· ...: Welcome! to Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockford AGENCYWEBSITE http://catholiccharities.rockforddiocese.org Health Insurance I Life Insurance Deb Sheley (815) 399-4300 Ext 338 Pension Information Life Insurance Sherri Weyrauch (815) 399-4300 Ext 349 Short- Term/Long- Term Disability Lori Graber (815) 399-4300 Ext 348 403 b Retirement Plan Enrollment Matt Young (877) 621-2784 Matt.young@lpl.com Fiscal or Payroll Sherri Weyrauch (815) 399-4300 Ext 349 Catholic Charities Administration Michele Crosswhite (815) 399-4300 Ext 410 f Catholic Charities Mission Statement Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Rockford continues the ministry of Jesus in faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Church. ---------------------Our Mission is to serve God for the common good with compassion, dignity and respect; to assist people in achieving a degree of independence consonant with their human dignity; and to work in solidarity with the Church and other people of good will advocating for justice. ---------------------------------- Department of Social Services Catholic Charities Catholic Charities serves the residents of the eleven counties of the Rockford Diocese with compassion, dignity and respect, and to assist people in achieving a degree of independence consonant with human dignity. Employees provide the "boots on the ground" to people with a variety of needs in a variety of circumstances. • Crisis Pregnancy and Adoption reaches out to those bringing new life into the world, and caring for that new life with love and respect Served 491 FY-ll Diocesan Director of the Department • pregnancy and child raising, and Parent Education of Social Services program focuses on how to positively influence all Director of Catholic Charities (815) 399-4300 ext 369 Adolescent Outreach works with teens facing issues of aspects of family needs Served 50 FY-11 • Professional Counseling that has Catholic social teaching as its centerpiece is available to parents, Catholic School students, parish and community referrals, post-abortive women and families in a variety of stressful situations, Served 984 FY-ll • Emergency Assistance is available for practical necessities such as rent, utilities, food and diapers for those facing economic or family hardships Served 6782 FY-ll • Board of Immigration Appeals recognized Immigration Associate Director of Services are available for those needing counseling Catholic Charities and help preparing for citizenship and adjustment of legal status, "green card" renewals, visas and family- (815) 399-4300 ext 410 based petitions Served 774 FY-11 • Refugee Resettlement carries out the USCCB's commitment to serve and advocate for refugees, and others on the move, especially victims of human trafficking and minors unaccompanied by adults Served 231 FY-ll • Long-term Care Ombudsman caseworkers advocate for residents of community facilities to ensure treatment is accorded with respect and a level of care that maximizes independence Served 6,782 FY-ll Fiscal Manager of Catholic Charities (815) 399-4300 ext 348 • St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Center is starting its second century as a vibrant center of service to members of the community in need of day care, preschool, tutoring and recreation for the young; clothing, food and emergency services for adults and children. Served 54,757 FY-11 Catholic Charities typically employs about 50 in its various programs, and is staffed with credentialed professionals that meet or exceed required expected qualifications. Administrative Assistant to the Director of Catholic Charities Recent program changes have resulted in new priorities focus on accountability or and structure that and professionalism. Patrick J. Winn is the Diocesan Director and Dr. Virginia Desjarlais is the Associate Director. OFFICEAND PROGRAM LOCATION INFORMATION AND CONTACTS Administration Office 555 Colman Center Drive P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61125 (815) 399-4300 Contacts: Patrick Winn, Diocesan Director Ext 369 Email: pwinn@rockforddiocese.org Michele Crosswhite, Administrative Assistant Ext 410 Email: mcrosswhite@rockforddiocese.org Adolescent Outreach Long Term Care Ombudsman (Teens Who Are Pregnant and Parenting) 4401 Highcrest Road (Serving Boone County Only. For Crisis Pregnancy Outside Rockford, IL 61107 of Boone County, please see below) Contact: 554 S. Main Street, 2nd Floor (815) 316-0040 or Toll Free (800) 369-0895 Belvidere, IL 61008 Email: cweightmanmoore@rockforddiocese.org Contact: Immigration Laurie Larsen Cathy Weightman Moore and Refugee Resettlement (815) 544-5434 St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Email: lIarsen@rockforddiocese.org 1536 S. Main Street Center Rockford, IL 61102 Adoption Contact: and Crisis Pregnancy 1700 N. Farnsworth Jeanne Lindberg (815) 399-1709 Ave., Suite #28 Aurora, IL 60505 Email: jlindberg@rockforddiocese.org (630) 820-3220 or (630) 820-3226 Parenting Crisis Pregnancy 