TRIDENT UNITED WAY
PO BOX 63305, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC 294193305 www.tuw.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TRIDENT UNITED WAY IS A CATALYST FOR MEASURABLE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLECTIVE IMPACT IN EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND HEALTH.

CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION BY COLLECTIVE IMPACT IN EDUC, FIN STABILITY & HEALTH.

FINANCIAL STABILITY- INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL STABILITY FRAMEWORK INCLUDE THE AMERICORPS FINANCIAL STABILITY PROJECT, PROSPERITY CENTERS IN BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES, SC THRIVE-THE BENEFIT BANK ONLINE APPLICATION TOOL, CHARITYTRACKER AND THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER (EFSP) PROGRAM. THE INTEGRATION OF THESE TWO IMPACT AREAS INTO ONE BEGAN IN 2010 RESULTED IN A MODEL OF CHANGE - FINANCIAL STABILITY, WHICH CONSISTS OF INTERRELATED STEPS THAT BEGINS WITH ADDRESSING BASIC NEEDS, FOLLOWED BY INCREASING BASIC SKILLS, THEN INCREASING INCOME AND SAVINGS, AND FINALLY, GAINING AND SUSTAINING ASSETS. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2018-2019 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1) AMERICORPS - 1,672 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED: RECEIVING 2,153 SERVICES, WITH 303 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING BASIC FINANCIAL EDUCATION. THE 18 AMERICORPS MEMBERS INCREASED OUR REGION'S SERVICE CAPACITY BY PROVIDING 18,597 HOURS OF SERVICE. PARTNER AGENCIES AGREE TO HOST AMERICORPS MEMBERS AT THEIR ORGANIZATION SITES TO ENHANCE AND FACILITATE CLIENT OUTREACH AND SERVICES. PARTNER AGENCIES PAY A FEE TO TUW BASED ON MEMBER SERVICE HOURS TO THE AGENCY. IN THE FY 2018-2019, TUW RECEIVED $49,671 IN PARTNER AGENCY REVENUE FOR THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM. 2) BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER PROSPERITY CENTERS SERVED 1,379 CLIENTS, WITH 3,365 FINANCIAL STABILITY SERVICES PROVIDED. 3) EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER (EFSP) PROGRAM - THROUGH TRIDENT UNITED WAY'S WORK WITH THE SAFETY NET ASSISTANCE NETWORK, EFSP AWARDED $318,876 TO 36 PROGRAMS. 4) CHARITYTRACKER - THROUGH THE OVER 320 ORGANIZATIONS USING CHARITYTRACKER, 28,492 HOUSEHOLDS WERE ASSISTED WITH THE VALUE OF ASSISTANCE EQUALING $1,444,819. 5 ) SC THRIVE - THE BENEFIT BANK - OVER 3,341 APPLICATIONS FOR WORK SUPPORT AND BENEFITS WERE COMPLETED. THE TAX PREPARATION ASSISTANCE PROVIDED OVER 3,364 STATE AND/OR FEDERAL TAX RETURN FILINGS FOR FREE THROUGHOUT THE TRI-COUNTY AREA BRINGING BACK $4,674,713 BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

EDUCATION- TRIDENT UNITED WAY (TUW) SUPPORTS PROGRAMS AND LEADS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT AIM TO PROMOTE EARLY READINESS AND INTERVENTION AND ELIMINATE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE GAPS BETWEEN STUDENTS RESULTING FROM POVERTY AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS (TUW FUNDS BASED ON SERVICES BEING DELIVERED TO <200% OF POVERTY AND PLACE PROGRAMMING IN HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS) IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS. TO HELP REACH THE EDUCATION GOAL, TUW LEADS SEVERAL EFFORTS. THE FIRST IS THROUGH PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE STUDENTS OF FAMILIES WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY INDEX OR BELOW. THE SECOND IS THE CONVENING OF THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS NETWORK FOR THE TRI-COUNTY CRADLE TO CAREER COLLABORATIVE, WHICH PRIORITIZES SCHOOL READINESS OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE EIGHT. FINALLY, TUW IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CONDUCT THE READING BY THIRD INNOVATION PROJECT, WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING CHILDREN ACHIEVE THE BENCHMARK OF READING AT GRADE-LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE AND SCALING EFFECTIVE PRACTICES. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2018-2019 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:1) KINDERGARTEN READINESS NETWORK - THE NETWORK, LED BY ITS GUIDING TEAM AND REPRESENTATIVES OF OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION, FURTHER DEVELOPED A GUIDING FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS IMPROVED KINDERGARTEN READINESS OUTCOMES IN THE TRI-COUNTY. THIS FRAMEWORK WILL GUIDE FUTURE CATALYTIC PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT LEAD TO RESULTS AND POSITIVE SYSTEMS-LEVEL CHANGE.2) TRI-COUNTY READING BY THIRD PROJECT- SERVING 1,907 STUDENTS IN 12 SCHOOLS ACROSS 4 DISTRICTS. APPROXIMATELY 165 EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LITERARY INITIATIVE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECTS TRAIN TEACHERS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES.

HEALTH- TRIDENT UNITED WAY HAS PARTNERED WITH MUSC HEALTH AND ROPER ST. FRANCIS HEALTHCARE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE BACKBONE ORGANIZATION FOR THE HEALTHY TRI-COUNTY (HTC) NETWORK, A MULTI-SECTOR, REGIONAL COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES IN BERKELEY, CHARLESTON AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA (WWW.HEALTHYTRICOUNTY.COM). THE LONG-TERM ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF HTC IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF EVERY PERSON AND COMMUNITY WITHIN THE TRI-COUNTY REGION. OCTOBER 30, 2018 MARKED THE RELEASE OF "OUR HEALTH, OUR FUTURE: TRI-COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2018-2023", THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN OUR REGION PROVIDING CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES. MORE THAN 80 VOLUNTEERS REPRESENTING 60 ORGANIZATIONS INVESTED APPROXIMATELY 2,300 HOURS IN CREATING THE TRI-COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN.A HIGH PRIORITY OF TRIDENT UNITED WAY IS SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF "OUR HEALTH, OUR FUTURE: TRI-COUNTY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2018-2023" IN OUR REGION TO PROVIDE CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. OTHER PRIORITIES OF TUW INCLUDE SUPPORTING WORKGROUPS OPERATING UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF HTC, INCLUDING THE TRI-COUNTY DIABETES COALITION, HTC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, IMMUNIZATION WORK GROUP, AND TRI-COUNTY HEALTH DATA WORKGROUP.

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