Busy? We know we are! That’s why we want to give everyone who ran out of time five extra days to complete their Purple Ribbon Award nominations. It only takes a few minutes to nominate, whether you’re nominating your organization, yourself or any of the other innumerable people who do the hard, rarely recognized work of the DV movement.
What do you get from a Purple Ribbon Award?
• Awareness and exposure via awards ceremony, website and social media
• All nominees receive a certificate of recognition
• Winners receive a gold medallion and certificate
• Winners have a chance for a portion of $30,000 in grants
If you have any questions or need assistance please contact us at info@domesticshelters.org. We’ll be happy to help.
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Application submitted March 5, 2023
Everyone involved in the domestic violence movement is a hero! And that's why Theresa's Fund, DomesticShelters.org and experts in the field have combined forces to develop and launch the first comprehensive awards program honoring the countless heroes of the domestic violence movement, including advocates, programs, shelters, survivors and members of the community support system.
The awards program will begin accepting entries January 1, 2023 and the nomination period will closed on February 28, 2023 at 3:59pm ET. Three Purple Ribbon medallions will be awarded in each category and ALL entries will be acknowledged with a certificate of recognition. Select entries will receive grants totaling up to $30,000!
We all know it’s not easy work. But helping victims, survivors and their families and the relentless pursuit to end domestic violence is absolutely fulfilling and necessary work. So please join us in recognizing all of the contributions both big and small made by you and so many others.
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Description of Nominee
Each entry will be judged on four criteria: Challenge & Impact (the scope of the challenge faced and overcome, and the entry outcomes), Creativity & Originality (the inventiveness of the nominee in their endeavor), Submission Excellence (the caliber of the materials accompanying the entry) and Overall (the overall performance of the entry relative to other entries).
Please address these criteria below (500 character limit) in your description and with up to 20 attachments.
Debbie Matheson’s servant leadership has molded Family Violence Prevention Center into an exemplary domestic/sexual violence center with a full slate of comprehensive/holistic services. She is compassionate, inspirational, thorough, fiscally adept, clinically competent, immensely disciplined, ingenious, patient, creative, and exhibits unwavering dedication. Under Debbie’s calm demeanor, soft voice, and shy smile is a ferocious leader who gives her all to our community’s most vulnerable.
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Media Links
Add one link per line to relevant media such as videos, press coverage, etc. that will assist the judges in evaluating your entry. (Limit 5)
July 7, 2022 - https://www.xeniagazette.com/2022/07/07/fvpc-to-include-pets-inplanning/?fbclid=IwAR0RH1JSpS5WuMueXwZ_nfzwtyNmuyNZe2SiuqUJox7XJ-9UrLtkxa1APXk
September 29, 2022
https://www.xeniagazette.com/2022/09/29/fvpc-honors-those-who-help-victims/
October 3, 2022 - https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/candlelight-vigil-to-honor-domesticviolence-victims-held-in-greene-county/
December 12, 2022 - https://dayton247now.com/news/local/greene-county-domestic-relations-courtsees-influx-in-request-for-protection-orders
February 10, 2023 - (WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio)
https://www.whio.com/news/ready-help-folks-domestic-violence-center-expansionplanned/2ELPVBNJQZDWFJL4MXKOFHJVGA/
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Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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20 File(s) Awaiting Upload:
• Debbie Matheson Headshot.jpg X
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Al Cummings.docx
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Carol Graff.docx
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Dave Cusack.pdf
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Eileen Austria.docx
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - FVPC Staff.pdf X
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Jerome Sutton.docx
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Joseph Stadnicar.pdf
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Rebecca Morgann.docx
• Debbie Matheson - Support Letter - Rick Perales.docx
• ‘Ready to help folks;’ domestic violence center expansion planned - DDN - 2 - 1023.docx
• ARPA project expenditures approved - Xenia Gazette - 4 - 15 - 2022.docx
• FVPC to host candlelight vigil for domestic violence victims - Xenia Gazette - 10 - 222.docx
• FVPC to include pets in planning - X enia Gazette - 7 - 7 - 2022.docx
• I- TEAM Pets used as pawns in domestic violence - DDN and WHIO Radio - 2 - 1422.docx
• Pandemic relief money to pay for new Xenia community center, aid victims of abuse - DDN - 2 - 6 - 23.docx
• Logo.png
• Debbie and survivors video - April 2022.mp4
• Community Support Letters Combined.pdf
• FVPC Annual Highlights.docx
• Debbie - COA Certificate through 3 31 2026.pdf
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
DomesticShelters.org
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
DomesticShelters.org
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
DomesticShelters.org
Meet Debbie Matheson , Executive Director, Family Violence Prevention Center
We are proud to nominate Debbie Matheson, MSW/LSW and Executive Director, for Theresa Fund’s Purple Heart Award! For 29 years, her servant leadership has developed the Family Violence Prevention Center into a strong, exemplary domestic/sexual violence center with a full slate of comprehensive and holistic services.