24 Hour Hotline: 554 S. Main Street, 2nd Floor 1-866-775-MARY Contact: (6279) Education Belvidere, IL 61008 Jamie Weigand Contact: Email: jweigand@rockforddiocese.org Cathy Vendemia (815) 544-5434 Email: cvendemia@rockforddiocese.org Bilingual Outreach Physician Referral {Serving Kane and McHenry Contact: Counties) (Serving Kane and McHenry Counties) Olivia Navar Contact: (815) 344-6956 or (630) 820-3220 Olivia Navar 1-800-239-3881 Email: onavar@rockforddiocese.org Email: onavar@rockforddiocese.org St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Center Adult Adult Emergency Services Counseling 1505 S. Main Street Locations: Rockford, McHenry and Limited availability in Elgin. Contact: Michele Crosswhite have a counselor Rockford, IL 61102 Contact: (815) 399-4300 Ext 410 to contact you for an appointment. Ginger Reininger (815) 965-6993 Email: greininger@rockforddiocese.org Email: mcrosswhite@rockforddiocese.org St. Elizabeth Catholic Community Diocesan Emergency Assistance 5141 W. Bull Valley Rd. McHenry, IL 60050 Contact: Kathy Chwedyk (815) 344-6956 Email: kchwedyk@rockforddiocese.org Daycare and Children Education Center Programs 1536 S. Main Street Rockford, IL 61102 Program Director: Karen Carlson Contact for Youth Services: Terri Hill (815) 969-6526 Email: kcarlson@rockforddiocese.org SUMMARY OF BENEFITS BENEFIT* Health Care Plan DESCRIPTION $1,000 Deductible, then plan pays 80% on $15,000 of eligible expenses, then 100%; optional dependent coverage (pre-tax or post-tax) $576 per month • • • • Provider Networks-additional Serve you Prescription Plan Dental Plan ($50 Deductible) Vision and Hearing Aid Plans • Preventative Exams savings Diocesan Life Insurance $10,000 term while active employee Short-term Disability 80% of salary for up to 3 months after 2-week waiting period Long-term Disability Policy through Sun Life; pays 60% of regular wages after 3-month waiting period Tax-Sheltered Annuity No waiting period, always 100% vested with employer match of 15% on up to 6% of salary AFLAC Payroll deduction for coverage from several options including accident, hospitalization, cancer plans Sick Leave Employees working 20 hours or more per week accrue sick leave at the rate of one day per month. Sick leave days are cumulative to a maximum of 40 days. Vacation Following one full year of employment part-time employees working 20 hours or more per week are entitled to 10 paid vacation days each year. Full-time employees (working 37 112hours or more per week) will receive paid vacation according to the following schedule: After After After After After one year of employment two years of employment three years of employment four years of employment five years of employment 10 days 10 days 15 days 17 days 20 days Retirement Plan Contributions of 5% of your gross income to the Mutual of America Retirement Plan made by Catholic Charities Catholic Charities Life Insurance Employees working 20 hours or more per week and are enrolled in the Retirement Plan will also have a life insurance benefit equal to annual salary. *These Benefits are subject to change. AGENCY EXPENSES If you believe you are in need to make an agency purchase, the following three requirements must be met before you make a purchase: 1. Must have approval for the purchase from your direct supervisor. 2. Must acquire from supervisor a tax exempt letter that you will use when purchase is made. 3. Must obtain a receipt for the purchase. If you have met ALL three requirements then make the purchase as advised above or ask your supervisor how to fill out a Disbursement Request form if you are needing a check cut from the Fiscal Department. DISBURSEMENT REQUESTS 1. Attach documentation/receipts 2. DO NOT staple envelopes to the request form - paper clip instead. 3. Review for proper authorization 4. 5. to back of the disbursement request. prior to submitting to Administration. a. Must be signed and dated by individual submitting request. b. Must be signed by the program supervisor. c. Must be signed by individual with signature authority over that program. Tax is generally not reimbursed as an expense. a. Exception: tax at fast food restaurants for a client's lunch that has been approved by the supervisor. b. All employees authorized to make purchases should have a copy of the tax exempt letter. Need to set up authorized signature list for expenditures. a. List should be updated at the start of each fiscal year and a copy sent to the Fiscal Department. MILEAGE SHEETS Prior to using your own vehicle for work purposes: ***If an agency vehicle is available ***The staff who is traveling that needs to be used in lieu of your personal vehicle. the furthest that day gets to use the agency vehicle. Mileage Directives: Client names should be listed in the miscellaneous 1. Toll receipts or a printout Please highlight a. charges column. of I-Pass statements must be submitted in order to receive reimbursements On the rare occasion when a receipt is not available, a written tion. for tolls paid. line items on statements. Please note date, location, amount, explanation may be accepted as documenta- and reason a receipt is unavailable on a separate sheet of paper. Worker should sign and submit with rest of documentation. 