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2006 / 2007 Community Investments

Listed are Trident United Way’s investments for the coming fiscal year. Nearly 250 community volunteers spent 4,300 hours determining our community’s priority issues and selecting an investment portfolio in programs that achieve measurable success addressing those issues.

TUW invests your donation in nearly 100 programs in an open, competitive process. Programs measurably achieving positive results and helping to solve the most critical problems were selected over those that didn’t. This year, there are seven new programs earning United Way investments. United Way also distributes more than $2 million to other non-profit agencies as directed by our donors themselves.

TUW also works beyond our program investments for systemic change in our community. This takes many forms: creating partnerships, connecting people to resources and advocating in the public policy arena, to name just three. It’s part of our two-pronged effort to make real, lasting change in the Lowcountry.

Success By 6

Vision: “All children are ready to succeed in school.”

Community Outcomes:
1) All children ages 0-5 in the Trident Area will have quality, comprehensive health care.
2) All children ages 0-5 in the Trident Area will have quality early care and education.

Program	Agency	2006-2007
Berkeley Jump Start	Berkeley Citizens, Inc.	$18,000
MUSC Children's Care	Center for Child Advocacy	$100,000
CML Parent & Tot Program	Children's Museum of the Lowcountry	$10,500
Child Care Resource & Referral (1)	Trident United Way	$275,092
Impact Initiative / Strategic Planning	Trident United Way	$50,750
Business Engagement	Trident United Way	$15,000
Countdown to Kindergarten	Trident United Way	$50,000
Total		$519,342

Nurturing Youth

Vision: “All youth have opportunities to develop their full potential through healthy environments that promote learning.”

Community Outcomes:
1) All youth ages 6-17 in the Trident Area will achieve developmentally appropriate academic goals.
2) All youth ages 6-17 in the Trident Area will avoid behaviors that result in pregnancy, violence and/or substance abuse.

Program	Agency	2006-2007
Bridging the Gap	Berkeley Citizens, Inc.	$15,000
Twin Rivers District Scoutreach	BSA, Coastal Carolina Council	$100,000
Reading Soul Mates	Boys & Girls Clubs of the Trident Area	$20,000
Project Learn	Boys & Girls Clubs of the Trident Area	$135,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters	Carolina Youth Development Center	$82,705
Callen-Lacey Center for Children	Carolina Youth Development Center	$43,077
Charleston Emergency Shelter	Carolina Youth Development Center	$50,991
Horizon House Elementary & Middle School	Carolina Youth Development Center	$40,000
Student Support Program	Communities in Schools, Charleston Area	$141,600
Direct Clinical Services	Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center	$96,432
Children's Services	Dorchester Disabilities & Special Needs	$40,500
Day Program	Florence Crittenton Programs of SC	$30,000
Residential Program	Florence Crittenton Programs of SC	$61,364
Metanoia Young Leaders Program*	Metanoia*	$30,000
Charleston Families in Need of Services	Outward Bound	$15,000
After School Program	South Santee Community Center	$37,000
Empowered Through Literacy Integrated with Technology	The P.I.N.K House	$60,000
High Management Group Home	Windwood Farm Home for Children	$75,000
Wings at Memminger AfterSchool Program	Wings for Kids	$40,000
Berkeley / Dorchester Academic Success	Collaberative Partners	$100,000
Impact Initative / Strategic Planning	Trident United Way	$50,750
Total		$1,264,419

Promoting Health and Wellness

Vision: “The tri-county region will be recognized as a “high performance health and wellness community” characterized by steady and measurable improvement in the health and wellness of its citizens and their access to quality medical care."

Community Outcomes:
1) All residents in the Trident Area will take personal responsibility for maintaining and improving their mental and physical well-being.
2) All residents in the Trident Area will have access to continuing education and information about how to maintain and improve their mental and physical well-being and how to best utilize the health care system.
3) All residents in the Trident Area will have a medical home (family physician, clinic or other resource) and access to at least the minimum level of medical and preventive care needed to maintain reasonably good health.

