2014 Report to the Community

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LIVE UNITED

READER2014 REPORT TOTHE COMMUNITY

REAL PEOPLE, REAL STORIES: TOGETHER WE ARE IMPROVING LIVES AND INSPIRING HO


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

How We Change the Odds for Children and Families . . . . . . .

United Way of Greater New Havens Impact. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The ALICE Report: Living Month to Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Who is ALICE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Meeting the 100-Day Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Getting a Secure Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nourishing the Mind for a Healthy Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Give an Hour. Give a Saturday. Give Your Best. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Volunteer Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Financial Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Companies That Live United . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Individual Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Community Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Overview of Work and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Why I Live United

OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDES 12 TOWNS IN GREATER NEW HAVEN:

Branford, Bethany, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, New HNorth Branford, North Haven, Orange, West Haven, and Woodbridg

Editor:Joshua MamisWriters: Thomas MacMillan, Susan Nappi, Uma RamiahPhotography: Kathleen Cei, Ian Christmann, Thomas MacMillan, Uma RaDesign: Katney BairPrinting: Phoenix Press, on100% recycled paper

GREAT THINGS

HAPPENWHEN WELIVE UNITED


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This year, United Way of Greater NewHaven had a unique opportunity to helpsolve homelessness. Not put a bandage

on homelessness by building new shelters. Butsolve homelessness.

The idea sounded crazy, unreachable. Itwould demand buy-in and cooperation frommore than 20 local organizations.

The effort fit our unique role in the commu-nity perfectly: bringing organizations togetherto solve complex problems that no one organiza-

tion could possibly tackle by itself. By workingtogether to solve problems like homelessness,we are creating a better, more thriving commu-nity for all of us.

The 100-Day Challenge to End Homelessnesswas comprised of a team that set an audaciousgoal of housing 75 percent of the regionschronically homeless in 100 days. Because of theurgency created by the 100-day deadline,together we figured out how to accomplish goalsthat had been talked about, but never realized,

in the past. Objectives like: sharing informationbetween agencies so that the people in mostneed would get housed first; and reducing thewaiting time to qualify for housing vouchersfrom two to three years to less than one month.

Of course, you cant really solve homeless-ness. Unfortunately, people will always experi-ence crisis, and need shelter. The goal is thatonce the system is in place, people who fall intohomelessness will no longer have to endure longshelter stays they will be matched to housing

as quickly as possible changing the experienceof homelessness as we know it.United Ways office has been a virtual staging

ground for this effort with the team meetinghere almost daily.

It was an inspirational project and a defin-ing one for United Way of Greater New Haven.

We are a change agent. Our initiatives inEducation, Income, and Health are targeted flong-term impact, not band-aids. Our goal: tochange the odds for children and families.

On the following pages, you can find outabout how we are reaching our goal, through

programs and initiatives such as:

Secure Start, which works with parents tohelp them form a healthy bond with theiryoung children.

Boost! and the New Haven Trauma Coalitiwhich are improving academic achievemenof students in the New Haven Public Schooby supporting healthy bodies and minds.

The ALICE project, which has identified alarge group of hard-working neighbors wh

are struggling in todays economy peoplewho benefit from United Ways budgetcoaching and the Volunteer Income TaxAssistance programs.

We couldnt do it without the support ofpeople like you; people who believe, deeply awithout hesitation, that those with the meansgive have a responsibility to help their neigh-bors. You our donors, our volunteers, ourcommunity are part of our success. You knthe feeling that comes from helping others. Y

know what it means to Live United.

Jack Healy President & CEOUnited Way of Greater New Haven

Charles Mason Chair, Board of DirectorsUnited Way of Greater New Haven

HOW WE CHANGE THE ODDSFOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Jack Healy (left) and Charles Mason.


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Almost 85,000 peopfrom our region gotthey needed througa United Way servicthree top inquiriespublic assistance, and utilities/heat.

More than 800 young children

benefitted from high-quality early

care and education last year due to

United Ways efforts, putting them

on the road to school success.

1,300 students benefitted from fun,safe, quality afterschool programsthanks to United Way support.

We brought schools and

community partners

together to promote

students social andemotional well-being,

which leads to school

and life success.

We went doowith teachers

and neighbor

welcome 1,4

kindergarten

and their famtheir new sc

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Fewer kids are going hungry in the

summer thanks to United Ways sponsor-

ship of the New Haven Food Truck.

More people have acces

to healthy fresh fruits anvegetables thanks to the

Mobile Markets expande

delivery sites, supported

by United Way.

Over 300 people now havejobs thanks to United Ways

partnerships with workforce

development providers.

For more information how were changing todds for Greater New

Haven, please visit oweb site at uwgnh.or

Fewer people arehomeless as aresult of UnitedWays leading rolewith the 100 DayCampaign thathoused 107 peoplein 100 days.


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INCOME

HOW ONE HARD-WORKINGMOM LIVES ON A LESS-THAN-SURVIVAL BUDGET

BY UMA RAMIAH

LIVING

MONTHTOMONTH

Judi Ambrusos done everything right.Education-wise, resume-wise, family-wise. At 58, she has degrees in

business administration and businessmanagement and a certificate in computerand network administration. She temps at aNew Haven-based international nonprofit,owns her own home and volunteers at Christ

and The Epiphany Church in East Haven.Colleagues and acquaintances might

never know, but alongside tens of thousandsmore in the Greater New Haven area, Judi isliving her life on a financial razor edge. Judiis ALICE.

ALICE stands for Asset Limited, IncomeConstrained, Employed. Its United Ways term for the many people whoget up each day to go to work, but who arent sure if theyll be able to putdinner on the table each night, pay their utility bills or fix a broken downcar. ALICE might be a child care provider, home health aide, grocery store

clerk or office assistant. These are the hard working people who make ourcommunities and cities run, but live under constant financial strain with-out the space and resources to plan for their futures.