Greene County, Ohio, is a mostly rural community located in southwest Ohio
2020 census data:
• P opulation 167,966
• 71,889 households
• Median income $75,901
• Persons per household 2.39
• Poverty rate 10.3%
Debbie is compassionate, inspirational, thorough, fiscally adept, clinically competent, immensely disciplined, ingenious, patient, creative, and exhibits an unwavering dedication to FVPC and our clients. Under Debbie’s calm demeanor, soft voice, and shy smile is a ferocious leader who gives her all to the most vulnerable in our community.
She faces and adeptly manages many ongoing daily and long- term challenges: funding, postCOVID staffing issues, higher demand for safe housing, and a significant county-wide rise in domestic/sexual abuse victims of all ages. Without her efforts, FVPC would be unable to provide the services and resources it does to our abused population.
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
DomesticShelters.org
Given all of Debbie’s responsibilities and limited staff, it isn’t unusual for her to:
• Work 60- hour weeks in office and community to build/maintain relationships
• Meet with staff individually for an hour every month
• Clean office space and perform building maintenance (even appliance repairs!)
• Carry out full- day responsibilities on top of covering 3 rd shift Hotline and Safe Housing services during staff shortages
Debbie’s involvement in human service collaboratives is notable. She serves on leadership teams for Greene County law enforcement, judicial, and family violence collaboratives A three-county mental health and addiction services organization sought and funded FVPC to implement an innovative juvenile offender program. She is a principal on Family and Children’s First Council and is highly sought after for resolution task forces.
The Greene C ounty Prosecutor frequently utilizes her as an expert witness . Her strong relationships with local police resulted in the posting of onsite officers to manage domestic violence incidents. Under Debbie’s direction, a mandatory program was developed where batterers must attend and self- pay for group counseling sessions.
FVPC highlights for 2022 alone under Debbie’s leadership:
• Handled 432 crisis hotline calls
• Pr ovided 8,509 various services for 3,604 clients (sexual violence, teen dating violence, family violence, elder abuse, child abuse)
• D eliver ed over 8,000 nights of safety for 82 adults and 63 children; all without alternatives in dire situations
• Turned away zero clients during pandemic
• Received donation of 1,300 sf adjacent home which alleviates overcrowding in existing facilities
• Implemented text line system to enable victims and FVPC to securely communicate by text
• Awarded $1M from Greene County Commissioners to purchase/renovate 4,300 sf facility for outreach services expansion
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• Received $936,523 in grants, $50,000 in foundation grants, and $147,705 in annual innovative fundraising (Dove Club, newsletter, holiday appeal, Superhero 5k, Spring Fling, Purses & Pastries)
• Earned certification as a Rape Crisis Center
• Debbie mentored and supervised masters level students from over 8 universities
• Awarded prestigious/highly esteemed Council on Accreditation (bestowed upon top Social Services programs nationally); review team remarked entire FVPC program is “stellar.” Accreditation maintained for 20 running years!
FVPC Mission
The mission of the Family Violence Prevention Center is to reduce family and relationship violence and its impact in Greene County through prevention, intervention, collaborative community programs, and safe housing.
FVPC Vision
Violence free lives for individuals, families, children, seniors, and our community.
FVPC Core Values
RESPECT – by recognizing the value of a person & their life experience INTEGRITY – through confidentiality & the highest ethical standards
COMPASSION – providing acceptance and safety meeting people where they are EMPOWERMENT – providing tools & resources for people to grow INCLUSION – open to serve diverse victims in need from all backgrounds
FVPC History
FVPC started as a project of the Greene County Welfare Department. The Greene County Domestic Violence P roject began in 1979 in a two- bedroom Yellow Springs apartment. In 1980, the agency moved into its first house in Xenia. After moving a few more times, a house in the historic Waterstreet district became the permanent site until 2001. In May 2001, FVPC opened its newly constructed center, The Kathryn K. Hagler Family Violence Prevention Center, at 380 Bellbrook Avenue, Xenia.
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2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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In 1997 the agency began to set a goal to secure a new facility and requested the help of the community. Seventeen community leaders formed the Shelter Facility Task Force and began their search. The potential site was the Xenia Grace Chapel, which became the home of the current “Kathryn K. Hagler Family Violence Prevention Center in June of 2001.
