UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP
1400 SOUTH SARATOGA STREET, MARSHALL, MN 56258 unitedcapmn.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, INC. (UCAP) IS BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE IN NEED.

ELIMINATING POVERTY BY EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES.

HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START COMBINES STATE OF THE ART EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH WITH DECADES OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE TO DELIVER INDIVIDUALIZED SCHOOL READINESS. IN THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR, UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP PROVIDED HEAD START SERVICES TO 414 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHILE EARLY HEAD START SERVED 191 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE SUCCESS OF UCAP'S HEAD START PROGRAM IS BASED ON MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN STAFF AND FAMILIES ON BEHALF OF THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN.

TRANSPORTATION IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST REGION OF MINNESOTA. COMMUNITY TRANSIT (PUBLIC TRANSIT) AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION (SENIOR TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION) ARE SERVICES WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. COMMUNITY TRANSIT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF LINCOLN, LYON, REDWOOD, MURRAY, COTTONWOOD, JACKSON, PIPESTONE AND ROCK COUNTIES. A MNDOT GRANT UNDER SECTION 5311 IS AWARDED TO COVER UP TO 95% OF THE COST FOR THIS PROGRAM. FROM OCTOBER OF 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2020, 157,453 RIDES WERE PROVIDED COVERING 708,712 MILES. RIDES WERE PROVIDED WITH HIRED DRIVERS IN LIFT ACCESSIBLE BUSES AND VOLUNTEER DRIVERS. FOUR DISPATCH CENTERS ACCEPT AND SCHEDULE APPROXIMATELY 600 RIDE REQUESTS DAILY USING AUTOMATED SCHEDULING SOFTWARE. JUST UNDER 6,650 RIDES WERE PROVIDED UNDER COMMUNITY CONNECTION. THESE RIDES WERE PROVIDED USING LIFT ACCESSIBLE BUSES FUNDED UNDER MNDOT'S 5310 ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM, VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WHO DRIVE THEIR OWN VEHICLE, AND ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY CONNECTION VANS. VANS ARE OPERATED BY VOLUNTEER DRIVERS WHICH ALLOWS UCAP THE ABILITY TO OFFER WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SERVICE TO LOCATIONS OUTSIDE COMMUNITY TRANSIT'S SERVICE AREA. APPROXIMATELY 8,604 HOURS WERE DONATED BY VOLUNTEER DRIVERS. A GRANT WAS RECEIVED IN FY2020 FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER AREA AGENCY ON AGING TO PROVIDE SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 60 TO QUALIFY FOR RIDES ON A SLIDING FEE SCALE AND TO ENSURE RIDES ARE NOT DENIED DUE TO INABILITY TO PAY. THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM ALSO ADMINISTERS THE SOUTHWEST MOBILITY MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE. THIS INITIATIVE ASSISTS WITH COORDINATION EFFORTS AMONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE NINE COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A GRANT FUNDED BY MNDOT WAS RECEIVED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CREATION OF A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COUNCIL WITHIN UCAP'S SERVICE AREA.

COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENT: IN FY2020 UCAP ASSISTED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS WITH EMERGENCY FOOD SERVICES AT OUR MARSHALL, TRACY, WESTBROOK AND HERON LAKE FOOD SHELVES. 2,492 UNIQUE VISITS OCCURRED AND 462,708 POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED. FOOD SHELVES ARE OPEN EACH WEEK AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT. WE ALSO HELP PEOPLE MEET THEIR NUTRITION NEEDS BY PROVIDING APPLICATION ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP). 633 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED NEW BENEFITS AND 1,731 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED HELP WITH GETTING RECERTIFIED. OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAMS ASSISTED HOUSEHOLDS WITH HOMELESS PREVENTION AND OTHER SERVICES THAT INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTER (MOTEL VOUCHER OR LEASED MOTEL ROOM), FIRST MONTH'S RENT OR DEPOSIT, UTILITY DEPOSIT, AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. HOUSEHOLDS ALSO RECEIVED SUPPORT SERVICES FROM TRAINED CASE MANAGERS IN DEVELOPING GOALS TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY. IN FY2020, 420 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER, 20 HOUSEHOLDS ENTERED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, 13 YOUTH HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED WITH OUR YOUTH TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM, AND 266 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH OUR FAMILY HOMELESS PREVENTION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.1,621 LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED BY OUR VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR CUSTOMERS HAD THEIR TAXES PREPARED AND ELECTRONICALLY FILED. THOSE HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED TAX REFUNDS TOTALING $3,405,800.UCAP IS THE LEAD GRANTEE WITH FOUR OTHER COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE BY TRAINED NAVIGATORS TO A 30-COUNTY AREA. OUR HELPING PEOPLE GET THERE VEHICLE DONATION PROGRAM SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN EMPLOYMENT. WE RECEIVE DONATED VEHICLES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND MATCH THEM WITH INDIVIDUALS REFERRED TO US FROM COUNTY WORKFORCE CENTERS. IN FY2020, 5 FAMILIES WERE MATCHED WITH A DONATED VEHICLE.

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