RAVI RESPETO | CEO UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN unitedwaycville.org The over-arching goal is to eliminate barriers for minority and economically- disadvantaged populations and enable them to achieve financial stability and thrive economically. This may be achieved through coordinated service delivery among peer agencies supported by task force coalitions focused on long-term, systems-level change. Through this, we may begin to eliminate a dependency on these services such that individuals can thrive economically and become financially stable. 2 FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS unitedwaycville.org Committed to work that breaks the cycle of generational poverty and improves outcomes through a strong, equitable community where every person can thrive. FINANCIAL STABILITY GOAL: By 2026 our goal is to help 1800 families scale out of poverty, specifically focused on black families. This means increasing the annual income of a family to above the “survival income”¹ threshold of $45,000. SCHOOL READINESS GOAL: By 2026 increase the number of economically disadvantaged kindergartners who pass literacy benchmarks by 10%. By 2026, 76.8% of economically disadvantaged kindergartners should be meeting Fall Kindergarten PALS benchmarks. The assessment tool will be replaced when new or improved assessments become available. We intend to vastly expand our direct services and partnerships, like our Family Investment Program, Driving Lives Forward, and Early Learner Scholarships, to positively impact more individuals and families and create generational change. ¹2021 Orange Dot 4.0 minimum or “survival” income required to cover basic-necessities to live in Charlottesville and Albemarle. This includes rent, food, utilities, clothing, basic medical, transportation, and the cost of childcare. For a family of 3 with one parent, one child over the age of 5 and one child under the age of 5, survival income is calculated as $45,000 per year. 3 CASE FOR SUPPORT: CENSUS DATA FOR TJPD unitedwaycville.org The poverty rate in the Thomas Jefferson Planning District has largely remained the same since 2013, despite strong regional economic growth and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state. For example: >20% of families in the planning district fall within 200% of the federal poverty line. 54% of children in the City of Charlottesville were eligible for free or reduced lunch at school prior to COVID. The impacts of COVID will likely increase or sustain this level of need for the near-term. 22% of all families in the City earn less than $35,000 per year, $10,000 less than the survival income required for a single parent household with 2 children (Orange Dot 4.0). 54% of those families are Black households while only 13% are White. ENVISION: CASE FOR SUPPORT – CVILLE REGION unitedwaycville.org ENVISION: CASE FOR SUPPORT – CVILLE CITY unitedwaycville.org ENVISION: EVALUATION OF SUCCESS unitedwaycville.org ENVISION: EVALUATION OF SUCCESS unitedwaycville.org ENVISION: EVALUATION OF SUCCESS FINANCIAL RESILIENCY TASK FORCE unitedwaycville.org Ravi Respeto President, United Way of Greater Charlottesville Ridge Schuyler Dean of Community Self-Sufficiency Programs, PVCC Stephen Davis President, Community Investment Collaborative Janette Kawachi Chief Partnership Officer, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville Sunshine Mathon Executive Director Piedmont Housing Alliance Mary Coleman Interim Director, City of Promise Yolunda Harrell New Hill Development Corporation Sarah Hanks Executive Director, MACAA Robert Gray Concientious Capitalists, Inc. Claudette Greene Charlottesville Housing & Redevelopment Authority Phyllis Savides Director, Albemarle County Department of Social Services Kaki Dimock Director, City of Charlottesville Department of Human Services Siri Russell Director, Albemarle County Office of Equity & Inclusion Barbara Hutchinson VP of Community Impact, United Way of Greater Charlottesville Dave Norris Financial Opportunity Center Manager, Piedmont Housing Alliance 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW: PROGRAMMATIC IMPACTS OF COVID unitedwaycville.org CANCELLED RESHAPED COVID SUPPORT Cville Tax Aid Coordinated volunteers for emergency Early Education Scholarship program operations center Tom Tom Partnership VA 30 Day Fund partnership Building Strong, Equitable College Towns Virtual Early Education Symposium Minority Business grants Spring Community Table Early Ed & Family Day Home grants Day of Caring Caring for Community Awards Santa Fund for COVID Recovery CARES Act Funding disbursement for Pathways Program RMRP for City/County COVID COMMUNITY IMPACT - FUNDING unitedwaycville.org DIRECT ASSISTANCE ALLOCATIONS SINCE MARCH 2020 $1,450,000 $1,550,000 $180,000 $8,426,364 CERF INTAKE DATA unitedwaycville.org 4,879 Funded requests 17,866 Individuals $4,010,532 Total amount awarded *all CERF numbers are estimates based on data from partner organizations CERF REQUESTS BY LOCALITY unitedwaycville.org Total Numbers: Albemarle County – 1,702 City of Charlottesville – 1,460 CERF REQUESTS BY RACE/ETHNICITY unitedwaycville.org PATHWAYS CLIENTS: Emergency COVID Funds unitedwaycville.org $2,531,017 Total County Spend $3,583,116 Total Pathway Funding $1,052,099 Total City Spend Albemarle Charlottesville TOTAL American Indian 2 4 39 Asian 24 15 6 Black/African American 1,041 785 1,826 White 412 167 579 Not Provided 26 43 69 Hispanic 716 141 857 TOTAL 2,221 1,155 3,376 % Black/African American 47% 68% 54% % White 19% 14% 17% RENT & MORTGAGE PROTECTION PROGRAM