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2. United Way I CITY OF I CHANHASSEN O k r \ir 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 1 (612) 937-1900 • FAX (612) 937-5739 ' I MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager 1 FROM: Todd Gerhardt, Assistant City Manager I DATE: July 8, 1992 . . SUBJ: Presentation by United Way, Byron Leher 1 This past May, the City of Chanhassen and the Oted Way of the Minneapolis area held a Town Hall meeting to discuss community concerns, fi ikliow the United Way could better serve our community. Only two people attended this pee4g, Councilman Wing and L During this I meeting, it was decided that a United Way representative should attend a City Council meeting to explain how the United Way works withTIocatiokagencies, and their relationship with the United Way of America.. 1 Byron Leher, Director of Government Relations for the United Way, will be present to give a short presentation, and answer any questions the Mayor or City Council may have regarding the I United Way's involvement with the City of Chanhassen;and the benefits they provide. I have attached a brochure entitled "Reaching People in Need" which tells how the United Way dollars are spent. I Attachment .. I 1. "Reaching People in Need" 1 - . - = . 1 111 i fifr a 1 Noe PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER • REACHING PEOPLE IN NEED t Y tN 'Vi} *b iw .�i. A Report on 1992 United Way of Minneapolis Area Services Dear Friend of United Way, In 1992, United Way of Minneapolis Area will distribute $41 million to This is a special report of the United Way of Minneapolis Area that over 390 health and human care programs in 137 participating agen- illustrates how your contributions help people in need in our commu- cies. These services help people who are in need in Anoka, Carver, nity. United Way of Minneapolis Area is an independent autonomous Dakota, Hennepin and Scott counties. The chart below shows the areas organization governed by local volunteers who make all policy and where your contributions are distributed: funding decisions. When you contribute, you support food shelves, Prevent Hunger battered women's shelters, counseling for physically and sexually Homelessness Ensure Health abused children and teenagers, early childhood development pro- $4.4 million $9.1 million grams, and services for older adults. This report shows the work of more than 1,000 community volunteers Prevent Child 10% 20% who study community needs, visit agencies, review and evaluate & Adult Abuse programs and services, do financial audits, coordinate community $6.6 million 14% initiatives, and distribute your dollars to help people in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin and Scott counties. 40/0 16% Increase Administration Self- Sufficiency During 1992, we are the volunteer chairs of the committees who make $1 million 6% $7.3 million the recommendations to the volunteer Board of Directors about how Fund Raising 15% 15% to invest your contributions to help the most people with the most $2.6 million effective services. When you contribute to United Way, you can be sure your dollars are Resolve Personal Assure Child & well spent. In fact, Minnesota's Charities Review Council recommends & Family Crises Youth Development $6.7 million $6.9 million that charities spend no more than 30 percent of their contributions on fund- raising and administrative costs. United Way of Minneapolis Area spends less that 10 percent on these costs. That means 90 cents of every SUMMARY OF 1992 FUNDING contributed dollar goes to services. We are proud to be volunteers for United Way of Minneapolis Area. It is a quality organization that works hard to assure quality, achieve • AGENCY PROGRAMS $37,501,000 results and ensure that services are available to help people. United Way distributes funds to a wide variety of high quality health If you have questions about anything in this report, please call 340-7400. and human service programs that help people with their most criti- cal problems. Every program is evaluated by a panel of volunteers from the community who make sure they are effective and efficient ` .7/i ��� and reach people who are most in need. This year, volunteers worked to: Thomas R. McBurney Scotty Gillette 1. Prevent future problems United Way works to prevent problems Chair, Planning and Chair, Funding and Services before they take hold in people's lives. In fact, United Way dis- Partnerships Division Committee Division Committee tributes almost 56 percent of its funding to programs that prevent problems. These programs focus on: —Early Childhood Development — funding of $2.3 million to 33 programs; —Child Abuse and Neglect— funding of $3.8 million to 61 programs. ' , ii." rr� i _ M 11.1 NM MIN N MI NM NM NE NE EN NM MI UN NM N I MI NM SUMMARY OF 1991 FUNDING (continued) SUMMARY OF 1992 FUNDING (continued) —Long -term Unemployment— funding of $1 million to 24 The Affordable Housing Initiative works to improve the quality and programs; affordability of housing for people living on low incomes. This year, — Educational Disadvantages — funding of $3.6 million to 47 $150,000 will enhance the capacity of nonprofit developers of low - income housing units, and help coordinate the efforts of nonprofit programs. agencies that provide services for people living in low - income 2. Help people most in need —Every other year, United Way studies housing. and identifies the critical issues that people are facing, and the groups who are most at risk in order to help people effectively. 