UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC
40 EAST ADAMS STREET NO 200, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202 www.unitedwaynefl.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: UNITED WAY FUNDS PROGRAMS THAT DELIVER VITAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING A COMMUNITY SUPPORT NETWORK TO COORDINATE PLANNING; INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES; VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT; AND BASIC NEEDS AND DISASTER SERVICES. UNITED WAY'S 2-1-1 IS A UNIQUE PROGRAM THAT OFFERS FREE, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND REFERRAL 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR ANY RESIDENT IN NINE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA (DUVAL, ST. JOHNS, CLAY, NASSAU, BAKER, PUTNAM, COLUMBIA, SUWANNEE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES) WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR A VARIETY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE RESOURCES INCLUDING CHILDCARE, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, FOOD, SHELTER, AND COUNSELING. 2-1-1 ACHIEVEMENTS - UNITED WAY 2-1-1 RECEIVED 79,883 PHONE CALLS IN FY2019-20 AND MADE 37,904 REFERRALS FOR CALLERS WHO NEEDED EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER RELATED NEEDS - FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, CHILDCARE, COUNSELING, ETC. UNITED WAY 2-1-1 CALL CENTER SPECIALISTS ALSO ASSISTED 1,165 SUICIDE/CRISIS CALLERS IN FY2019-20. APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF ALL REFERRALS WERE TO DUVAL COUNTY RESIDENTS. VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT - UNITED WAY'S CALL TO ACTION IS TO "LIVE UNITED." TO LIVE UNITED IS BEING A PART OF THE CHANGE BEING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN OURSELVES AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH GIFTS OF MONEY AND TIME. IN 2019-2020, UNITED WAY'S VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICE GENERATED MORE THAN 190 PROJECTS THAT INVOLVED MORE THAN 2,673 COMPANY AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WITH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 15,340 LOGGED VOLUNTEER HOURS. WITH THE INCLUSION OF OUR MORE THAN 428 READING PALS, ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE MENTORS AND REALSENSE VOLUNTEERS, THE OFFICE LOGGED IN CLOSE TO 29,785 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

EDUCATION: UNITED WAY IS CREATING POSITIVE, LONG-LASTING CHANGE THAT ULTIMATELY PREVENTS PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS SHOW THAT WHEN CHILDREN ENTER SCHOOL READY TO LEARN, THEY SUCCEED AND TARGETED ACTION SUCH AS SCHOOL-BASED SOCIAL SERVICES AND MENTORING HELP STUDENTS GRADUATE ON TIME. UNITED WAY SPONSORS PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE MENTORING, COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT, TEEN PARENTING PREVENTION AND SUPPORT, AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, TUTORING AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES TO HELP STUDENTS SUCCEED EVEN WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH OBSTACLES. IMPROVED ACCESS TO QUALITY EARLY LEARNING THROUGH UNITED WAY-SPONSORED PROGRAMS HELPS CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS GROW, DEVELOP AND LEARN. ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE (AFL) A DROPOUT PREVENTION STRATEGY FOCUSED ON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE AT-RISK FOR ACADEMIC FAILURE. DROPPING OUT IS A GRADUAL PROCESS WITH SIGNS APPEARING AS EARLY AS MIDDLE SCHOOL. WARNING SIGNS OF DROPPING OUT IN THE FUTURE INCLUDE POOR ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR, READING AND MATH GRADES AND READING AND MATH STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. COMPONENTS INCLUDE ONE-ON-ONE WEEKLY MENTORING, TUTORING, AND COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, AS WELL AS PARENT TRAINING TO HELP PRINCIPALS INCREASE FAMILIES' ENGAGEMENT AT SCHOOL. AFL ADDRESSES THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH KEEPING STUDENTS ON TRACK FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. AFL INCLUDES A WHOLE SCHOOL INITIATIVE CALLED THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT PROJECT THAT PROVIDES INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOL STAFF TO INVOLVE PARENTS MORE FULLY IN THE ACADEMIC LIVES OF THEIR STUDENTS. SINCE IMPLEMENTING ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE IN 2007, 6099 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIATIVE, AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY MEASURED THE RESULTS OF AFL STUDENTS. THIS INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR IMPACT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAS, ON AVERAGE, RESULTED IN PROMOTION RATES OF 99%, ATTENDANCE RATES OF 100% AND GPAS REACHING 2.55 FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING IN SCHOOL BEFORE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. IN ADDITION, AFTER THREE YEARS OF SUPPORT ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE: 88% OF STUDENTS HAD AN A, B, OR C IN MATH; 85% OF STUDENTS HAD AN A, B, OR C IN ENGLISH; 99% OF STUDENTS HAD 2 OR FEWER SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS; AND STABILIZE FAMILIES - 99% OF AFL FAMILIES DID NOT MOVE, EITHER PLANNED OR UNPLANNED, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF JACKSONVILLE, BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NE FL AND JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE UNITED WAY'S LEAD PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTING THIS INITIATIVE. IN MAY 2009, ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE WAS RECOGNIZED BY UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE AS A BEST PRACTICE IN EDUCATION INNOVATION. MICHAEL WARD'S $1 MILLION PLEDGE DURING 2008, OSCAR AND CATHY MUNOZ'S PLEDGE OF $1 MILLION DURING 2010, AVAILITY'S $500,000 PLEDGE IN 2011 AND FNF'S $500,000 PLEDGE IN 2012 AND $500,000 FROM THE DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE INDICATIVE OF DONOR INTEREST IN IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE. ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE WAS IN TEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN DUVAL COUNTY IN 2020-21: ARLINGTON, LAKESHORE, MATHEW GILBERT, NORTHWESTERN, JEB STUART, JEFFERSON DAVIS, YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, JEAN RIBAULT, HIGHLANDS AND JOSEPH STILWELL. SUCCESS BY 6, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED WAY AND THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF DUVAL AND THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF NORTH FLORIDA, PROVIDES TWO-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO WORKING FAMILIES WITH THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN ARE PLACED IN HIGH-QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION CENTERS AND RECEIVE TWO YEARS OF YEAR-ROUND, FULL-DAY EDUCATION AND CARE. SINCE SUCCESS BY 6 BEGAN IN 2007, 1915 PRESCHOOLERS HAVE RECEIVED GRANTS TO ATTEND TWO YEARS OF HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING. BECAUSE SUCCESS BY 6 FUNDING SUPPORTS THE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AT THE CENTERS, MORE THAN 2,500 PRESCHOOLERS BENEFIT EACH YEAR. THE FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (FIE) AT UNF EVALUATED SUCCESS BY 6 DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS WITH TWO STANDARDIZED TESTS: THE TEST OF PRESCHOOL EARLY LITERACY THAT EVALUATES PRE-LITERACY SKILLS, AND THE BRACKEN BASIC CONCEPT SCALE THAT MEASURES SCHOOL READINESS. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT AFTER TWO YEARS OF HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING: 94% OF PRESCHOOLERS WERE READY FOR SCHOOL COMPARED TO 79% READY BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN SUCCESS BY 6. UNITED WAY OF NE FL IS ONE OF 17 FLORIDA UNITED WAYS SHARING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM CAROL & BARNEY BARNETT OF PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS. THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT MORE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY START KINDERGARTEN READY TO LEARN TO READ. READINGPALS MATCHES VOLUNTEERS WITH FOUR-YEAR-OLD VPK STUDENTS FOR READING AND ACTIVITIES TO BUILD ORAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AND VOCABULARY. READINGPALS IS A STATEWIDE EARLY LITERACY INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES VOLUNTEER MENTORS FOR VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN (VPK) STUDENTS WHO NEED EXTRA HELP. IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS READINGPALS HAS SERVED OVER 1814 CHILDREN WITH OVER 933 VOLUNTEERS. READINGPALS PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 16,000 BOOKS TO STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS GAVE OVER 10,000 HOURS OF READING TIME. TRADITIONALLY, READINGPALS STUDENTS START FURTHER BEHIND THAN THEIR PEERS. IN LAST YEAR'S EVALUATION, READING PALS STUDENTS HAD A 40% INCREASE ON ORAL LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY ASSESSMENTS FROM FALL TO SPRING COMPARED TO A 22% INCREASE FOR NON-READINGPALS STUDENTS. THIS YEAR, ALL READINGPALS VOLUNTEER SESSIONS WERE VIRTUAL WITH VELLO, AN ONLINE TUTORING PLATFORM.

