To view the Community Impact Report, click here.COMMUNITY GOAL MEETINGS SCHEDULE If you would like to be involved in identifying strategies to address Community Goals, please plan to attend the following meetings:
EDUCATION: Children and teens are successful in school. Community Partners are now meeting in sub committees. For additional information, please contact Erika Dvorske, President/CEO, at 785-843-6626, or by email at uwdirector@unitedwaydgco.org. To view the draft plan for the EDUCATION GOAL, click here.
HEALTH: People of all ages have access to mental and physical health care.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY: People have steady jobs and financial stability.
To participate online, visit United Way’s WellCommons Group page (http://wellcommons.com/groups/united-way-of-douglas-county/)
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United Way Announces Community GoalsJanuary 26, 2011, Lawrence, Kansas—Tom Christie, United Way Board President, announced the following community goals that United Way will be targeting beginning in 2012. Children and teens are successful in school. People of all ages have access to health care (mental, physical). People have steady jobs and financial stability The strategies to address these goals will be identified over the next few months. Strategies will range from safety net services to prevention programs and much more. If you would like to be involved in identifying strategies visit United Way’s WellCommons Group page (http://wellcommons.com/groups/united-way-of-douglas-county/). "United Way is best known for annually inviting the community to invest in community solutions. As issues continue to grow, United Way is working to adapt to a vibrant community with dynamic needs. We are looking at needs and determining future funding based on a community-wide lens that relies on several different components,” said Christie. The United Way Board of Directors identified these goals utilizing several informational tools to create a comprehensive picture of current community interests. This included a survey which gathered a broad perspective on community priorities, focus groups for a more in-depth analysis of those priorities and community data focused around health, education, and self sufficiency. The identification of community outcomes within these goals is another step in a two-year transition process. Throughout the late winter and spring of 2011, United Way will be working with community partners and issue experts to identify strategies to address outcomes. “No one organization or strategy will achieve these outcomes, but by mobilizing community resources and building partnerships, which is United Way’s mission, we think we can make progress on Douglas County’s most pressing community issues,,” said Erika Dvorske, President/CEO. United Way of Douglas County’s mission is to address human service needs and mobilize community resources and build partnerships. United Way does this by providing financial support to many agencies through an annual community fundraising campaign raising approximately $1.7 million. The United Way of Douglas County also accomplishes its mission by building partnerships through hosting the Roger Hill Volunteer Center, which recruits volunteers for 150 agencies, and managing the Center for Human Services which provides a campus-like environment for 20 nonprofit organizations. For more information, please call 785.843.6626 or visit the website at www.unitedwaydgco.org.
For Additional Information, please contact: Erika Dvorske, President/CEO 785-843-6626 or uwdirector@unitedwaydgco.org Press Release June 15, 2010United Way Begins Community Planning ProcessTom Christie, United Way Board President, marked June 16, 2010 as the beginning of United Way of Douglas County’s community planning process aimed at hearing how Douglas County citizens rank community goals and priorities. To help us get this done, you can start by filling out the community survey and forwarding this link to your friends, family, neighbors and anyone else who has an interest in human service goals in Douglas County. Community Impact efforts will identify and address goals within the broad areas of Education, Health, and Self-Sufficiency. Over the course of time, United Way efforts in Education, Health and Self-Sufficiency will result in measurable community changes with lasting results.
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Once all information is compiled, United Way board of directors will use it to identify funding priorities that have the greatest impact on the community. Free Bird Business Solutions, a strategic planning and marketing firm out of Topeka, has been hired to consult on the project. “We want be able to look at needs and determine future funding based on a community-wide lens that relies on several different components,” said Christie. The online Community Survey is the first tool to be implemented and will be distributed to targeted groups as well as the community at large. Community members can access the online survey on the United Way website at www.unitedwaydgco.org. Additional information about the process, including an FAQ and a project timeline, can also be found there.
“We’ll collect survey input throughout June and July,” said Dvorske. “Then, this fall, we will begin working with focus groups to delve deeper into common themes identified in the survey. From there, our board will analyze the information and create and adopt a community impact funding plan for the future. We hope to announce new funding priorities in the summer of 2011.”
If you would like to be involved in this planning process, please contact us by calling 785.843.6626, OR by emailing uwdirector@unitedwaydgco.org.
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