Voting Board Membership
Criteria
VOTING BOARD MEMBER OF ICADV |
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ICADV Voting Board Members are comprised of two types of member agencies:
BOTH TYPES MUST SUPPORT THE VISION AND MISSION OF ICADV. Please see and sign the ICADV Membership Assurances for those requirements. |
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| VOTING BOARD MEMBER TYPE 1 -- Domestic Violence Service Provider | |
| Requirements: | Not for profit organization that provides free, direct, victim-centered services to domestic violence victims and their vulnerable family members; 24 hour response by trained staff; access to shelter; and at least three of the following: (1) walk in counseling (individual and/or group), (2) legal/court advocacy, (3) children's ervices, or (4) information and referral. |
| Fee: | ½ of 1% of the previous year's domestic violence services expenses. The minimum annual dues for a voting board member is $500 with a a maximum due of $2,500. |
| Benefits: | Up to $2,000 worth of free brochures, booklets, and online training registration fees per fiscal year; two free registrations; one sleeping room per specified ICADV trainings; information regarding grants and contracts; public policy information that effects the services and clients of voting members; advocacy at the state and national level for victims of domestic violence (ICADV is a member of the National Network to End Domestic Violence); advocacy at the state level for service providers; free use of the ICADV library; newsletters; and technical services for management, budget, databases/computers and direct services. |
| VOTING BOARD MEMBER TYPE 2 -- Partner Abuser Intervention Services Provider | |
| Requirements: | Must be a State of Illinois protocol approved program that provides, on a sliding scale, abuser education services by trained staff that include at least the following: (1) place the safety and rights of victims/survivors at the highest priority to stop domestic violence; (2) educate that abuse can never be condoned under any circumstance; (3) help perpetrators acknowledge that they are responsible for their violent and/or abusive behaviors; (4) teach the causes and forms of domestic violence; (5) assess the history of the perpetrator's relationship, as a whole, rather than one incident; (6) focus on ending violence and/or abuse, not saving relationships; (7) work closely with the local comprehensive domestic violence victim services program; and (8) work with the criminal justice system to hold perpetrators accountable, by reporting failure to complete PAIP work, if court-ordered, and reporting any additional violence, or threat of violence, to probation and the court. PAIP is not required to provide direct victim services and is not required to be not-for-profit. |
| Fee: | Dues for voting board members of ICADV are ½ of 1% of the previous year's domestic violence services expenses. The minimum annual dues for a voting board members is $500 with a a maximum due of $2,500. |
| Benefits: | Up to $2,000 worth of free brochures, booklets, and online training registration fees per fiscal year; two free registrations; one sleeping room per specified ICADV training; information regarding grants and contracts; public policy information that effects the services and clients of voting members; advocacy at the state and national level for victims of domestic violence (ICADV is a member of the National Network to End Domestic Violence); advocacy at the state level for service providers; free use of the ICADV library; newsletters; and technical services for management, budget, date-bases/computers and direct services. |