Its like living in total limbo, Judi explains, sitting outside her officebuilding one evening. Shes dressed professionally, business casual and puttogether, focused and hard-working, like thousands of others in hersituation. Being ALICE, youre constantly making choices under strain,and the smallest mistake or setback can really knock you back. How canyou sustain your life that way? Or, for that matter, get ahead or plan forthe future.

United Way of Connecticut conducted an in-depth study of the ALICE

population in 2014. The report shows about 40,000 households in NewHaven and surrounding suburbs (West Haven, East Haven, North Haven,Branford, Hamden and Orange) fall under the ALICE definition of earningless than a survival income. (See accompanying story, Who is ALICE?)

In Branford, where Judi lives, some 3,000 families can be considered asALICE. That means 3,000 families are struggling alongside Judi and her


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Judi Ambruso has doneeverything right, but is

still living her life on afinancial razor edge.


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son (who lives with her while attending GatewayCommunity College) barely making ends meet,teetering on the edge of full-on poverty. Judi, forexample, lives in a constant state of uncertainty.With a full time (albeit temp) job, she takes inabout $2,000 in income per month short$1,000 per month to meet her expenses.

I worked really hard and received theDennis OConnor Recognition Award, shefor the person who continues his or her stuunder the most adverse conditions.

Despite her degrees and experience, shewasnt able to find a full-time job. She registwith four different temp agencies before finher current temp position. Shes working hproviding IT and administrative support to globally-focused organization, and hoping topportunity will turn into a full-time positio

Meanwhile, shes thinking about selling house, because shes barely making mortgapayments, but rent would be just as high. Shdoesnt want handouts, she says she wantwork. And she wants to be able to make cleheaded decisions. Being constantly so closethe edge, she says, takes a psychological andemotional toll.

Right now I have $12 in my account, anwhen I leave work I need to buy groceries.Often, Ill need to write a check and thenscramble to transfer the money in time. Itsemotion of panicked decisions that sets us bevery time. Id love to be able to look at thethings in black and white, and make good,clearer, more informed moves.

Judi moves forward with relentless enthasm and positivity, which is what has sustainher thus far. But she worries about the nextoverdraft, bill collector, busted water heate

Financial decisions, she explains, carry tmuch more weight for somebody who is ALShe suggests ALICE could benefit from havfinancial mentors, like the volunteer budgecoaches of United Ways Smart About Monprogram, who can help them make longer-tstrategic plans for coping and surviving.

I dont want to be rich, she says. I justwant to keep my home, pay my utilities, feedfamily. Its wanting to survive without this levstress. But I also dont want to fall through thcracks, and I want to be able to plan for my fand hope to return to school for my mastersmaybe in communications or marketing.

With ALICE, the smallest setback can

really knock you back. How can you

sustain your life that way?

Judis not spending unwisely, either. She hasno cable, no internet at home, no landline only a cell phone. She and her son eat simply, athome vegetarian food (she says that cuts hergrocery bills down) eggs and beans, rice, etc.Plus, she says, theres no assistance for someonein her position if she were renting an apart-ment and working less, she could qualify for fuelassistance and food support, or other programsthat could help.

Theres just no way it can keep going like

this, she says.Yet Judi has done just about everything shecan do to find financial stability. She earned anassociates degree in business administrationfrom Gateway Community College in 1993, acertificate in computer and network administra-tion from Branford Hall Career Institute in2005. After several years of working in adminis-tration and IT, a rocky divorce and layoffs fromvarious jobs, she found herself single and joblesswith a 7-year old son.

Many years later, at the age of 54, sheenrolled in Albertus Magnus Colleges NewDimensions Program a two-year acceleratedprogram in business management. She gradu-ated with a BS with honors in business manage-ment in November 2013.

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This fall, United Way of

Connecticut unveiled its ALICEReport, a data-driven, compre-hensive research project upendingthe conventional view of our state.The fact is that the number ofConnecticut households who areunable to afford lifes basicnecessities far exceeds the officialfederal poverty statistics. UnitedWay calls this newly revealeddemographic ALICE, an acronym

for Asset Limited, IncomeConstrained, Employed.

The federal poverty level iscommonly regarded as inadequatefor measuring the true scope offinancial need in the country. TheALICE threshold is based on ahousehold survival budget, whichtakes into account the local costof essentials such as housing, child care, transportation, and health care. This budget is significantly higher than thfederal poverty rate. In New Haven, for example, the household survival budget for one adult supporting one child in

child care is about$43,000 per year; for a family of four with two adults and two school-age children, the budget isabout $67,000. By contrast, the federal poverty level for a family of four in the base year of 2012 was $23,492.

In New Haven, 23 percent of all households live at or under the federal poverty level. Another 34 percent arestruggling at or below the ALICE threshold. Combined, thats a total of 57 percent of the citys population who struggto get by.

ALICE is also prevalent in the inner ring suburbs of West Haven, East Haven, and Hamden. West Haven, for examphas 47 percent living under the ALICE threshold, including the 12 percent living under the federal poverty level.

The region as a whole is slightly better off: 39 percent qualify as ALICE, including 12 percent living at or under thefederal poverty level. The combined ALICE population in the state is 35 percent, with 10 percent living at or below thfederal poverty level.

ALICE workers are essential to the fabric of our society, doing jobs that are integral to our communities, from child

care providers and home health aides to mechanics all workers we rely on every day.United Way of Greater New Haven addresses the needs of the ALICE population in a variety of ways: by working to

provide access to affordable, quality child care; through job training; by helping people get free tax preparation; andthrough financial and career coaching.

