Community Advocates, Inc.

Registered Principal Details

Business Or Interest:
Reducing poverty, mitigating the negative side-effects of poverty, and improving the employment, income, housing, and health care of low-income people, including improving the criminal justice system.

Lobbying Interests:
Poverty, unemployment, employment, Transitional Jobs, low wages, minimum wage, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Homestead Credit, tax policy, homelessness, housing, energy, utilities, health care, Badger Care, health insurance exchanges, ACA implementation, mental health treatment policy, addiction treatment policy, domestic violence, disability, children, community justice, criminal justice system reform, alternatives to incarceration such as deferred prosecution or diversion, and reentry programs

Contact
KS
Kari Southern
728 N James Lovell Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
262-424-4119
ksouthern@communityadvocates.net
http://www.communityadvocates.net

Authorized Lobbyists

Lobbyist Name Exclusive Duties Authorized On Withdrawn On

Lobbying Interests

No lobbying interests found.

Total Lobbying Effort

  2025
January - June
Total
Total Lobbying Expenditures 2025
January - June
$0.00
Total $0.00
Total Hours Communicating 2025
January - June
0.00
Total 0.00
Total Hours Other 2025
January - June
0.00
Total 0.00

Percent Allocation of Lobbying Effort

Legislative Bills/Resolutions

No legislative bills/resolutions found.

Budget Bill Subjects

No budget bill subjects found.

Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

No administrative rulemaking proceedings found.

Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

No topics found.

Minor Efforts

No minor efforts found.

Other Matters

Includes time spent on:

  • Gubernatorial nominations
  • Matters on which the organization made no lobbying communication

Other Matters
2025
January - June
2025
July - December
2026
January - June
2026
July - December
Total
2025
January - June
100%
2025
July - December
2026
January - June
2026
July - December
Total < 1%

Filed Statements of Lobbying Activity and Expenditures