UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC
218 SAINT FRANCIS ST, MOBILE, AL 36602 www.uswswa.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UWSWA MAKES GRANT ALLOCATIONS TO VARIOUS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN CHOCTAW, CLARKE, MOBILE, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN ITS FOUR BUILDING BLOCKS: LIFE'S BASIC ESSENTIALS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY. FUNDED BASIC ESSENTIALS PROGRAMS INCLUDE: DISASTER CYCLE SERVICES AND SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTH ALABAMA; CLARKE COUNTY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES; SAFETY FIRST A PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH ALABAMA; FAMILY ROOM RESPITE AND OVERNIGHT LODGING PROGRAMS OF RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MOBILE; ASSISTED DAY HABILITATION PROGRAM OF THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA; CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM AND EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM OF FEEDING THE GULF COAST; EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY BY MOBILE COMMUNITY ACTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SHELTER OF PENELOPE HOUSE; SYBIL H. SMITH FAMILY VILLAGE OF DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER; INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK SHELTER PROGRAM OF FAMILY PROMISE OF THE COASTAL ALABAMA; RAPID REHOUSING FOR INDIVIDUAL ADULTS PROGRAM OF HOUSING FIRST; EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM OF MCKEMIE PLACE; LIFE ESSENTIALS PROGRAM OF MULHERIN CUSTODIAL HOME; FAMILY HAVEN AND RED SHIELD SHELTER OF THE SALVATION ARMY OF COAST ALABAMA; AND THE TRANSITIONAL FAMILY AND LIVING PROGRAMS OF WILMER HALL CHILDREN'S HOMEFUNDED EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE: PROJECT LEARN/TUTORING PROGRAM OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA; TEEN ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS WORKSHOPS AND JUVENILE DRUG TESTING GIVEN BY DRUG EDUCATION COUNCIL; RAPE CRISIS CENTER - EDUCATION INITIATIVE OF LIFELINES COUNSELING SERVICES; READING TUTORS PROGRAM OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA RSVP; CUSTOMIZED EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS OF THE ARC OF CLARKE COUNTY; BEYOND SCHOOL WALLS MENTORING PROGRAM OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH ALABAMA; STAR MAP OF THE CHILD DAY CARE ASSOCIATION; AFTERSCHOOL ACADEMY OF THE DEARBORN YMCA; AFTER SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM OF DUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER; ADULT AND EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF GOODWILL GULF COAST; EDUCATION PROGRAM OF ST. MARY'S HOME; LITTLE TREE PRESCHOOL AND WOODY'S SONG SCHOOL OF THE LEARNING TREE; UCP PRESCHOOL AND CAMP SMILE OF UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY; AND EDUCATION FOR LIFE OF WILMER HALL CHILDREN'S HOME; FUNDED HEALTH PROGRAMS INCLUDE: EPILEPSY CLIENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA, MOBILE & GULF COAST CHAPTER; POSITIVE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES PROVIDED BY ALPHA WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY PROGRAM OF HOME OF GRACE FOR WOMEN; RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF LIFELINES COUNSELING SERVICES; FORENSIC INTERVIEWING & FOSTER CARE AT "ALMOST HOME" PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER; SICKLE CELL LAB TESTING/TRAIT COUNSELING SERVICES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION, MOBILE CHAPTER; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE FOR UNINSURED ADULTS BY VICTORY HEALTH PARTNERS; SCHOOL-BASED THERAPY - COMMUNITY COUNSELING/BEHAVIOR HEALTH OF ALTAPOINTE HEALTH SYSTEMS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF GOODWILL GULF COAST; TRANSPORTATION=TREATMENT=PREVENTION OF AIDS ALABAMA SOUTH; SUMMER DAY CAMP AND TRIPLE PLAY: A GAME PLAN FOR MIND, BODY, AND SOUL OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH ALABAMA; YOUTH HEALTH OF CRITTENTON YOUTH SERVICES; FITNESS & RECREATIONS AND SENIOR ACTIVITIES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF DEARBORN YMCA; HEALTH & MEDICAL SERVICES OF MOBILE ARC; GENERIC MEDICATION SAFETY NEW PROGRAM OF OZANAM CHARITABLE PHARMACY; HEALTH PROGRAM OF ST. MARY'S HOME; CHILD SEX ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROGRAM OF THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER; ROADMAP TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM OF THE SALVATION ARMY OF COASTAL ALABAMA; AND THE GRANDFRIENDS ADULT DAYCARE PROGRAM OF VIA HEALTH, FITNESS, AND ENRICHMENT CENTER.FUNDED FINANCIAL STABILITY PROGRAMS INCLUDE: VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) PROGRAM OF UWSWA; EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING PROGRAM OF GOODWILL GULF COAST; CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICES OF LIFELINES COUNSELING CENTER; AND JOB READY PROGRAM OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES - ALTAPOINTE HEALTH.

