4.3. SR 10-09-2000
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Item 4.3.
To Build a Community Free of Domestic Violence
Through Advocacy and Education
VERS OF HOPE
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September 27,2000
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
Each year millions of families suffer from the effects of domestic violence. Among these are
hundreds of families within our own communities.
In 1999, Rivers of Hope, the nonprofit agency serving victims of domestic violence within
Sherburne and Wright Counties, provided direct services to 1,136 adult victims of domestic abuse
and 331 at-risk youth. In addition, of the 1,136 adults served, their children under 18 who were
affected by domestic violence totaled 1,607.
In an effort to support, educate and empower, and promote positive changes for victims of
domestic abuse within our communities, Rivers of Hope focuses on services in four areas:
Advocacy and Support Services; Community Education; Criminal Justice Intervention; and Youth
Violence PreventionlIntervention. We provide crisis intervention, legal advocacy, youth advocacy
and education, and weekly support groups. We can assist victims who are seeking court ordered
protection. We can accompany a victim who is filing a police report, or who is applying for
economic assistance. We also work in our communities training groups and educating the public
to ensure awareness about domestic violence and the seriousness of the problem.
Rivers of Hope has entered into numerous partnerships and collaborative and cooperative efforts
with local groups and agencies, to respond to domestic violence in our communities in the most
broad and effective way. These groups and agencies include law enforcement, hospitals, clinics,
counseling centers, attorneys, county human/social services, and Early Childhood Family
Education (ECFE).
Since our inception in 1989, we have developed and expanded our services as well as our
relationships with numerous community agencies. This growth, along with the rapid population
growth in both Sherburne and Wright Counties, has placed an enormous strain on our human
resources.
Rivers of Hope is asking each city in our service area for help. Utilizing a very conservative
estimate of $197.56 per individual for the cost of advocacy services last year, our services cost a
total of$48,797.32 for the 247 individuals we served in Elk River in 1999. We are asking the city
to pay 15% of that cost, or $7,319.60 in 2000.
P.O. Box 142 · Elk River, Minnesota 55330
Sherburne County 612-441-0792. Wright County 612-682-6424. Outside the Metro 1-800-439-2642
e-mail: riversofhope@onrampinc.net
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Your help is very important. We need your support to continue to provide desperately needed
services to the families who come to us with hopes for safety and help in breaking the cycle of
domestic abuse.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Please feel free to contact me should you have any
questions or require any further information.
Respectfully,
fl'CiU"1!Z..A.-v- lli~~~
Margaret Ostman
Executive Director
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