To find out more and download a copy of the report go to alice.ctunitedway.org/meetalice/uwgnh/.

WHO IS ALICE?

0 20 40 60 80

Snapshot of ALICE in our region

New Haven

West Haven

Greater New Haven Region

State of Connecticut

ALICE a term for those earning below a household survival income lthroughout Greater New Haven. This chart shows that nearly 40 percent neighbors (thats two out of every five people you meet on any given day)without enough income to achieve financial stability.

PERCENT LIVING AT ALICE LEVEL OR BELOW


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In April, armed with markers and huge pads of paper, a group of homeless-ness service providers hunkered down for two days in a conference roomin Hamden. Their mission was to plot a path through uncharted territory,

towards an audacious goal: Find permanent homes for most of Greater NewHavens chronically homeless in only 100 days.

Three months later, by the end of July, almost all of the 107 people 75percent of the regions chronically homeless had been matched to newplaces to live. By mid-October, 97 had moved into their new home, and anadditional 74 people had the certificates they needed to find housing. Many

BY THOMAS MACMILLAN

INCOME

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HOW WE ARE SOLVING HOMELESSNESSIN GREATER NEW HAVEN

Cynthia Keller was lucky:she found housing afterbeing homeless for fouryears thanks to the 100-Day Challenge.

MEETINGTHE 100-DAY

CHALLENGE


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had been living in shelters or on the streets for an averageof about 4 years and some had been homeless for 10 years.The plan worked.

In just over three months, the organizations that com-prised the 100-Day Challenge to End Homelessness in

Greater New Haven had determined who among the home-less were most vulnerable, then worked one-on-one withthose people to find them a place to live, immediately.

Not only did the 100-Day Challenge find homes for thehomeless, it also established an entirely new system forcollaboration in the fight to solve homelessness. Three

months of intense effort set Greater NewHaven on course toward ending chronichomelessness altogether.

With United Way of Greater NewHaven as a catalyst, the 100-Day Challengebroke down the barriers between the man

agencies and organizations that supporthomeless people in the area. Workingtogether and sharing resources for the firstime, service providers were able to reducthe wait time for housing from two or threyears to a matter of weeks.

This is what weve been waiting for fo30 years, Alison Cunningham, executivedirector of Columbus House, a majorhomelessness services agency, said of the100-day plan and the inter-agency coopera

tion it fostered.The achievement of the 100-Day

Challenge is at the heart of the strategicvision of United Way of Greater NewHaven: bringing organizations together tosolve complex problems. It grew out ofGreater New Haven Opening Doors, aninitiative that United Way has supported tbring service providers together to strat-egize about how to end homelessnessfor good.

No one organization can solve thisissue, said United Ways Vice President oIncome and Health Initiatives Amy Casa-vina Hall. What it takes is for everyonewho has a piece of this to agree we have thsame goal ending homelessness andwe are going to do what we need to do toget there.

United Way brought in the RapidResults Institute to jump-start the effort.The institute, an international organizatio

based in Stamford, had done the samething for a successful housing blitz in LosAngeles Skid Row.

Setting such a short deadline created asense of urgency, necessary for ignitinginnovation and revolutionizing the citys

A HOME OF HER OWN

Cynthia Keller was sitting on a city bus when she got the call: Afterfour years of homelessness, she finally had a place to call her own.

Keller found a home thanks to the 100-Day Challenge to EndHomelessness in Greater New Haven. The idea: To use urgency tobring the community together to house the most vulnerable of ourchronically homeless population. Keller was one of 107 peoplematched to housing during the Challenge.

The Challenge was a key part of United Way of Greater NewHavens commitment to solving long-term homelessness. It broughtmore than 20 nonprofit and civic organizations together to findnew ways of working together in order to reach an audacious goal.

Keller, whos 46, had grown up in Trumbull. She developed asubstance abuse problem, and eventually became homeless,sleeping in shelters, at friends houses, and in abandonedbuildings where she feared for her safety.

The feeling of not being wantedits the worst feeling in theworld, she said. Having to walk around all day ... the fear ofbeing outside by yourself in the nighttime.

Keller is now drug-free, employed, and is working to regain custodyof her 11-year-old daughter. She said she had tried again and againto find help getting housing. When she completed the 100-DayChallenge screening survey, she didnt expect anything to come of it.

Then a staffer from Columbus House, a New Haven organizationthat serves the homeless population by providing shelter andservices that help them become independent, called and toldher to gather her documents she was on the list. Next came ahousing voucher. At the end of July, Keller finally moved into ahome of her own.


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approach to homelessness. The Challenge alsofollowed the Housing First model, prioritizinghousing above any other services, like addictiontreatment or career counseling. The evidenceshows that having a stable home is a necessary

foundation for improvements in other areas ofones life, not a final reward for jumpingthrough bureaucratic hoops.

The initiative brought dozens of organiza-tions together, including homeless servicesproviders, the Department of Veterans Affairs,New Haven city government, Yale-New HavenHospital, the housing authority, and the federalDepartment of Housing and Urban Develop-ment. Together they agreed on a single screen-ing mechanism to determine who among the

areas homeless population was most in needof housing.Then service providers and volunteers from

United Way fanned out across Greater NewHaven in pre-dawn reconnaissance missions for

We always thought this was an intractable

problem and guess what? Weve shown

that in 100 days you can make a huge

amount of progress on something thatseemed impossible.

three straight mornings seeking homeless punder bridges and in city parks. They used tscreening tool to assess individuals and famthey found living on the streets and in shelte

An inter-agency working group then assindividual staff members to work one-on-on

with the people with the greatest need. Thenavigators focused exclusively on helpingclients to gather the paperwork they would to move into homes of their own things libirth certificates, social security cards, medrecords, and verification of disabilities.

