Item 10 - Agreements with Orange County Therapeutic Arts Center, Working Wardrobes

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EXHIBIT 1 2025-26 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) Youth Employment Program Deposit Only" to the Account of OCCTAC with the appropriate bank account number. A deposit form for established OCCTAC accounts shall be completed with deposit slip details for cash or multiple checks. A copy of the deposit form, slip and all items to be deposited shall be made for accounting purposes and upon completion of the deposit attached to the deposit slip and turned into the accounting revenue in-box. To ensure appropriate financial controls, the individual making deposits shall not be the same person reconciling the OCCTAC account. All funds received shall be recorded in the accounting system and filed in the locked accounting file cabinet. • Disbursements: All disbursements are and shall be made by checks drawn on the established operating checking account for the OCCTAC. All disbursements shall utilize pre-numbered checks used in sequence. Any and all "voided" checks are and shall be mutilated and notes on the voided check stub.At no time shall disbursements be made to "bearer" or to "cash". All banking materials, records, blank checks, and deposit books are and shall be maintained in secure cabinets in the OCCTAC office under the supervision of the Executive Director and Accounting clerk. Only those individuals authorized to handle check stock as their part of their accounting duties for OCCTAC account shall have access to these banking materials. Disbursements are prepared from original invoices. Each disbursement shall require submission of a purchase request form and appropriate backup documentation. Invoices shall be date stamped upon receipt and marked "approved for payment." • Reconciliation of Accounts:All OCCTAC bank accounts are reconciled monthly. A monthly review of all accounts and financial reports are prepared by the Board Treasurer or designated Finance Committee Member. • Files and Records: OCCTAC shall maintain hard copy files for all operational and business transactions that occur. Files shall be separated into the following categories: a)Accounting records, b) Grant documentation, c)Tax filings; Donors, d) Legal/Insurance/License/Permits, e) OCCTAC Programs, f) Personnel documents and files, g) Vendor and Client contracts and other documents. OCCTAC maintains electronic and hardcopy records of all accounting transactions and financial reporting. All electronic records are be copied and stored in a secure, off site location or in a web based file storage system, which is the server. All financial and accounting hardcopy files are stored in secure--lockable file cabinets. Requests for financial documentation get processed through the accounting staff i.e. copy of original document. Original financial documentation remains in the file/s cabinet at all times. D. Describe invoicing process and list qualifications of staff assigned to task. OCCTAC accounting clerk creates monthly WIOA invoices to submit to the City based on expenses incurred during the month. After the Coordinator and the Executive Director review and approve the program expenses,the Accounting clerk enters the data from the participants' stipends and/or time sheets, program staff as well as related expenses into the accounting system to generate an invoice.The invoice will be on the appropriate form provided by the WIOA Contract and submitted for reimbursement. E. Describe how your organization's financial stability is not dependent on WIOA funds. The Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center has a variety of funding sources, including: (1)contracts, (2)grants, (3) donations, (4)fee for service, and (5) fundraising. OCCTAC 27