VOLUNTEER CONNECT (VC) IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST NONPROFIT PARTNERS IN RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS AND PROMOTING EVENTS. VC IS A DATABASE WHERE NONPROFITS SHARE THEIR VOLUNTEER NEEDS AND EVENTS WITH THE PUBLIC WHO IN TURN CAN REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE AS INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, OR COMPANIES. IN 2020, 820 NONPROFIT NEEDS WERE MET WHICH IS $33,620 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT. UWSWA BENEFITS DIRECTLY FROM VC BY USING IT TO PROMOTE UNITED WAY VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) PROGRAM, UWSWA'S DAY OF CARING (DOC), AND OTHER PROJECTS AS NEEDED. THE VITA PROGRAM RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND SUPERVISES VOLUNTEERS IN THE FREE PREPARATION OF INDIVIDUAL TAX RETURNS. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS ON SERVING LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, THE ELDERLY, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THE 2019 TAX SEASON CONCLUDED AND, BETWEEN OUR 30 VOLUNTEER TAX PREPARERS AND OUR VITA COORDINATOR, BRAD MARTIN, 822 TAX RETURNS WERE FILED. OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFE COALITION COLLECTIVELY FILED 2,385 TAX RETURNS ACROSS ALL 20 PREPARATION SITES. UWSWA PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THE SAFE COALITION INCLUDE: GOODWILL GULF COAST AND MOBILE COMMUNITY ACTION. DOC IS A COMMUNITY WIDE DAY OF VOLUNTEERISM WHERE UWSWA CONNECTS PARTNER AGENCIES TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO COMPLETE AGENCY NEEDS. IN 2020, WE HAD 11 VOLUNTEER TEAMS PARTICIPATE, WITH 92 VOLUNTEERS DOING A COMBINED TOTAL OF MORE THAN 119 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THESE SERVICE HOURS IS MORE THAN $3,213

UNITED WAY 2-1-1 IS A NATIONAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HELPLINE THAT PROVIDES REFERRALS TO AGENCIES THAT HAVE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. EACH STATE LOCALIZES THE SERVICES FOR CALLERS TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE CLOSEST TO THEM. UWSWA PARTNERS WITH LIFELINES COUNSELING SERVICES TO STAFF THE HELPLINE WITH TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE REFERRALS TO OUR SERVICE AREA AND OTHER SURROUNDING ALABAMA COUNTIES. THE HELPLINE ALSO PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COVERING ALL PHASES OF AN EMERGENCY INCLUDING PREVENTION, PLANNING, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY. IN CHOCTAW, CLARKE, MOBILE, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UW 2-1-1 RECEIVED 6,024 CALLS.THE TOP NEEDS ADDRESSED WERE SUPPORTS WITH HOUSING OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, FOOD ASSISTANCE, REFERRALS TO HOMELESS OR DROP-IN SHELTERS, AND TAX PREPARATION SERVICES.

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