Good question Mr. Bill,

When I was elected to the local hospital board a few years back we just spent money and set the hospital district tax rate once a year. Was kinda fun.

This agency is a not for profit deal. The board hires a CEO to run the many operations of the agency, a shelter for victims, treatment groups for both victims and perpetrators of DV, a thrift store to raise funds and provide community service opportunities for folks on probation, they field advocates to folks in crisis, usually to the E.R. after a beating or rape.

The board is currently working on acquiring a defunct charter school complex to house all operations on one campus rather than the current multiple storefronts the agency operates out of.

My own agency is a similar not for profit set up. Our board keeps hands off operations. From what little I know so far this domestic violence agency board seems a lot more involved in operations.

The board only meets once a month for a few hours, so things seem to have been running well so far.

Sadly, my little town is over run with booze, drugs, and domestic violence.

Ron