Family Advocates, Inc. 2022 Third Quarter News |
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From the Director's Chair |
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We Need Your Support As a friend of our agency, we want to keep you informed and up-to-date on the path before us. As you are most likely aware, we partnered with the City of Platteville to obtain a $3.5M grant from the Neighborhood Investment Fund Program through the State of Wisconsin. This grant is to construct a new building for our agency that will serve as our future office and shelter facility. At this time, we are disappointed to report that the Platteville city council is proposing to require a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) on our agency as part of the developer’s agreement to construct our building. Family Advocates, Inc. is a non-profit organization and is exempt from traditional property taxes so the city council is proposing we pay a PILOT of $12,500 per year (increased for inflation annually) in our preliminary developer’s agreement. We feel the city's attempt to implement the PILOT in our developer’s agreement is an inappropriate use of the PILOT program. Being required to make a PILOT payment will take funds away from Family Advocates budget to provide direct |
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services to those we serve. The grant award we received must be used for the construction of the building and cannot be used to pay operating expenses going forward. We are discussing the developer’s agreement with the city council and trying to negotiate with them to remove the PILOT payment from our agreement. We are requesting your help to support Family Advocates by emailing your Platteville city council leaders to let them know you do not support the PILOT payment. We believe having supporters contact the city council to support our position will help in our efforts to get the PILOT payment removed from our developer’s agreement. We asked that you copy and paste the email below and send it to the Platteville city council members and the city manager. We’ve provided their names and emails addresses for your convenience. Please be sure to include your full name, address and city in your signature on the email. Thank you all for your support, Darlene Masters, Executive Director |
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Dear Platteville City Council, We are writing you to request that you approve the developer’s agreement with Family Advocates, Inc. without a payment in lieu of taxes requirement (PILOT). Family Advocates is a grant funded organization that provides vital community services to help victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault and child abuse. The agency operates on a very tight budget and is already facing budget cuts on future years due to reductions in grant funding at the Federal level. We believe imposing a PILOT on an agency such as Family Advocates in an inappropriate use of the PILOT programs intent. Any funds that would go to a payment in lieu of taxes would have a negative impact on the agency’s ability to service victims in need. Providing support and treatment for these people in need of help needs to be of utmost importance and a civil duty for us all. Regards, Your Full Name Address City |
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Free Purple Ribbons to show your Support! Family Advocates has distributed buckets of purple ribbons to show your support to victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. Grab one today! In Grant County: Southwest Health ER - Southwest Health Clinic - Honkamp Krueger - Delta 3 Engineering - Community First Bank Platteville - Midwest One Platteville and Cuba City - The Lemon Door - Jordan Holthaus, State Farm - Platteville Development Group - Bridal Boutique - Mound City Bank - Culver's - Fidelity Bank - Busch Insurance - Dupaco Platteville - Cuba City Dental In Lafayette County: Johnson Public Library - Darlington Ace Hardware - Darlington Subway - Darlington TRICOR Insurance - Glennie's - Lilly Gene - Lucky Cow - Nicolet National Loan Office - Hartig Drug Darlington In Iowa County: Dodgeville High School - Dodgeville Library - Upland Hills Hospital - Mineral Point Library - Millennium Laundry - Barneveld Library October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month! |
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'Tis the SeasonIf you know of a family in need for the holidays in Grant, Iowa, or Lafayette Counties, please have them fill out an application on our website to receive help from the Family Advocates' Giving Tree. If you want a list to check twice (Santa), please fill out the donor portion in the link below. |
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Annual Night of Hope Gala ______ |
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Thank you to our sponsors, donors and guests for making this year's Night of Hope Gala the best one yet! |
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Come Join Us! Iowa County Support Group Tuesdays from 2-3 PM Iowa County Office | Family Advocates 305 North Iowa Street, Dodgeville, WI Contact Paula Youth Support Group | Adult Support Group Mondays at 5 PM Grant County Shelter | Family Advocates 250 North Court, Platteville, WI Contact Matt for Youth | Contact Norma for Adult Teen Support Group Tuesdays at 5 PM Grant County Shelter | Family Advocates 250 North Court, Platteville, WI Contact Sarah | | |
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Community Support and Awareness is vital to maintain and uphold our mission. Donations of goods, services and/or time are greatly appreciated. If you would like to help by donating goods for our shelter: Click Here If you would like to support our outreach, community programming, operations and counseling support for victims who are in need of services: | | |
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Terri Fugate, Southwest Health Aaron Cullen, Honkamp Krueger & Co. Kris Fleming, Lafayette County Circuit Court Nancy Olson, Retired Platteville Schools & PFRC Sheila Ruchti, Community First Bank |
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Lynne Parrott, Platteville Police Department Jennifer Miller Kass, Southwest Health Dennis Cooley, Southwest Technical College Matthew Edge, Lafayette County Sheriff Dept Geri Zauche, Potterton Rule Real Estate |
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"Keeping Children and Families Safe in Our Communities." |
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