Program	Agency	2005-2006
Community Health & Safety	American Red Cross-Lowcountry Chapter	$15,625
Living Well With Partial Vision	Association for the Blind	$30,000
Smiles for a Lifetime	Commun-I-Care	$40,000
Primary Healthcare Clinic*	Crisis Ministries*	$15,000
Med-I-Assist Pharmacy Assistance	East Cooper Community Outreach	$10,000
Kids Path	Hospice of Charleston	$30,000
Supportive Services	Lowcountry AIDS Services	$80,000
Healing Hands Ministries	Tri-County Family Ministries	$40,000
Medical Care	Tri-County Project Care	$40,000
Impact Initiative / Strategic Planning	Trident United Way	$50,750
Total		$351,375

Increasing Self-Sufficiency Vision: “All individuals/families have the opportunity to earn an adequate income and experience secure, healthy and supportive relationships in safe and affordable homes.” Community Outcomes: 1. All adults in the Trident Area will possess functional literacy skills. 2. All adults in the Trident Area will possess skills to develop financial assets for themselves/family. 3. All adults in the Trident Area will possess the interpersonal relationship skills to create and maintain functional families.
Program	Agency	2005-2006
Community Services	Alston Wilkes Society	$50,500
Employment Training for Adults with Developmental Disabilities	Berkeley Citizens, Inc.	$50,000
Charleston County Mental Health Court*	Charleston Development Corporation *	$30,000
Transitional Program	Crisis Ministries	$26,250
Respite Services	Dorchester Disabilities and Special Needs	$30,000
Supported Employment	Dorchester Disabilities and Special Needs	$30,500
Behavioral Health Services	Family Services Inc	$150,000
Financial Literacy Education	Family Services Inc	$11,000
Representative Payee Program	Family Services Inc	$97,934
Family Development	Florence Crittenton	$60,000
Lowcountry Individual Develpment Account	Lowcountry Housing & Economic Develpment Foundation	$20,000
Enhancing the Response	Safe Moves	$20,000
Homeless/Transitional Shelter	Salvation Army	$60,121
Families in Transition	Tri-County Family Ministries	$30,000
Adult Basic Education	Trident Literacy Association	$45,445
VITA / Earned Income Tax Program	Trident Urban League	$25,000
HUD Counseling Program (3)	Trident United Way	$61,768
Impact Initiative / Strategic Planning	Trident United Way	$50,750
Total		$849,268

Responding to Basic Needs

Vision: "The Trident area community will be prepared and able to respond in a timely, coordinated and compassionate way to basic needs created by personal emergencies."

Community Outcomes: All residents of the Trident Area will have adequate food, clothing and shelter.

Program	Agency	2005-2006
Disaster Service	American Red Cross	$156,600
Volunteer Services	American Red Cross	$28,863
Rescue Services	Berkeley County Rescue Squad	$20,000
Children in Crisis Center	Dorchester Children's Center	$14,000
Local Emergency Needs (2)	EFSP	$312,337
Homeless Shelter & Soup Kitchen*	Crisis Ministries*	$10,000
Shelter For Homeless Women & Children*	Good Neighbor Center	$30,357
Emergency Assistance	Helping Hands of Goose Creek	$24,200
Hunger Free Zones Inititive	Lowcountry Food Bank	$101,500
Emergency Shelter for the Homeless	Reid House of Christian Service	$20,000
Coordination Services	Dee Norton Lowcountry Childrens' Center	$52,000
Disaster Services	Salvation Army	$16,000
Emergency Financial Assistance	Salvation Army	$165,035
Community Needs Assisitance	Tricounty Family Ministries	$20,000
211 Hotline	Trident United Way	$378,690
TeenLine	Trident United Way	$24,764
Disaster Preparedness	Trident United Way