In 1995 the Xenia Police Division and the Greene County Domestic Violence Prevention Program collaborated to form a nationally recognized program entitled DIVERT that partners law enforcement with domestic violence crisis workers for home-based follow- up. In 1999 the
agency became a Certified Mental Health agency through the State of Ohio. School based programs expanded in 1994 to include both junior high and high school students in all Greene County public school districts. In 2006, the agency became certified by the Council on Accreditation, a prestigious and plausible accomplishment.
Examples of FVPC’s Comprehensive and Holistic Services
In 2022, FVPC helped more than 8,000 survivors by providing homecooked meals or just a safe spot to curl up and start over. Thirty percent of Greene County’s families have been impacted in one way or another by domestic violence.
Counseling Services: FVPC offers an individual and group approach to help victims recover from past and/or present abuse. Counseling is available for domestic violence and sexual assault. FVPC also provides youth counseling for children who have experienced violence in the home.
Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team Program (DIVERT): collaborative partnerships with law enforcement jurisdictions throughout Greene County where we offer information and assistance to link families with support and safety who have experienced domestic disputes or domestic violence. DIVERT services are being made available throughout Greene County and the agency has been able to operate satellite educational programs in Fairborn.
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2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Healthy Homes: eight- week education program focused on breaking the cycle of violence in families.
Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP): therapeutic and educational group counseling for the perpetrators of violence working to prevent future cycles of violence.
24- hour hotline: emergency hospital response, victims of domestic and sexual violence, and those seeking general or specialized information relative to domestic and sexual violence. Operated 365 days a year and 24/7.
Rape Crisis Center: comprehensive assis tance for survivors of sexual violence; 365 days a year and 24/7.
Safe Housing Center: FVPC operates a 24/7, 32-bed facility 365 days a year. One of the most significant challenges is the perception the organization’s current facilities are only for emergencies.
Inhouse Pet C enter: Only 15 percent of domestic violence shelters nationwide are pet friendly and about half of all domestic violence victims will delay leaving their abuser if their pet can’t go with them. In Ohio only eight shelters, or ten percent have pet friendly shelters. In 2022, FVPC became the first pet friendly shelter in the Greater Miami Valley area to help keep animals and people together in times of crisis. FVPC now has seven pet friendly rooms, a family lounge with kennels, and a large fenced- in backyard.
Fundraising and Grants
• 11% Fundraising $147,705 (includes Dove Club, Newsletter, Holiday appeal, 5k, Spring Fling)
• 70% Grants $936,523
• 2% Foundations $29,027
• 2% United Way $25,453 (does not included designated donations from UW)
• Total Agency Revenue: $1,339,851
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Fundraising Events by Month
• Dove Club – year round
• Take Back the Night for Sexual Assault Awareness Month – April
• Superhero 5K for Child Abuse Prevention and Elimination - April
• Spring Fling – April
• Purses and Pastries - September
• Candlelight Vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month – October
o FVPC Facebook Business Page Video Reel: FVPC Candlelight Vigil - Oct. 2022
• Holiday Appeal – December
Inkind Don ations Program
• Clothing, Furniture, Appliances
• Vehicles
• Hygiene or Home Starter Kits
• Household Cleaning Supplies Drive
• Meals and/or Holiday Dinners
• Sponsor-A-Family
• Baby Hygiene Kits
• Sheltering Pets with Families – Pet Supplies
• Cell Phones
• Shopping Methods - FVPC earns money through other programs like the United Way and Kroger Community Rewards; FVPC is also one of the charitable organizations you can choose when shopping on www.smile.amazon.com.
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Just a few of 2023’s challenges & plans
Managing increased demands: FVPC received 50 more hotline calls in 2022 compared to last. Our 32-bed shelter is nearly always at capacity. Greene County Domestic Relations Court is seeing an influx in protection order requests with nearly a 75% increase.
Second campus opening set for 2023: FVPC is preparing for expansion and will open a 4,300 sf outreach center late summer 2023 to help meet the growing demand of domestic abuse and sexual violence survivors in Greene County.
2023/24 Strategic Plan: FVPC’s Board, Executive Director, and staff are diligently working to effectively execute a far-reaching and comprehensive Strategic Plan to benefit current and future domestic violence and sexual violence survivors in Greene County. (copy available upon request)
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Letters of Support
Please refer to the letters of support included in this award package for a wealth of additional supporting information on Debbie Matheson.
1. Al Cummings
2. Carol Graff
3. Dave Cusack
4. Eileen Austria
5. FVPC Staff
6. Rebecca Morgann
7. Rick Perales
8. Joseph Stadnicar
9. Jerry Sutton
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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The Woman Behind FVPC’s Success!