With those documents in place, providewere able to secure housing vouchers and mhomeless people to housing.

Among them was Cynthia Keller. Homefor four years, Keller, whos 46, had all but

up hope that she would find help with housShe burst into tears when a Columbus Houstaffer called to tell her she had been grantehousing voucher.

I feel like I won the lottery, she said. Twere coming down my face.

Over 100 other chronically homeless pein New Haven won the lottery, too. And mwill in the future, thanks to new systems noin place.

We always thought this was an intracta

problem and guess what?, Casavina Hall saWeve shown that in 100 days you can makhuge amount of progress on something thaseemed impossible.

The challenge now is to sustain the workultimate goal is to reach functional zero. Pmay always find themselves homeless for shoperiods, but with new methods of cooperatiothe goal is that no one is homeless for years.

This is exactly the type of work United should be doing, Casavina Hall said, after

success of the 100-Day Challenge. It validathat this is really where we should be.

Volunteers interview ahomeless person to assesshis level of need to be movedinto housing.

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When I held our daughter Sophia fothe first time and felt her tiny chesrise and fall against mine, I though

I should just know how to parent her. After all,being a parent is instinctual, right? Lookingback, I realized I was frazzled most of the timeand wished I knew a better way.

Like most parents I fluctuate between

moments of confidence and utter self-doubt.While the desire to connect with my twodaughters is visceral, knowing howto do it isanother thing. I responded to cries when they

HOW SHARK MUSIC ANDBUCKETS HELP KIDS ANDOUR COMMUNITY THRIVE.

BY SUSAN NAPPI

GETTING

A SECURESTART

Eneida Wolf: Tantrumsused to trigger me. Now Irelax and tell my son,Its okay, I know youremad. Ill be here for you tocry with.


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were hungry, tired, or needed to be changed.Other times I didnt know how to managedifficult behavior and wound up feeling exasper-ated. I knew that there had to be a better way toconnect with them I longed for a road map tohelp me understand them.

Im not alone. Studies suggest that mostparents would benefit from good coaching. Andso would their children. After all, children whogrow up in a supportive, nurturing home are

happier and more adjusted. This leads to bettercontrol over difficult emotions, which helpschildren thrive socially and academically, andgives them a better chance of experiencingsuccess in life.

Thats why United Way created the SecureStartinitiative. Secure Start gives parents thetools they need to understand and create strongearly bonds with their children, supportinghealthy parent-child attachment at the youngestages. It provides training and support to com-

munity-based organizations to implement acurriculum called Circle of SecurityParentingthat helps parents bond with their children.

So much critical brain development hap-pens in the first three years, one of our keypriorities is to focus on programs that serveinfants and toddlers and their families, said

Jennifer McGrady Heath, executive vice presi-dent at United Way of Greater New Haven.

We know that children with secure attach-ment are more educationally, financially and

socially successful than children without thatstrong foundation, said Heath. We also knowthat up to 40 percent of infants in the UnitedStates suffer from attachment issues, and thatchildren growing up in poverty are at increasedrisk of insecure attachment.

I had the opportunity to join with over 1child care providers, caseworkers, and cliniwho took part in a four-day Circle of Securitraining. The training focuses on attachmenthe deep connection between parents andchildren that is critical to the development

their future relationships and ability to expemotion. A parent and child form a healthyattachment when the mom or dad (or guardconsistently meets the childs needs by resping appropriately to behavioral cues. Incontent response or a lack of a response to a chneeds can create an insecure attachment,often resulting in a child having difficultyunderstanding and expressing emotion andforming healthy relationships.

During the training I learned to see the

behavior of my daughters differently; theirdifficult behaviors were a call for me to ftheir buckets by offering them security. I calso view how I was parented a bit more cleand how those experiences shaped the parehave become. Others in the training had thown stories and moments of clarity. While wwere a diverse group, we all related to theuniversal experience of being caregivers orbeing parented.

Parents are responding positively to theCircle of Security coaching.

Up to 40 percent of infants in the United

States suffer from attachment issues.

An important aspect of Circle of SecurityParentingsays group facilitator Bonnie Hutson, is that groupsprovide a supportive structure for parents to also lefrom each other.

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Groups of parents in our region havegathered for weekly sessions over the courseof eight to10 weeks and are taught how to readand respond to the cues of their children,

identify their own triggers (called sharkmusic), and reflect on their own behavior tohelp foster connection.

Tantrums used to trigger me. Now I realizeits just my shark music playing. I can now relaxand tell my son, Its okay, I know youre mad.Ill be here for you to cry with, said EneidaWolf, who took part in a Circle of Securityparenting group run by the West Haven FamilyResource Center, one of the partners supportedby United Way.

Caregivers have also said that they nowunderstand the effects their own upbringing hadon how they parent and how to avoid repeatingunhealthy patterns. I learned that my daughter isnot me I understand how I sometimes reactbased on how I was parented and I can be a

better parent, said Marisa Head, a participant inthe West Haven Family Resource Center group.

The groups provide a supportive structurefor parents to also learn from each other.

The group was important because parentsgave each other feedback and support, saidBonnie Hutson, one of the two facilitators ofthe Circle of Security at West Haven FamilyResource Center.

Being a parent is one of the hardest andmost rewarding roles any of us will ever have.If we can help parents be better parents, we canhelp ensure that our children get off to a greatstart in life, said United Ways Heath. Whenchildren are thriving, they have the foundation

they need to succeed in school and in relation-ships, which sets them up for long-term lifesuccess. And, when children and families aresuccessful it creates better schools, strongerneighborhoods, and impacts the whole region.The benefits just multiply for all of us.