2. Mileage should be submitted 3. Phone bill statements appropriate a. on a monthly itemizing basis. charges must be submitted if requesting reimbursement for phone calls. Highlight line items. Phone log may be requested and is recommended if you are submitting a reimbursement request for more than 10 minutes per month. 4. Receipts for approved a. purchases must be submitted for reimbursement requests The tax exempt letter should be used for all purchases for the office. 1. Tax WILL NOT be reimbursed 2. On the rare occasion when documentation. unavailable except for an approved client's lunch at a drive-thru a receipt is not available, a written Please note date, location, amount, item purchased, may be accepted as reason that a receipt is on a separate sheet of paper. Worker should sign and submit with rest of documentation. 5. explanation restaurant .. Mileage sheets must be reviewed and signed by the employee's supervisor. PETTY CASH ACCOUNTS 1. Petty cash accounts are for items under $20.00 that cannot be submitted through the normal disbursement request process. 2. It is inappropriate to reimburse items such as tolls, parking, postage stamps, etc. through petty cash. 3. Receipts must be attached for each reimbursement or payment issued through petty cash. On the rare occasion when a receipt cannot be obtained, the worker must submit and sign, a written explanation including date, location, total amount, reason for purchase, and why a receipt is unavailable. 4. Any time cash is provided to a client, a receipt and written explanation must be submitted with the recipient's signature. 5. All petty cash receipts needs the signature of the individual receiving cash, authorization of the program supervisor (initials are fine), the signature of individual dispensing funds (responsible party for the petty cash account), and appropriate signature authority for requesting reimbursement. 6. All petty cash receipts and documentation bursement request in numerical order. should be attached to the back of the reim- Catholic Charities Telephone Codes Adoption Adoption Search Crisis Pregnancy Aurora 09-25 03-01 Elgin 03-25 05-01 Freeport 05-25 McHenry 13-01 McHenry 13-25 Rockford 02-01 Rockford 02-25 Sterling 04-01 Sterling 04-25 Aurora 09-01 Elgin Freeport 03-03 School Counseling Ombudsman Aurora 09-24 NIAAA Belvidere 02-27 McHenry 13-24 Social Service Consult 19-32 Elgin 03-21 Rockford 02-24 Volunteer Initiative Freeport 05-21 Sterling 04-24 McHenry 13-21 Rockford 02-21 Sterling 04-21 Counseling Aurora 09-21 19-31 19-33 Parenting Refugee Office Reception & Placement 10-61 Belvidere 02-28 Immigration 10-63 Freeport 05-19 Match Grant 10-64 Rockford 02-19 Adolescent Outreach 02-29 Emergency Assistance 15-45 ilBiorese of jRorkforb 555 Colman Center Drive P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, Illinois 61125 Social Services DATE: January 4,2012 TO: FROM: REFERENCE: All Staff Patrick Wilm1~ Time Sheets (815) 399-4300 Fax (815) 399·6303 / J Please have time sheets turned into your supervisor by the following dates for the following pay periods. If they are not received by the due date listed, they will be held until the next payroll. PAY PERIOD Jan 1~15 Jan 16~31 Feb 1~15 Feb 16~29 Mar 1~15 Mar 16~31 Apr 1~15 Apr 16~30 May 1~15 May 16~31 Jun 1~15 Jun 16~30 July 1~15 July 16~31 Aug 1~15 Aug 16~31 Sept 1~15 Sept 16~30 Oct 1~15 Oct 16~31 Nov 1~15 Nov 16~30 Dec 1~ 15 Dec 16~31 DUE BY Jan 19 Feb 6 Feb 21 Mar 6 Mar 20 Apr 3 Apr 19 May 4 May 18 Jun 5 Jun 20 July 3 July 18 Aug6 Aug20 Sept 5 Sept 19 Oct 4 Oct 18 Nov 5 Nay 20 Dec 5 Dec 19 Jan4 DATE PAID Jan 30 Peb 15 Peb 29 Mar 15 Mar 30 Apr 13 Apr 30 May 15 May 30 Jun 15 Jun 29 July 13 July 30 Aug 15 Aug 30 Sept 14 Sept 28 Oct 15 Oct 30 Nov 15 Nov 30 Dec 14 Dec28 Jan 15 1lBiote~eof 3aockfotb I@fficeof jfinance anb ~bmini~ttation 555 Colman Center Drive P.O. Box 7044 Rockford, IL 61 125 November TO: All Diocesan The following (815) 399-4300 (815) 399-5591 FAX: 1,2011 Offices! Agencies is the Official Diocesan Holiday Schedule for the Calendar Year 2012. January 2, 2012 Monday New Year's Day February Monday Presidents' April 5,2012 Thursday Holy Thursday April 6, 2012 Friday Good Friday May 28, 2012 Monday Memorial July4,2012 Wednesday Independence Monday Labor Day October 8, 2012 Monday Columbus November 12, 2012 Monday Vctcrans Day November 22, 2012 Thursday Thanksgiving Day November 23, 2012 Friday Thanksgiving Friday December 24, 2012 Monday Christmas Eve December 25,2012 Tuesday Christmas Day December 31,2012 Monday I September 20, 2012 3, 20 J 2 Day Day Day Day ew Year's Eve In addition to the above listed holidays, the Diocese grants two personal days per calendar year for full time employees. Wayne M. Lenell, C.P.A., Ph.D. Director for Financial and Administrative Services i