unitedwaycville.org $800,127 Total County Spend $1,094,977 Total RMRP Funding $294,850 Total City Spend Albemarle Charlottesville TOTAL Black/African American 225 113 338 White 108 31 139 Hispanic/Latino 68 7 75 American Indian 0 2 2 Not Provided 3 0 3 Asian 3 0 3 TOTAL SERVED 407 159 566 % Black/African American 55% 71% 60% % White 26% 19% 24% SANTA FUND FOR SCHOOLKIDS unitedwaycville.org Santa Fund for Schoolkids is an annual collaboration between The Daily Progress, WINA AM1070, and the United Way of Greater Charlottesville, providing essentials like clothing, shoes, medicine, eyeglasses, and school supplies/books for schoolchildren in need in our community. This year, the Santa Fund for Schoolkids took on new urgency, creating the Santa Fund COVID Assistance Program to help families with COVID-19 related needs, such as internet access for virtual learning and assistance with other tools to provide a safe learning environment. Charlottesville City Service by Ethnicity $20,000 $20,000 To Charlottesville City schools Grant to the Conscious Capitalists Black/African to support supply drive for Group Foundation to support virtual 75% 79 children who are learning learning and scholastic support for American from home virtually. middle school students. Hispanic/Latino 20% 17 Reasons for assistance White 9% 9 Parent(s) unemployed, laid off and hours reduced due to COVID Unable to afford supplies and tuition associated with virtual learning Total Students 105 Fathers died (2) or incarcerated (1) unable maintain virtual learning for multiple children Evicted and single father and 4 children living in motel room and need tuition assistance 56% Cost of internet service 28% Virtual learning tuition 16% Electric bills, car insurance, phone service, virtual learning supplies EARLY LEARNER SCHOLARSHIPS unitedwaycville.org Provide economically-disadvantaged children access to quality, stable early education environments to prepare them for success in school and life. Ethnicity Number % Black/African American 26 87% $21,220 $15,600 Average household Average rent in White 3 10% income WITHOUT Charlottesville Hispanic/Latino 1 3% scholarship 2-parent household 2 7% Single-parent household 28 93% Rent Utilities $5,620 TOTAL SERVED 30 Annual income less rent Food payments Transportation Clothing Taxes Insurance $32,750 Average household income WITH scholarship (single mother with 3 children) $468.33 annual Monthly income after rent READY REGIONS VIRTUAL LEARNING & GO2GROW LAUNCH unitedwaycville.org Ready Regions for Virtual Learning ▪ $1,450,000+ to support virtual learning in the planning district ▪ Website opened in February ▪ 133 slots expanded to 152 as of March 2021 ▪ Full-time Navigator hired in February ▪ $555 bonuses to all site employees ▪ 450+ applications received and processed since 4/4 ▪ $5,000 bonuses to new sites ▪ 350+ applications for the public preschools ▪ Supplies to providers: desks, chairs, office supplies, ▪ 40+ applications that did not specify preference microwaves, air purifiers, fridges, etc. ▪ 60+ applications for private providers ▪ Overall, 70% full with waitlists at City sites ▪ Additional 70+ paper applications submitted directly to public ▪ Opportunity for summer program programs FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM unitedwaycville.org Our family investment program works to help families reduce debt, set aside savings, and work towards financial stability. Two current clients have high-interest debt (35% and 36% interest rates) that we are refinancing as part of their plan. Another client, Germina, is just graduating from our program and the Habitat Pathways program and is moving into the Habitat home ownership program. She is purchasing a Habitat home currently under construction in Albemarle County and will move in this year. She is a single mother with 4 children, grew up in public housing in the City (Westhaven), graduated from PVCC, and is employed at Sentara Martha Jefferson where she has been promoted and increased her wages by 56% since she joined our program. A fourth client in the program has moved out of public housing and into an apartment. She is close to graduating into the Habitat Home Ownership program having reduced her debt and saved for the down-payment. Recently her car engine just blew up. We were able to put her through our new Driving Lives Forward transportation program helping with her down-payment for a reliable used vehicle at a market interest rate and an affordable monthly payment that will not impact her home ownership schedule. REIMAGINE CVA PUBLIC LAUNCH unitedwaycville.org • Town Hall was held for NPOs mid-February • Public Launch on March 30: email, social media, media campaign 21 DEI UPDATE - INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK unitedwaycville.org Decision to utilize the Inclusive Excellence Framework made in the winter of FY2019 DEI committee established April 17, 2020 and chaired by Kevin McDonald, Vice President of DEI & Community Partnerships at UVA With the support of his Ferguson, MO consultant, the committee established the overall framework of UWGC’s DEI Plan and established a sub-committee to complete the IE Framework to align with the 5 Year Strategic Plan and the individual division/program workplans Staff are now completing the application of the framework within all areas of the organization by updating the strategic plan one-year workplans The UWGC DEI Coordinator is helping establish an equity audit for the organization and DEI training opportunities for staff. 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