Highlights of Debbie Matheson in Action
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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The Woman Behind FVPC’s Success!
Highlights of Debbie Matheson in Action
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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The Woman Behind FVPC’s Success!
Highlights of Debbie Matheson in Action
Summary Merits for Debbie Matheson | Theresa’s Fund Purple Heart Recipient
2023 Program/Shelter Executive of the Year
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Debbie Matheson Executive Bio
Debbie Matheson is the Executive Director of Family Violence Prevention Center of Greene County. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in social work from Cedarville University and then her Master’s Degree in social work from Edinboro University. Debbie is a licensed social worker and is working toward independent licensure.
Debbie has served in different roles at Family Violence Prevention Center for 29 years. She started by volunteering to work with the children who suffered from the effects of domestic violence and found a strong passion for working with families affected by the devastation of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Her energy now is spent educating the community, and producing creative responses to domestic violence and sexual assault while supporting the talented staff at FVPC.
In Debbie’s leisure time, she enjoys raising chickens, gardening, and spinning fiber into yarn.
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Debbie Matheson Resume
September 1997 – Present
Family Violence Prevention Center (Dual Domestic and Sexual Violence Service Provider) Xenia, Ohio
Certified Rape Crisis Center – Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and Ohio Attorney General
Jobs held: Children’s Specialist Assistant, Outreach Case Manager, Children’s Specialist, Child and Family Counselor, DIVERT, Facility Social Worker, Interim Clinical Director, Interim Clinical Coordinator, Interim Executive Director, Safe Housing Coordinator, Director of Client Services and currently Executive Director
Conduct individual parenting sessions with domestic violence victims and conduct individual counseling with children who experienced domestic and sexual violence.
Created and facilitated Parenting Education Program focused on the educational and emotional needs of parenting in the aftermath of domestic violence dealing with the effects of domestic violence on their children and the teen Domestic Violence Education Program, Voices.
Facilitate therapeutic groups for children who experienced domestic violence in the home.
Supervise Children’s Assistant, Intern Students, and volunteers.
Provided Domestic Intervention for Violence Emergency Response Team (DIVERT) services by responding at any time to domestic violence calls collaboratively with the Bellbrook Police Department and providing follow-up services for domestic dispute and violence reports.
Conduct mental health assessments and provide individual counseling to reduce effects of trauma from domestic and sexual violence.
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Debbie Matheson Resume – cont.
Provide 24-hr response to Greene Memorial & Soin Hospital for domestic violence victims.
Responsible for residential programs in the Safe Housing program; coordinating the 24hour schedule. Teach Life Skills to all clients in Safe Housing.
Supervise the crisis hotline and safe housing admittance process.
Facilitate Women Who Resort to Force.
Supervise staff in Prevention, Intervention, Outreach and Safe Housing program areas of service
Education
1993 – 1997 BA in Social Work; Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio
Honor; Greene County Domestic Violence Project, 1996 Student of the Year
Cedarville Social Work Honor Society Social Worker of the Year 2003
2012-2013 Masters in Social Work; Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania State Coalition Memberships
Ohio Domestic Violence Network –Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence
Ohio Coalition on Sexual Assault (no longer operational)
Coalition on Homeless and Housing in Ohio
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Debbie Matheson Resume – cont.
Social Work Internship/ Volunteer experience
2012-2013 TCN-BHS Family Solutions
Conducted mental health assessments, individual counseling, co-facilitated day treatment programs
2002-2012 Cedarville University Social Work Advisory Board
Participate and Bi-yearly reviews of the Social Work program and student activities
September 1996-May 1997; Sr. Internship, Lutheran Social Services: Dayton, Ohio
Conducted weekly home visits with teen mothers who received public assistance conduct and provided parenting, employment, nutrition, family planning, and community resource information
January- June 1996; Jr. Placement, Greene County Domestic Violence Project: Xenia, Ohio
Provided advocacy for women seeking Civil Protection Orders, Prepared and facilitated Parent Child Activities, Provided supervised child care
October 1993-September 1997; Greene County Domestic Violence Project, Children’s Program Volunteer, Facilitated a Children’s Activity group weekly
Licensure
LSW valid through 9/19/2023
Family Violence Prevention Center Greene County, Ohio
I am writing this letter in support of Debbie’s Matheson’s nomination for the prestigious award as Executive of the Year for the Family Violence Prevention Center (FVPC), Greene County, Ohio. To put my association with Debbie in context, for nine years, 2010-2018, I served on the Board of Trustees, two years as vice president and two years as president. I have remained connected with the FVPC in many ways since my departure from that Board. I’ve served on the boards of 6 local/regional not-for-profit organizations, three with national affiliations.
