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Investments
FY12 Community Grants
Community Impact: The collaborative process of making lasting change toward shared community goals.
A critical piece of the community impact model will continue to be community grants to programs that show results. United Way of Windham County has completed its first round of community grant-making using the community impact model. All applicants were asked to align their program requests to the target outcomes and use a new online application system that will allow for program outcome tracking and impact measurement. Organizations were invited to include a maximum of three programs in their application.
UWWC received applications from 18 organizations (four new to United Way of Windham County) for 27 programs related to education (7 programs), income (12 programs), and health (8 programs) outcomes. Through a thorough review, including finance, governance, and community impact, the pool of successful applicants was reduced to 22 programs (5 education, 11 income, and 6 health) from 16 organizations (three new to United Way), totaling $131,709 of funding from January – June 2012.
The Community Impact Teams of volunteers in the areas of Education, Income, and Health, as well as members of our Community Investment Committee, will have an ongoing role in building relationships, partnerships, collaborations, and resources through which United Way of Windham County will build meaningful strategies to achieve our community outcomes.
The following programs were granted funding for six months of FY12, from January – June 2012:
| Organization/Program |
Grant Award |
| AIDS Project of Southern Vermont - Food Program |
3,325.00 |
| Brattleboro Area Drop In Center, Inc. - Projects to Assist In Transition from Homelessness |
8,750.00 |
| Brattleboro Area Hospice - Hospice Care Program |
4,487.00 |
| Health Care and Rehabilitation Services - Community Connections |
7,500.00 |
| Meeting Waters YMCA - Youth Development |
4,000.00 |
| Morningside House - Homeless Youth Housing and Support Initiative |
10,000.00 |
| Our Place Drop-In Center - Healthy Community Meals and Groceries |
5,400.00 |
| Parks Place Community Resource Center - Providing Comprehensive Mental Health Services |
8,750.00 |
| Prevent Child Abuse Vermont - Nurturing Parenting Program |
7,200.00 |
| Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) - Emergency Home Repair |
6,720.00 |
| Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) - Housing Stabilization Program |
4,480.00 |
| Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) - Working Bridges |
6,720.00 |
| The Center for Health and Learning - Youth Suicide Prevention in Windham County |
4,873.00 |
| The Gathering Place - The Gathering Place |
3,262.00 |
| Vermont Adult Learning - Basic Computer Classes |
2,338.00 |
| Windham & Windsor Housing Trust - Foreclosure Prevention Program |
10,000.00 |
| Windham & Windsor Housing Trust - Rental Housing Management Program |
10,000.00 |
| Windham Child Care Association - Bookmobile |
5,040.00 |
| Windham Child Care Association - Early Educator Mentoring Program |
4,630.00 |
| Windham Child Care Association - Professional Development Calendar |
3,744.00 |
| Youth Services Inc. - Big Brothers Big Sisters |
4,146.00 |
| Youth Services Inc. - RAMP (Ready to Achieve Mentoring Program) |
6,344.00 |
| Total |
$ 131,709.00 |
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