Marisa learneddaught


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HEALTH

NOURISHING THEMIND FOR A HEALTHYFUTUREUNITED WAYS WORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS GEARED TOWARD

EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS

BY JOSHUA MAMIS

Its the last week of classes for the children at the Quinni-piac Real World Math STEM School, a kindergarten-through-fourth grade school in New Haven. One of the

classes is holding a Publishing Party, in which the studentsshare their written work with their parents, and comparetheir writing to work they did at the beginning of the year.

When the parents arrive, the students rush up, givethem a hug, grab their moms or dads hand, and flash hugegrins. They then sit quietly at tables or in comfy chairssharing their stories.

This may seem like an unremarkable event, but itsinspirational when you consider the challenges facing kidstoday. Contemporary life, notably for families living inpoverty, causes stress. And too much stress can cause chil-dren to lose their focus, misbehave, and fall so far behind intheir learning that they never catch up.

Stress in children is often measured by their exposure to

Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, including experi-encing physical, emotional or sexual abuse; household dysfunc-tion, or the effects of living in poverty. Children in New Havenexperience high numbers of ACE events.

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Studying leaves and rocks foscience class at Lincoln-Bass


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This year kindergarteners at Quinnipiac andtwo other elementary schools were assessed todetermine their ACEs exposure. Over 85percent of students reported multiple ACEevents and high levels of stress. Students mostfrequently reported family distress, physical pun-ishment, worries about family members, and

divorce or separation of the parents.Having the assessment results allowedteachers and mental health staff to provideidentified children with additional attentionthroughout the school year. United Way ofGreater New Haven has brought the schools,parents, and nonprofit agencies together toaddress this critical need to give students the bestchance for future success.

Quinnipiac, for example, is a Boost!school, one of 16 New Haven schools that are

invested in school success by increasing focus onstudents non-academic requirements includ-ing recognizing the students social, emotionaland behavioral needs. Boost!, a partnershipamong the city, the school department, andUnited Way, embraces a holistic notion ofacademic successthe philosophy that students

who are nurtured and supported in and ouof the classroom will succeed. Sometimes thmeans offering a diverse menu of afterschoprograms; sometimes it means engaging famlies; and sometimes it means providing strerelieving techniques like yoga or trained thepists to help students understand and mana

their emotions.As a result, the school has experienced febehavioral disruptions. One teacher reportethat her students were more composed, engand respectful thanks to the increased intervtions. This enabled them to focus on the acaic tasks at hand when in the classroom. Over7,000 students benefit from additional servthrough Boost! each year.

This effort is one of the strategies thatUnited Way of Greater New Haven is using

improve mental and physical health in ourcommunity. United Way is also: A lead partner in the New Haven Traum

Coalition, formed in the wake of the tragat Sandy Hook, to help identify at-riskstudents and make mental health serviceavailable to them and their families. (Par

HEALTH

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Above: Young students are mentoreat an afterschool program at CareHigh School.

Below: Quinnipiac School principalGrace Nathman sharing a story atthe publishing party.

include the Clifford Beerscity of New Haven, New HPublic Schools and the Fotion for Arts and Trauma.

Providing funding for ovestudents to receive counsementoring programs, dramtherapy, yoga and family sservices from local non-pragencies.

Spearheading a program tcoaches parents and guardon parent-child attachmenstory page 11.)

Helping to keep minds aleand brains healthy by deliv

almost 14,000 nutritious mto students in the summeralone through the purchasthe New Haven Food Truc

Though only a few years owork in the schools is gettingresults.The incidence of seriofights and suspensions has plumeted, and teachers in Boostschools are reporting that stuare better able to learn and gr

We know that children ware healthy in mind, body, anspirit will have the greatest chfor success in school and in lsaid Jennifer Heath, executivpresident at United Way of GNew Haven. When we visit tschools, we can see that theseprograms are making a differ


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VOLUNTEER

GIVE AN HOUR.

GIVE A SATURDAY.GIVE YOUR BEST.UNITED WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE CHANGING THE ODDS


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HANDS-ON SATURDAYS: Family-friendly volunt

opportunities where parents and children get ttime together helping others. Events include pcommunity gardens for planting and site workcommunity-serving agencies.

DAYS OF CARING:A United Way tradition everycommunity comes together to support agenciespecific projects, such as laying the foundatiogreenhouse at a community garden, sorting diThe Diaper Bank, and helping to close a summfor winter.

KINDERGARTEN CANVASS: United Way organizecitywide campaign to engage all New Haven faa child entering kindergarten. By mobilizing vowe promote the ART of School Success: Attend every day, Read to your child 20 minutes per daTalk with each other about school.

SMART ABOUT MONEY:We train volunteer budcoaches to help families stabilize their finance

SIGNATURE VOLUNTEEROPPORTUNITIES

You can find listings of local volunteer oppor

at our web site, uwgnh.org/volunteer.

More than 180 volunteers came out in the springof 2014 to survey Greater New Havens homelesspopulation as part of the 100-Day Challenge to

End Homelessness. Talking with people who have called thestreets home for as much as 10 years provided a new perspec-tive. Volunteers heard from people who had been robbed,

threatened, and beaten while living on the streets. And theyknew that their effort was going to result in some of thesepeople getting housed.

Volunteering is as selfish as it is selfless, and it will changeyour life, said Alina Aksiyote Benardete of her contribution to asimilar count of the homeless in 2013.

The homeless canvass is just one of the many opportuni-ties throughout the year that United Way of Greater New Havenoffers volunteers. In the last year, we have prepared communitygardens, sorted diapers at the diaper bank, served food to thehungry, and even helped build a community greenhouse.

In 2013, more than 2,500 volunteers gave their time and tal-ent to projects in Greater New Haven. Collectively, these volun-teers contributed nearly 17,000 hours of work, with an estimatedvalue of nearly $450,000.