Debbie Matheson is the best the best human services executive I’ve seen. Why? She’s thorough, clinically competent, service focused, fiscally adept, humble, immensely disciplined, passionate for the profession and unrelenting in her goal to refine and expand.
Major Challenges: COVID and all its shadow consequences, e.g. a significant increase in domestic and sexual violence incident rates, wage/salary levels below many other industries causing severe hiring and retention turbulence, exploding drug and alcohol drug use, myriad societal pressures resulting in epidemic personal mental health imbalances.
My assessment of Debbie Matheson as executive director:
Training it’s impressive that she meets personally with every direct service employee for an hour each month. She talks one-on-one about that person’s needs and challenges, accomplishments, and other matters of relevance to that employee.
Financial Management Debbie’s predecessor left the organization under duress and with insufficient funds to make payroll. The organization went under Board member management for a few months until a new person was hired to assume the executive director’s role. That person was Debbie. Those days were difficult at best. Debbie was able to get a grasp on the many and diverse income streams local, state, and national, private and public and begin to repair our fiscal health Today, the organization’s financial situation is stable, with a respectable reserve account.
Clinical during Debbie’s tenure as executive director, the Council of Accreditation has performed three on-site reviews, the latest being in Dec 2021. The results? In the words of the review team, the entire program was “stellar,” a ranking achieved by only the very top programs nationally. Yet, that’s not unusual for the FVPC during Debbie’s tenure, as the past three visits(over 10 years) have resulted in the highest possible grade.
Facility Management originally a small church, the secured facility has been upgraded through the years to include a 33-bed safe housing component, dining accommodations, a child’s modern playground, additional counseling rooms, and a space for pets. Debbie has been meticulous with her management of the property. With the aid of volunteers, the mechanical systems are maintained in continuous operating condition and additions/upgrades are in the pipeline.
Community Outreach Debbie’s involvement in relevant human service organizations is notable. She is in a leadership role in the Greene County collaborative of law enforcement, judicial and family violence principals. The organization’s reputation among peers is very high. To wit, a three county mental health and addiction services organization sought and funded FVPC to implement an innovative juvenile offender program. Debbie is a principal on the county’s Family and Children’s First Council, and is often selected for various and numerous task forces for specific issue resolution. Most importantly, Debbie doesn’t just attend meeting of those groups, she consistently takes a leadership role. Debbie is frequently asked by the county prosecutor’s office to be an expert witness, for which she receives high praise. Her very strong relationship with the local police department has resulted in a police officer posted daily in the FVPC to follow-up on domestic violence incidents. Under Debbie’s direction, the Center implemented, through the county courts, a mandatory program for batterers, comprised of a series of group sessions with professional counselors, for which the batterers pay the cost.
Volunteer Programs Debbie has developed a robust volunteer program. Some examples: in-kitchen support, grocery shopping, continuing flow of hand knitted quilts for victims, beauty nights(free hair/nails etc) by local beauticians, free baby sitters, handyman services, landscaping, and an adopt-a-family program during the Christmas holidays.
Board Relationships very adept at developing strong professional relationships with board members, plus the need to help recruit new board members and educate them on the organization’s needs. Debbie has the moxie to tell Board members what they need to hear, not what they would like to hear.
Specific 2022 Achievements under a very challenging environment resulting from the COVIC Pandemic, here’s what’s happened at FVPC in 2022:
Continuous Safe House Operation never turned away any new clients during the entire 3 years of the pandemic. Arranged to place Covid affected clients in alternative accommodations.
American Rescue Plan Funding with the aid of the Board won the support of the county commission members for funding to expand the Center’s physical plant, enabling the purchase of a former physician’s office in a highly visible location.
House Donation because of the development of strong relations with a neighboring homeowner, received as a donation a 1,300 sf adjacent home which has been converted to critically needed additional counseling offices.
Accreditation received the highest possible rating on the tri-annual review from the COA…Council on Accreditation, one of the premier national accrediting agencies for social and human services organizations.
Stealth Communications--implemented secure text line system to enable victims to text in and FVPC to text out to them, prohibiting their victims from having access to communications to/from the Center.
Respectfully submitted,
Allan Cummings Former Board Member
Carol Graff Board Member Emeritus
By Gabrielle Enright and WHIO Staff February 14, 2022 at 11:58 am EST
Debbie Matheson and Survivors Video – April 2022
Link to video on Facebook
