Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO BE THE LEADER IN BRINGING TOGETHER THE RESOURCES TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE CARING COMMUNITY.
FUND DISTRIBUTION:UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY'S FUND DISTRIBUTION PROCESS ALLOCATED $941,309 TO PROGRAMS SERVING THE 10-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO MORE THAN 56 PROGRAMS IMPACTING UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY'S SEVEN PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS OF EDUCATION: KINDERGARTEN READINESS, COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS; INCOME: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH: ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, SAFE HOME & COMMUNITY; SAFETY NET: ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS AND TRANSPORTATION. THIS VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN PROCESS CONCENTRATES ON A PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ISSUES RATHER THAN TREATING THE SYMPTOMS. IN ADDITION TO THE FUND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, A HALLMARK OF UNITED WAY, AN ADDITIONAL $79,541 IN DONOR DIRECTED CONTRIBUTIONS WERE PROCESSED AND DISTRIBUTED.
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY 2-1-1IN JULY 2020 SOUTHERN KENTUCKY 2-1-1 COMPLETED ITS FOURTH YEAR OF INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALLEN, BARREN, BUTLER, EDMONSON, HART, LOGAN, METCALFE, MONROE, SIMPSON AND WARREN COUNTIES. IN YEAR FOUR, SOUTHERN KENTUCKY 2-1-1 PROVIDED MORE THAN 7,000 CALLERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT UTILITY ASSISTANCE, FOOD PANTRIES, RENT ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY SHELTER, CHILD CARE, EMPLOYMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND CLOTHING, AND MORE. CALLS ARE ANSWERED 24/7/365 AND OUR ONLINE PUBLIC SEARCH ABOUT AVAILABLE SERVICES CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH WWW.211CENTER.COM. THE OPENING OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY 2-1-1 IN JULY 2016 MADE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MORE THAN 60% OF KENTUCKIANS. SINCE THEN A TOTAL OF 26,700 CALLS HAVE COME INTO THE CENTER. GROWTH OF THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE WITH THE ADDITION OF TEXT MESSAGING AND LIVE ONLINE CHAT PLANNED FOR THE 2020/2021 FISCAL YEAR.
KINDERGARTEN READINESS:IN ORDER TO ENSURE CHILDREN HAVE THE SKILLS NEEDED TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN READY TO LEARN, UNITED WAY CONTINUED THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS CAMPAIGN THAT STARTED IN 2016/17 TO HELP EDUCATE PARENTS ABOUT HOW TO BETTER PREPARE THEIR CHILDREN FOR DAY ONE OF KINDERGARTEN. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, UNITED WAY ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO READ, PLAY, COUNT, AND LOG OFF WITH THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS CAN LOG ONTO THE UNITED WAY MICROSITE MYCHILDISREADY.COM TO FIND INFORMATION TO DETERMINE IF THEIR CHILD IS KINDERGARTEN READY AND IF NOT, HOW THEY CAN ADAPT EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF THEIR CHILD'S READINESS. ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT IN UNITED WAY'S WORK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS THE EXPANSION OF AN ADDITIONAL BORN LEARNING TRAIL, AND UNITED WAY CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS EFFORTS TO ENROLL ELIGIBLE CHILDREN IN THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM. SINCE UNITED WAY BEGAN THE MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION OF THE PROGRAM IN 2011, MORE THAN 317,000 BOOKS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED; BETWEEN JULY 2019 AND JUNE 2020 A TOTAL OF 64,236 BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Debbie Hills | PRESIDENT/CEO | 40 | $103,278 |
| Jon Thomason | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Shannon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lindsey Sanson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dave Forney | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Melissa Conley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Robert Boone | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Zach Massey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rob Langille | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Flynn | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Andrew Bedi | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Darren Woodruff | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tamara Vogler | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Stewart | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Sinclair | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Heather Rogers | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Puckett | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tad Pardue | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Pankey | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Kim Newton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Milli Mcintosh | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Kanipe | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Hughes | CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Gary Fields | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rob Clayton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Thurmond | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tommy Adams | IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN | 1 | $0 |
| Donna Harmon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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