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Where Does the Money Go?
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United Way volunteers representative of our community and knowledgeable about health and human needs serve on funding panels to distribute the dollars available in the Community Solutions Fund from the annual United Way Campaign. Here's an overview of the daunting task they faced this spring for the 2004-2005 allocations cycle.
With the challenging economy, the 2003 United Way Campaign was down from the prior year by 2.74%. That means there was 2.74% less dollars for our local network of services. In the prior year, there was $6,070,294 directed to United Way funded programs. For the current year, the existing programs were requesting renewal and increased funding of $6,999,108. In addition, Partner Agencies submitted proposals totaling $687,609 for new programs. The total request based on well-documented needs came to $7,686,717. Unfortunately, only $5,903,837 was available, down $166,457 from the prior year.
Needs vs. Available Resources
The following are the program categories and dollars requested for proposals reviews by the Family Funding Panel.
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Aid to Military Families
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$230,000
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Disaster Response
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$414,000
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Homeless Shelter & Support/Transitional Housing
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$222,000
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Domestic Violence Shelter & Support
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$465,000
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Family Crisis Counseling/Child Abuse Prevention
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$583,000
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Job Training/Literacy Training
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$338,000
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Legal Assistance/Immigration Assistance
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$ 84,000
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Parenting Training
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$ 64,000
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Total Request
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$2,400,000
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Dollars Available: $1.719,000
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