Case for Support

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Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:55

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Case for Support

 

United Way of Portage County is:

• The most efficient and cost effective way to make one annual gift to charity.

• Provides funding to our local community through our 43 health and human service programs housed within our 14 non-profit agencies.

• Money stays in Portage County.

• Employees can contribute their gift to the county in which they live, or to a particular program or agency of choice.

• We are Portage County’s primary source of funding for its health & human service agencies; homeless shelters and soup kitchens.

• Giving your employees the opportunity to contribute through payroll deduction gives your company recognition and allows them better use of their charitable dollar. Their dollars go towards funding the needs and not the buildings or agency salaries.

 

What your contribution buys…

$3.25per pay can provide a child with after school programming which provides educational and career development, character development, health, life skills and physical fitness.

 $4.00a pay can provide 5 pairs of shoes for school kids.

 $8.00a pay can provide 26 prescriptions for the low income in Portage County.

 $1,000annually will provide funding for 680 hot meals for the hungry in Portage County.

 $1,000 annually will provide funding for 18 office visits for low income patients at our local medical clinic.

 

How We Measure Outcomes

Your United Way of Portage County helps…

Crises, Children & Youth, Adults, Families, Health

Outcome:1000 seniors received assistance to buy prescriptions.

Results:Seniors maintain long term healthy lifestyle.

 

Outcome:11,716 households received clothing.

Results:Clients are able to properly dress in professional attire for employment & children obtain clean, needed clothing for school.

 

Outcome:42 Low income families receive child care.

Results:Advances child’s motor skills, communication skills, and enables them to interact socially with other children prior to entering school.

Community Partners & Impact

 

United Way of Portage County Community Impact Areas

United Way of Portage County’s Community Impact Areas were formed to focus community efforts to help people in the most efficient and effective manner. By centering our energy on supporting and maintaining services in these five areas, United Way is able to help create greater change in our county. 

 

United Way of Portage County’s Community Impact Areas are:

Crises:

Access to disaster relief programs, counseling, food and shelter in times of crisis

Children & Youth:

Services to children and teens that give them access to educational, recreational and self-esteem building programs in a safe environment

Adults:

Services for adults that increase independence and confidence; senior citizen programs that lend assistance and foster self-sufficiency

Families:

Training, counseling and supportive services designed to strengthen the family unit

Health:

Access to affordable, reliable health care to meet physical and emotional needs

 

Partner Agencies and United Way of Portage County funded programs

The American Red Cross

Armed Forces Emergency Services

Disaster Services

Emergency Training & Education

Children’s Advantage

Psychiatric Service

Children’s Advocacy Center

Child Sexual Abuse Intervention Program

Community Legal Aid Services

Legal Services Civil

Municipal Court Project

Coleman Professional Services

Crises Care for the Homeless

Coleman Adult Day Services

Adolescent & Child Mental Health

Family & Community Services

Best Choice Senior Meals

Big Brothers & Sisters of Portage County

Caring Home Help

Center of Hope/Kent Social Services

Consumer Credit Counseling

County Clothing Center

Family & Community Solutions Counseling Services

Freedom House

Home Based Services

Housing & Emergency Support Services

King Kennedy Adult Services

King Kennedy Youth Development

Medication Access

Miller Community House

Place of Peace

Portage Area Transitional Housing

RSVP, Senior Companion, Foster Grandparents

Safer Futures

Skeels Adult Services

Skeels Youth Development

St. Joe’s Child Care

Youth Development

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Leadership Experience

Greater Western Reserve, BSA

Scoutreach and Scouts in Need

The Kidney Foundation of Ohio

Medication Assistance Program

Medical Transportation Assistance

Mobile Meals

Home Delivered Nutrition

The Salvation Army

Youth Services

NE Portage Food & Emergency Assistance

Comprehensive Emergency & Financial Assistance

Townhall II

Substance Abuse Counseling

Medical Clinic

United Way of Portage County

211 Portage

United Disabilities Services

Vocational/Sociabilities

Fund Distribution

 

FUNDEC – United Way donations at work

 

United Way of Portage County’s Fund Executive Committee or FUNDEC, plays a vital role in ensuring that public donations are put to work efficiently and effectively by social service programs.

 

United Way volunteers gather in late April and early May to make important program funding decisions. 

United Way funding decisions directly affect services provided by programs in the county like those provided by The American Red Cross, Big Brothers & Sisters and Family & Community Services.

United Way will distribute funds to 501(c)(3), not-for-profit health and human service agencies, organizations or community groups that have been in business for at least two years. The organization must provide services to the community in one of the following areas of impact: 

 

Crises, Children & Youth, Adults, Families, Health

The FUNDEC process begins with community volunteers reviewing program applications and lending their time to listen to program representatives, asking tough questions about how allotted United Way dollars impact the children, adults, senior citizens, disabled and disadvantaged citizens they serve in the county. FUNDEC volunteers also hit the pavement and conduct on-site visits at each of the partner program locations in order to get a first-hand account of how community donations are being put to work. 

In mid-May, United Way’s Board of Trustees will finalize FUNDEC volunteers’ allocation decisions and that is when the magic happens: The donations are channeled to help change the life of a child who needs a safe haven of care after-school, or to aid a family dealing with the stresses of a recent job downsizing or an unemployment situation. 

Donations are utilized to serve those in need in the county.

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