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Santa Maria, CA 93456
Phone 805 922-0329
Lompoc 805 735-1825
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| Northern Santa Barbara County United Way Community Impact |
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United Way is having impact on our community: not only through maintaining a safety net of services and programs for people in need, but also by identifying the most critical needs in our community and bringing together people and resources to produce results. Our Mission is to improve lives in our community by mobilizing community assets -- money, volunteers, and facilities. |
| Mobilize and Invest Community Assets |
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Development Fund |
| Public Policy/Advocacy |
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Issue Endorsements |
| Community Initiatives |
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Healthy Connections – Access to Care |
| Champion Volunteerism |
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Recruit and Refer Volunteers |
| Expert on Community Needs and Assets |
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Communicating Impact Seminars |
| Some Examples of Funded Program Outcomes |
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Children who grow up in homes where reading is encouraged and shared are more likely to be successful in school. Northern Santa Barbara County United Way funds programs that help increase literacy for hundreds of parents and children through summer learning camps and year-round tutoring programs. Free Prescription Drug Card Program saves communities members $1,000s of dollars every month
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| Mobilize and Invest Community Assets |
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Development Fund
– Makes grants available to new or expanded programs directed at
solving emerging community needs.
Advisory Councils – Integrates United Way volunteers and staff to develop solutions to critical community issues. Join your local Advisory Council Team (ACT). Annual Campaign
– Single largest annual fundraising campaign in our community; joins
tens of thousands of donors from hundreds of organizations in an
organized and energetic effort to raise funds needed to create
sustained change in our community.
Learn
more about the Annual Campaign. |
| Public Policy/Advocacy |
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Issue Endorsements
– Northern Santa Barbara County United Way occasionally endorse
voter issues that impact the community. For example, we endorsed the
Covering California's Children Initiative aimed at providing low
cost quality healthcare to all children. Learn more about this
legislative effort. |
| Community Initiatives |
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Healthy Connections
/Access to Care – Offender Re-entry Initiative – Free Dental Clinic – Neighborhood Empowerment
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| Champion Volunteerism |
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Recruit and Refer Volunteers
– The Northern Santa Barbara County United Way Volunteer Center connected volunteers who provided services to local non-profits.
Learn more about the Volunteer Center
Project Blueprint – Corporate Volunteer Council – Read to Me Day
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Brown Bag Seminars
– We educate company employees on a wide variety of professional and
family issues year-round at the workplace at no charge.
Learn more
about Brown Bag Seminars
Non-Profit Outcomes Training
– United Way offers ongoing training to help agencies develop and
track appropriate outcomes that can be efficiently measured to
demonstrate to the community and their stakeholders the measurable
difference their programs make in improving people’s lives. |