Visit uwgnh.org/volunteerto find an opportunity thats rightfor you.


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2013-14 Board of Directors

COMMUNITY IMPACTCABINET MEMBERSCarl Amento, Chair

Andrew BooneDarlene Butler

Kellie Byrd Danso

Penny Canny

Paula Crombie

Malwin Davila

Michelle Duprey

Merryl Eaton

Gloria Holmes

Candice Kohn

Liz LasaterStephen Monroe Tomczak

Jay Morris

David Parachini

Marcus Riveria

Gerardo Sorkin

Cathy Velez

Charles Mason, Chair

Mason, Inc.

VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP

Carl Amento

South Central RegionalCouncil of Governments

Larry Bingaman

South Central ConnecticutRegional Water Authority

Andrew BooneUBS Financial Services

Ashika Brinkley

Connecticut Association ofDirectors of Health

Kermit Carolina

James HillhouseHigh School

Timothy Cashman

Wells Fargo

Jack Cockerill

US Trust, Bank ofAmerica Private WealthManagement

Kelly Ann Day

New Reach

Judith Dozier-Hackman

Yale University

Andy Eder

Eder Bros.

Josh Geballe

Core Informatics

Lindy Lee Gold

State of Connecticut

Jonathan Holloway

Yale University

Gloria Holmes

Quinnipiac University

Liz Lasater

Lawanda Leslie

United IlluminatingCompany

Linda Masci

Rebecca Matthews

Wiggin and Dana

Jay Morris

Yale-New Haven Hospital

David Salinas

Digital Surgeons

Roger Sciascia

Weinstein and Anastasio

Al Smith

Murtha Cullina

Clarky SonnenfeldLittle Wonder

Diane Turner

Yale University

Justin Walsh

TD Bank

SUCCESS BY 6ADVISORY COUNCILDr. John Leventhal, Chair

Chet Brodnicki

Cheryl Burack

Nancy Creel-Gross

Xia Feng

Evelyn Flamm

Dr. Alice Forrester

Dr. William Gilliam

Dr. Tina Mannarino

Kate Marsland

Judith Meyers

Christine MontgomeryLiza Petra

Bob Petrucelli

Susan Rubino

Jessica Sager

Elisabeth Teller

Marjorie Weiner

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United Way of Greater New Haven is led bylocal volunteers who represent the diversity of

our region, including a volunteer Board of DirectorCommunity Impact Cabinet, and the Success By 6Advisory Council.

Directors of our board serve many important rolat UWGNH, including providing financial oversigiving guidance and advice for strategic planningand helping in fundraising efforts.

Our Community Impact Cabinet makes recommdations about how and where our funds are inve

Our Success By 6 Advisory Council provides guidanearly-childhood-related issues.

Our thanks and appreciation to these individuals who

give of their time and talent in an effort to build and

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United Way of Greater New Haven is a nonprofitnization, supported by contributions from indiv

corporations, funding agencies and the government, back our mission to strengthen the community throutegic investments in programs that deliver long-term c

United Way is a fully transparent organization. Allfinances are posted on our website, uwgnh.org. This fcial information is a snapshot from our most recent afinancial report, from fiscal year 2013 through 2014.

1 Other Revenue includes investment returns and

pension benefit changes.

2 Program expenses include donor directed gifts,

direct grant expenses and program expenses.

Revenues Released from Restrictionfor use this Fiscal Year $1,661,477

Institutions/Companies $690,519

Neighbor to Neighbor $295,3151

Grants and Bequests $1,975,421

Individuals/Employees$3,013,060

Federal Grants $542,953

Special Events, Sponsorships& Other Revenue1 $537,998

TOTAL UNRESTRICTED REVENUE$8,716,743

REVENUE

AND

FINANCIALS

TOTAL UNRESTRICTED EXPENSES

$8,347,115

Programs2 $6,740,767

Management & General $761,726

Development $679,342

Allowance for Uncollectibles $165,280

EXPENSES

United Way of Greater New Haven staff

FINANCIAL

FOCUS


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*Denotes a corporate gift

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3M CompanyAAA Southern New EnglandAbbott Laboratories*Aetna, Inc.*Agilent *AIDS Project New HavenAlbertus Magnus CollegeAlcatel-LucentAll Our KinAllen H. Goldberg and Associates*Allstate Insurance*Alstom, Inc.Aluminum Company of AmericaAmity Regional High SchoolAmphenol Products Spectra-Strip

Andersen Corporation*Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of CT*Area Cooperative Educational ServiceAshcroft, Inc.AT&T*Bank of AmericaBeaverdale Memorial Park*Best Buy, North Haven #1488*Best Buy, Orange #300*Bic CorporationBig Y Foods, Inc. #99

The Bilco Company*Blakeslee Arpaia ChapmanBlakeslee Prestress, Inc.*The BonTonBoys and Girls Club of New HavenBrenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP

COMPANIES THAT LIVE UNITE

We recognize and celebrate the following companies and organizations

for demonstrating their commitment to creating lasting change in

our community through their United Way employee giving campaigns

and leadership.

