{"id":134982,"date":"2020-09-12T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T11:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134982"},"modified":"2020-09-13T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T22:12:01","slug":"latta-talks-ppp-at-marsh-foundation-family-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/09\/12\/latta-talks-ppp-at-marsh-foundation-family-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta talks PPP at Marsh Foundation, FHC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Representative Bob Latta was in Van Wert on Friday to see how local non-profits were able to use federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP) money to replace revenues lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Representative Bob Latta (right) meets with (from the left) Marsh Foundation Executive Secretary Jeff Grothouse, Marsh School Principal Robbie Breese, and Marsh Trustee Gary Clay in the agency’s new gymnasium. photos by Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Latta first sat down with CEO Jennifer Smith and CFO Laura Scott at Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio to talk about PPP and its benefits to the medical and dental non-profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PPP program, which is a portion of the CARES Act adopted by Congress to provide financial help during the pandemic, has allowed small businesses and non-profits with fewer than 500 employees to continue to pay employees and cover other costs for up to 24 weeks. The funds could be used for payroll expenses, as well as interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities. The PPP loans can then be fully forgiven if used for the above purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith noted that Family Health Care struggled at first with coronavirus health protocols, especially on the dental side of the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cObviously, our business changed dramatically,\u201d Smith said, noting that dental appointments had to be reduced and some dental staff even furloughed at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, PPP funds, which helped pay salaries for FHC’s 35 staff members, allowed the agency to keep functioning without reducing the services it provides to community members. In fact, having the money allowed Family Health Care to purchase a machine that will allow the agency to reduce the current five-day COVID-19 testing time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe PPP money kept us afloat,\u201d Smith noted, while adding she would like to see a second round of funding from the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latta said he didn\u2019t see that happening until at least after the November general election — and possibly not even then — because of the politicization of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Marsh Foundation, Latta met with Executive Secretary Jeff Grothouse, Executive Director Kim Mullins, Marsh School Principal Robbie Breese, and Trustee Gary Clay to talk about the impact of PPP on the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grothouse said the PPP money was critical to Marsh\u2019s day-to-day operations because it kept the foundation from having to dip into its investment portfolio to keep its operations afloat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt kept everybody working, you know, it kept the staff and the work they had to do on the front lines with working with kids — we had to stay open — so these people stayed on the front lines, and kept us open, and kept everybody safe,\u201d Grothouse noted. \u201cIt was critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay agreed, noting that dipping into its investment principal to operate would have had a compounding effect on the March, especially if the foundation would have had to sell investments in a down market, which would have meant selling them at a loss and not realizing their full value, in addition to losing the revenues from the investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mullins, who noted that the Marsh Foundation currently provides programs for approximately 100 youths, including approximately 30 on campus and the other youngsters involved in local foster care and treatment programs, said the PPP funding was a big help in keeping all that functioning normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Latta talks with Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio CEO Jennifer Smith (center) and CFO Laura Scott.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Grothouse also had a personal PPP story to relate, noting that he owns a Skyline Chili franchise in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that would have likely had to close without PPP money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I hadn\u2019t had that PPP loan, I couldn\u2019t have stayed open,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latta noted that approximately 6,000 businesses in his Fifth Congressional District took advantage of the PPP loans, with 122,000 jobs maintained because of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you look back at all the things that government doesn\u2019t do right, that Congress doesn\u2019t do right, this one actually worked,\u201d the congressman noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to talking about PPP, Latta also was one of the few members of the public to have the chance to view Marsh\u2019s new cafeteria-gymnasium addition, which was recently completed. An official unveiling has yet to be scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new complex provides dining facilities and a gym for residents and staff, while also including an elevator to provide handicap access to the upper stories of the main building, which includes classrooms, an auditorium, and administrative offices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor U.S. Representative Bob Latta was in Van Wert on Friday to see how local non-profits were able to use federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP) money to replace revenues lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Latta first sat down with CEO Jennifer Smith and CFO Laura Scott at Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 12:33:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}