and property by County departments, within each department’s approved budget allocation, in connection with the County’s Workplace Giving Program and Campaign for: - Direct solicitation of employees, on a voluntary basis, by County and/or representatives of Fund Distribution Agencies (designated by the Board of Supervisors) during working hours, before or after official working hours, during breaks or lunch hours, and during other non-working hours. Attendance at, or participation in, work time solicitation of employees is strictly voluntary.
- Assignment of County officers and employees, on a voluntary basis, to attend or assist in the administration of Program activities during working hours.
- Employees to be notified, in writing, of the opportunity to participate in charitable giving activities through the Workplace Giving Program and of the Board’s policy that all participation in the Program is strictly voluntary and has significant and broad union and community support.
| | III. PROCEDURES
| | | | IV. AUTHORITIES
| | Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Policy #3.010, Workplace Charitable Giving Standard
Board Order, 6/2/1998, Synopsis 79
Government Code 1157.2
Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c) (e)
Senate Bill 1256 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 1991)
Chief Administrative Office Los Angeles County Employees Charitable Giving Campaign Coordinator Handbook
Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller Audit Recommendations, 2003
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