Pillager Family Council

“When the audited financial statements and the form 990 are received by the council's board of directors, the council members review the documents and raise any questions at that time. Copies of the documents are available for the council members to review. The council approves the documents after all questions have been resolved and the appropriate pages are signed and mailed.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed at the pillager family council annual meeting and each board member is asked to sign a new policy each year. If a conflict arises during the year, the council meets monthly and the conflict of interest can be resolved then.”

“The pillager family council's board of directors approves all officers each year and all key employees when being considered for employment. At least one member is included in the hiring process and is in on the interviews for potential candidates for key positions.”

“The annual audit for the minnesota attorney general is filed and the public is able to view these documents as well as the form 990. All governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request. The conflict of interest policy is signed each year by each member of the board of directors and is available for review.”

“Empowering and strengthening families to build a strong pillager community. Provide services to children and families in the pillager area such as information and referral, public health clinics, family center healthy families america home visiting program, area food shelf, fun stop program (an out of school program for school age children), pillager little huskies child care center and family support services.”

“Family support and development was the second largest program and includes programs such as cass county co-located services, including wic and child and teen well child checkups. Other programs include resource and referral help, the area food shelf, naps commodity food boxes, holiday help at thanksgiving and christmas, and financial assistance as funding allows. These programs served about 1,650 people by helping families find resources, receive food support, help with paperwork and scheduling appointments with cass county workers, bi-county cap agency for fuel assistance or housing needs, help families during the holidays, and any other questions families may have to help meet their goals. The pillager family council participates in the minnesota march foodshare campaign to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity in minnesota and the radiothon to end child abuse to raise awareness about child abuse and neglect prevention.”