HEALTH: NEW AND EVOLVING HEALTH ISSUES REQUIRE UTILIZATION OF COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS. THROUGH DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VARIOUS GRANT FUNDERS, UNITED WAY ADVANCES THE COMMON GOOD BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BETTER LIFE FOR CITIZENS OF ALL AGES. WE PROUDLY SUPPORT TWENTY HEALTH AGENCIES AND TWENTY-TWO PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES SUCH AS EMERGENCY SERVICES TO HELP PREVENT AND COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE; PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD; HELPING SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. *FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENTS - FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS OF JACKSONVILLE IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MEET THE THERAPEUTIC, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS OF AT-RISK STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN DUVAL COUNTY. MAJOR FUNDING PARTNERS ARE BAPTIST HEALTH, CHARTRAND FAMILY FUND, DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DUVAL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, KIDS HOPE ALLIANCE, LUCY GOODING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION TRUST, ST. VINCENT'S MOBILE HEALTH AND WEAVER FAMILY FOUNDATION. LED BY UNITED WAY, THESE SCHOOL-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES, NEIGHBORS AND SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF SERVICES TO 87 DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS, WITH 57,000 STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES. AN ADDITION, 56,000 STUDENTS (AT 73 DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS) HAVE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SINCE THE CREATION OF THE FIRST SITE IN THE ANDREW JACKSON FEEDER PATTERN IN 1991, FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS OF JACKSONVILLE HAS GROWN TO EIGHT TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS IN DUVAL COUNTY. THEY ARE: ARLINGTON FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, BEACHES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, ENGLEWOOD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, GREATER SPRINGFIELD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, HISTORIC JAMES WELDON JOHNSON FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, RIBAULT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER, SANDALWOOD FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AND WESTSIDE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. SERVICES ARE DELIVERED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCHOOLS TO REMOVE THE BARRIER OF TRANSPORTATION AND ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: COUNSELING, FAMILY THERAPY, BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING, PARENTING CLASSES, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, TUTORING, LEGAL CONSULTATION, AND OUTSIDE REFERRALS TO OTHER AGENCIES. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT, CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION (2011-12) OF FULL-SERVICE SCHOOLS THAT SHOWED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS FOR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED COUNSELING: 20% IMPROVEMENT IN ATTENDANCE, 32% INCREASE IN LANGUAGE ARTS GRADES AND 31% INCREASE IN MATH GRADES. FULL SERVICE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE HALF AS LIKELY TO BE RETAINED TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN COUNSELING BUT NEEDED IT. RESULTS FOR THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR: 6,721 STUDENTS WERE REFERRED FOR SERVICES, 6,444 STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED MEDICAL SERVICES, 4,282 STUDENTS RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND 29,142 PEOPLE WERE SERVED BY FULL SERVICE SCHOOLS. 99% OF STUDENTS COMPLETING COUNSELING DEMONSTRATED A MEASURABLE INCREASE IN OVERALL FUNCTIONING, AND 97% OF STUDENTS WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. STATEMENTS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS BENEFITTING FROM THE SERVICES OF FULL-SERVICE SCHOOLS: "THE COUNSELING MADE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I WOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT WHEN I WAS 18." - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO RECEIVED COUNSELING "MY CHILD HAS MADE THE HONOR ROLL, AND HE HAS NOT DONE THAT SINCE PROBABLY KINDERGARTEN." - PARENT OF STUDENT WHO RECEIVED COUNSELING.

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