Brescome Barton, Inc.*Bristol-Myers Squibb*Burns & McDonnell EngineeringBurzenski & Company, P.C.*Carmody & TorranceCathedral CorporationCatholic Charities of SCCCDM Smith *CentraCeridian CorporationChristian Community ActionChubb and Son*Citizens Bank of CT*Clifford W. Beers Guidance ClinicThe Clorox Company Foundation

Columbus Auto Body Works, Inc.*Columbus HouseComcast Cablevision of New Haven*Community Action AgencyCommunity Foundation for Greater

New Haven*Community Health Center Community

Health Charities of New EnglandCommunity MediationComposition Materials CompanyConnecticut Conference of Municipalities

Connecticut Behavioral HealthConnecticut Container Corporation*Connecticut Fair PlanThe Connection, Inc.Connex Credit Union*Cornell Scott-Hill Health CorporationCovidien*Creating Kids at the Connecticut

Childrens Museum

The CT Human Resource Council*Day Pitney, LLP *Deloitte & Touche, LLPDepartment of Homeland SecurityDigital SurgeonsDonald L. Perlroth & Company CPAThe Durol Company*East Haven Board of EducationEaton CorporationEder Brothers, Inc.*

Eli Lilly*Employment Resource TeamEnergizer Personal CareEnterprise Holdings, MadisonEpsilon, HM1ERS Dispatchers, West HavenEureka Chr. 2, Order Eastern Star*Faiman Agency Realtor*Family Centered Services of CTFarnam Neighborhood House, Inc.FedEx CorporateFellowship Place

Fire Lite Alarms, Inc./HoneywellFire Solutions

First Niagara Financial Group*The Foote SchoolFoxon Park Beverages, Inc.*Gannett FlemingGeneral Electric Company *General Motors AcceptanceGeorge Ellis Co.*The Gillette CompanyGirl Scouts of Connecticut

Greater New Haven Chamber of CommGreater New Haven CommunityLoan Fund, Inc.

Group Benefit Administrators of CT*H & R BlockHallocks*Hamden Hall Country Day SchoolHartford Financial ServicesHershey Foods Corp*


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Higher One Inc.*The Home Depot*HomegoodsHopkins SchoolHotel Duncan*HSBCHubbell Incorporated

IBM CorporationIllinois Tool Works*ION Bank Foundation*

J.P. Morgan Chase & Company*Janney Montgomery Scott, LLCJarvis Products Corp.Jewish Communal FundJo-Ann Stores, Inc.The John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur FoundationJohnson & Johnson

Knights of ColumbusKohls #0405*KX Technologies LLC.L.L. Bean*Land OLakes Inc.Laticrete International, Inc.*Leila Day NurseryLeos Landscaping, LLCLexmark InternationalLiberty Bank Foundation*Lincoln Financial GroupM & M Investments, LLC

Macys*Magellan Midstream Partners, LP*ManpowerGroupMarshalls, Inc.Mason, Inc.Mettler ToledoMFund Inc.*Middlesex HospitalMiddlesex United WayMonro Muffler/Brake & Service*Mortgage Master

Murtha Cullina LLPNationwide Insurance Company*Neighborhood Housing Services

of New HavenNEU Specialty Engineered Materials,

LLC/PolyOne Corporation*New Haven Legal AssistanceNew Haven RegisterNew Reach

NewAlliance Foundation*Newman Architects*Nextera EnergyNorth Branford Board of EducationNortheast UtilitiesNorthrop GrummanNoxell Corporation

The OConnell CompaniesOmnicareOwl Shop, LLC*PayChexPCL Civil Constructors, Inc*Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects*The Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight Company*Peoples Bank*PepsiCo*Permatex*Petra Construction Corporation

Pfizer*Pitney-Bowes, Inc.*Pratt & Whitney AircraftPrincipal Financial Group*Quinnipiac Bank *Quinnipiac UniversityRaymond James Financial, Inc.*Regional Water Authority of

South Central Connecticut*Rockwell AutomationSantander BankSargent Manufacturing Company

Schick ManufacturingScottrade Investment Consulting*Seasons Federal Credit UnionSeward and Monde*The Shredding Source*Shuster-Mettler Corp.*Sikorsky AircraftSimione Macca & LarrowSouth Central Behavioral Health NetworkSprint*Stanley Security Solution

Start Community Bank of New HavenStop & Shop*T. M. Byxbee Co., PCT.J. Maxx StoresTarget Corporation*TD Bank*Tilcon ConnecticutTorrington Supply CompanyTown Fair Tire Centers, Inc.*

Town of BranfordTown of East HavenTown of GuilfordTown of HamdenTown of MadisonTown of North HavenTown of West Haven Allingtown Fire

Town of West Haven Fire Dept.Town of West HavenTown of WoodbridgeTravelers Companies, Inc.*Trident*TYCO*U.S. AirwaysUBS*United Aluminum Corporation*United Health Group*The United Illuminating Company *

United Parcel Service*United Technologies*United Way of Greater New HavenUnited Way of Hunterdon CountyUnited Way of Northeast FloridaUnited Way WorldwideUniversity of New HavenVerizon Wireless*Vine Products Manufacturing Co.*Wal-Mart*Walgreens Benefit FundWebster Bank*

Wellmore Inc.Wells Fargo Advisors*Wesleyan UniversityWest Haven Board of EducationWest Haven Child Development CentWest Haven Community House AssocThe Wiegand Memorial Foundation, Wiggin & DanaWilliam Caspar Graustein Memorial Workforce AllianceXerox Corporation

Yale University*Yale-New Haven Hospital


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GOLD($5,000-$9,999)Anonymous

Donald and Anne AndrewsKathleen and Leo CooneyDavid CromwellPaulette and Larry FoxBarbara and Jack HealywMarcia K. JohnsonGretchen and Charlie KingsleySusie and Andrew MetrickDiane Palmeri and Albert RossiniTom and Patty PollardWilliam Michael ReismanSandra V. SenichJulia Simon-Kerr and Flo rian EdererStephanie Spangler and Robert ShulmanAlexander Welsh

SILVER($2,500-$4,999)Anonymous (6)Steven Berry and Lauren PinzkaLarry and Martha BingamanMr. and Mrs. Arthur and Stefanie Boles wRob and Robin BoresJohn J. BrangiMichael BrownSean and Beth BushMichael Caplan and JoAnne BurgerRichard and Joann CarsonBertie Chuong, MS, RN, CCRNChristina H. CoffinMatt DeRienzoRavi DharJohn and Rose Doheny