1 • STRENGTHEN THE This funding helps children, people of color, people on low incomes, women and girls, people experiencing severe stress and NONPROFIT SECTOR $1,998,900 United Way is the most efficient organization to distribute donors' people living in suburban areas where populations are growing contributions because it is committed to supporting strong and rapidly. effective health and human services. One of United Way's under - 3. Ensure highest quality Volunteers carefully review the lying principles is that well- managed organizations provide better performance of every funded program. This year, $227,110 in services. Therefore, United Way works to strengthen and improve discontinued funding was redistributed to higher quality, more nonprofit organizations. This includes training and development for effective programs to meet priority and expanding needs. agency volunteers and managers; recruitment and placement of vol- *4. Help children achieve through "learning readiness " —In unteers; technical assistance in developing and improving services. mid -1992, United Way will distribute nearly $1 million addi- Service centers help suburban residents tional dollars in special grants. These separate grants help United Way supports two area service centers that are conveniently children and families with services that can help them solve located in suburban areas and house a variety of public and private their problems. In that way, a child's ability to learn when at health and human services. The center in Dakota County opened in school is not hampered, and that child does not divert the 1985 and the Human Services Center of Anoka County opened last teacher's attention away from teaching. These efforts could year. include helping students cope with death or divorce, physical or mental abuse, hunger or homelessness or illiteracy. • COMMUNITY INFORMATION AND REFERRAL .. $879,700 • COMMUNITY INITIATIVES $558,100 United Way's First Call for Help ®, Travelers Aid and Labor Com- munity Services assist more than 150,000 people each year by using Community initiatives bring together the energies and resources of computerized files that list more than 2,500 service organizations. diverse individuals and groups in our community to work on tough By working with people on the telephone, in person or in groups, community problems with more focus, thus producing results effi- United Way helps people learn about and use the services that are ciently and with greater success. In 1992, United Way will continue available to them. these partnerships with business, education, government, labor, social service and civic organizations in the following community TOTAL 1992 FUND DISTRIBUTION $40 ,937,775 initiatives: Success by 6®works to ensure that all children have the chance to develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially before age 6 so they can be healthy, productive adults. United Way has ear- marked $400,000 for this important preventative effort. *Learning readiness fiords have not been added into the totals in this brochure. u, Funds Reach People Most In Need • Public Education— Activities that increase knowledge and understanding of a problem to encourage a change in behavior such as smoking cessa- United Way's ongoing analysis of community problems indicates that tion workshops. some people have fewer resources, are more vulnerable to problems • Focused Prevention — Activities targeted to people who are particularly or are most affected by a problem. This chart shows the percentage vulnerable to a specific problem. An example is Head Start programs of contributed dollars that help these populations. Please note that that target children living in poverty. categories may overlap so the same program may be listed more than Intervention once (e.g. under children, girls or low income). Programs that help people who are currently experiencing the problem and 70% need immediate assistance. 60% Services for People in the Five - County Area 50% United Way programs help people living in the five- county metropolitan area. Shown below are the dollars that go to help people in each county. 409/0 :,, • 30°Al ; ' '' ANOKA . v, ` COUNTY 20% 10a/o HENNEPIN COUNTY Doh NORTHERN Low Income Girls/Women Youth (aged 0 People of Color HENNEPIN [ - (Including African Americans, Asian — Potent el 1092 ToW Funding Pacifica, Native 1 Americans, Hispanics) -I 1__ ,__ SOUTHERN i NIINNEA- HENNEPIN !! PODS Funds Support Diverse Approaches to Problems - L_-_. CARVER COUNTY In 1992, United Way will address community problems through pro- grams that offer direct intervention and prevention. 0% 10 0 /9 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% SCOTT DAKOTA COUNTY COUNTY Prevention 55% Intervention 45% Anoka $3,312,900 Carver 614,400 Dakota* 2,047, 100 Prevention Minneapolis 23,393,900 Northern Hennepin 4,727,500 These programs are divided according to programs that deal with: Scott 548,400 ■ Human Development— Activities that focus on the total person Southern Hennepin 5,866,100 such as scouting to build self - esteem, positive family activities to *The United Ways of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Hastings fund services in Dakota County. create healthy relationships and productive adults. The funding totals over $3.5 million. tr1, ((( ��