IYSA Redbook

Organization and Structure of the Indiana Youth Services Association

Membership

Heads of Youth Service Bureaus form the membership of IYSA.

• YSB Directors are hired by and responsible to their local Boards of Directors.
• Membership meets quarterly.
• Annual General Meeting is held in December.
• The membership elects the Board of Directors of the State Association

Board of Directors

• Eight current Youth Service Bureau Directors (members) and sixteen Directors at Large make up the Board. (See By-Laws)
• The Board elects its own officers, including President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.
• The IYSA Executive Director is a member of the board and the Executive Committee ex officio.
• The President names an Executive Committee.
• Directors are elected to three-year terms.

Committees

• Both Board members and YSB Directors who are not on the Board serve on IYSA Committees
• Appointment to committees is made by the Board President, in consultation with the Executive Director
• Chairs of committees are appointed by the Board President
• Meetings are normally held quarterly but a committee’s schedule is determined by its responsibilities and roles

Standing Committees are:

• Finance Committee, headed by the Board Treasurer
• Membership Committee
• Program Committee
• Board Development Committee
• Communications Committee
• Advocacy Committee
• Personnel Committee

• Reaccredidation Committee

Staffing

• The Executive Director of IYSA is hired by and reports to the Board of Directors and assigns reporting relationships and responsibilities of all other state office staff.
• At the beginning of 2000, IYSA staff includes an Executive Director, a Program Manager, a Youth Voice Director and Assistant Director, an Administrative Assistant, and a Technology Coordinator.
• Two Masters of Social Work degree candidates hold internships with the Association in 1999-2000.