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Timestamp1. Select the state where you primarily conduct your SRF advocacy work.2. What type of organization do you represent?3. Please provide the name and email of the primary SRF program contact in your organization.4. If you submitted IUP comments this year please upload a PDF version here.
Use the following naming convention for your file:
"[Fiscal Year of IUP][CW or DW][State]_[Organization]"		6. If applicable, please list the primary organizations in your SRF advocacy coalition. 7. Please indicate which issues are included in your policy asks or recommendations to SRF administrators. (Select all that apply)8. Please list any SRF policy or programmatic wins your organization or SRF advocacy coalition achieved in the past year.9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Lack of transparency in IUP narratives, financial reporting, and project priority lists]9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Small window for public comments]9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Unresponsive SRF administrators]9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Difficulty understanding the IUP and/or project priority list]9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Multiple documents and updates are published at scattered times or locations, making it hard to know if the information is complete or current]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Regular follow-up through meetings and/or emails with SRF administrators]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Partnering with other organizations]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Submitting formal comments on Draft IUPs]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Writing to SRF administrators outside of IUP comment periods]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Regular meetings with utilities/municipal staff]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Providing oral testimony on a specific topic (outside of IUP hearings)]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Attending a public hearing on IUP comments]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Speaking at a public hearing on the Draft or Final IUP]10. How effective have the following strategies improved the equity, transparency, and accessibility of SRF programs and policies in your state? [Meeting with SRF administrators only once during the year]11. Has engaging with the SRF Forum resources and members increased your confidence in advocating for SRF policy improvements with SRF administrators?12. To what extent has your participation in or use of materials from the SRF Forum helped you feel more connected with your advocate peers?13. To what extent has the Forum contributed to your SRF policy or program successes?14. How helpful has the SRF Advocates Forum been in supporting your advocacy efforts overall?15. What are your next steps or goals in SRF advocacy, particularly around engagement efforts or policy recommendations?16. Please include other details not captured in your previous responses. 9. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [Challenging relationship with SRF administrators]11. How significant are the following barriers to your SRF advocacy efforts? [N/A]5. Please share the Google links below if you submitted additional IUP comments, letters, or other related materials.
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6/30/2026 10:30:35WisconsinCommunity Based OrganizationJoe Fitzgerald - jfitzgerald@milwaukeewatercommons.orghttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1BoZmxm9cgle5pEJAl-PR81lWdI5YhNBHMilwaukee Water Commons - in this letter we also reference alignment with comments submitted by the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP)Prioritizing state-defined Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), Improving financing options (interest rates, loan terms, etc) and other terms of assistance (e.g., principal forgiveness), Increasing provision of technical assistance, Maximizing utilization of set-asides, Incentivizing the participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)in 2025, MWC succeeded in advocating for changes to the caps on principle forgiveness available to Wisconsin utilities.Somewhat significantSomewhat significantNot significantSomewhat significantNot significantSome EffectiveVery EffectiveSome EffectiveSome EffectiveVery EffectiveNot ImplementedSome EffectiveNot ImplementedNot ImplementedYes, somewhatQuite a bitQuite a bitVery helpfulConvening conversations on water affordability, and maintaining the momentum around water infrastructure upgrades with changes in federal funding. Not significant
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