Sue and Ray Fitzsimons

Mrs. Constance FlemingMichael FriedmannJohn Gaddis and Toni DorfmanTamar Szabo Gendler and Zoltan

Gendler SzaboPaul Genecin and Victoria MorrowEarl Glusac and Marie RobertKimberly M. Goff-CrewsJohn GoldinKarsten HarriesJennifer McGrady Heath and

Peter LamotheNorbert and Jean HerzogMartha C. HighsmithKiku JonesE. Neill JordanRoger and Connie JoyceJean Russell Kelley

David H. KelseyAlan and Joan KligerTom and Kay KolditzSharon Kugler and Duane IsabellaRichard B. LarsonPenelope LauransDavid and Cindy LeffellJanet LindnerwSandra and George ListerJames LynchBernard Lytton and Dawn WoodLawrence and Ruth ManleyJerry L. Mashaw and Anne U.

MacClintockMr. and Mrs. Charles T. Mason Jr.William R. Massa, Jr.

We are pleased to present the members of United Ways TocquevilleSociety and recognize their exemplary level of commitment with deep

gratitude and sincere appreciation. Members of the society include philanthropists who support United Ways work in helping totransform our communities.

United Way Tocqueville Society

ORDRE DINDEPENDENCE($250,000 - $499,999)The Seedlings Foundation

LA SOCIETE NATIONALE($100,000 - $249,999)Anonymous

Guido and Anne Tyler Calabresi

Andrew and Eileen Eder

William C. and Jean M. Graustein

Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff

ORDRE DEGALITE

($50,000 - $99,999)Linda Lorimer and Charles EllisWilliam and Wendy Platt

Ellen Tillotson

Ian McClureDebbie McGrawStephen and Victoria MurphyRobert S. NelsonRyan and Emily OakeswChristopher OConnorBen Polak and Stefanie MarkovitsDorothy K. RobinsonTanina Rostain and Richard SchottenfeldHolly RushmeierStephen L. SaltzmanLance SauerteigMary ShropshireAgnes SiniscalchiJohn SkellyRonald B. and Sigrid R-P. SmithAlfred E. Smith, Jr.Elizabeth StaudermanGreg and Adrian Sterling

Sunshine FundMario SznolPaul TaheriMark J. TroidleDiane Young Turner wAlmudena Villanueva and David BachBarry and Jacqueline WatersKaren Wynn and Paul Bloom

BRONZE($1,000-2,499)Anonymous (29)Jason AbaluckHarry and Manette AdamsJoseph and Marianne AdinolfiMelinda Agsten, Wiggin and Dana

ORDRE DE LIBERTE($25,000 -$49,999)Bruce D. Alexander

Marna and Eric Borgstrom

Dr. and Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. L

Donald and Joyce Calcagnini

Collins Foundation

Carol and Bob Lyons, Jr.

Minot and Alycyn Nettleton

Margie and Ed Pikaart

Gerald Rosenberg and Cheryl Wiesenfeld

Anne F. Schenck

Jim and Cathy Smith

Pavur R. Sundaresan, M.D., Ph.D.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Zaccagnino

MEMBRES DE LA SOCIETE ($10,000 - $24,999)

Joseph Altonji and Cynthia NethercutSusan and Peter E. Amato, MDLinda AndersonSteven R. AngelettiRichard and Mary AntayaMarcelle ApplewhaiteThomas and Rachel ArditoStephan AriyanCissy and Tom ArmstrongPeter Aronson and Marie LandryWilliam J. AseltyneHarold and Janis AttridgeLesley K. Baier and Richard S. FieldTom Balcezak and Soni ClubbBetsy H. BarnstonGayle T. BassickKathedral BaylThomas and Kim BeckettBarbara and Jack Beecher

Laura Berry and Bernard HulinTim BertacciniElena BertozziC. Bradford Bevers, AIA and Nancy

B. Samotis, LCSWJoyce K. BlandonKent and Nona BloomerMarie BorroffApril N. BoweElizabeth and John BradleyLisa C.O. BrandesJeffrey and Sally BrenzelThomas and Patricia BrockettKathleen Brown-DoratoGary and Colleen BrudvigMr. and Mrs. James E. Bullock

Leadership Circle Members

Denotes an investment of $10,000 or more in United Ways impact initiatives

w Denotes Womens Initiative Leadership Council member

L Denotes legacy donor

Anonymous (3) w

Robert J. Alpern and Patricia Preisig

Charlie and Lisa Andriole

Judith Chevalier and Steve Podos

William E. Curran

Chris and Toddie Getman

Ms. Judith Dozier Hackman

Phil Haile and Shannon Callaway

Dr. Peter and Maureen Herbert

Frank and Joan Kenna

Candice and Donald Kohn

Nancy KopsL

Robert and Bonnie KreitlerMiles and Liz Lasater w

Jean and Richard LaVecchiaw

John Leventhal and Beverly

Hodgson

Kirsten and Jim Levinsohn

Pericles Lewis and Sheila Hayre

James E. Marshall and Patricia A

Jackson-Marshall

Dr. Jennifer and Mr. Michael McN

Daniel and Sharon Milikowsky

Edward Kamens and Mary Miller

Ray Fair and Sharon Oster

Michael A. Peel and Family

Peter Salovey and Marta Elisa

Moret

Thomas J. Sansone and Ruth

Beardsley L

Robert and Virginia ShillerJeffrey and Clarky Sonnenfeld

Patricia Sweet

Cynthia L. Walker and Galen P.

Cawley, Jr.

Robert Wechsler and Emily Aber

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

wIndicates Womens Leadership Council Member *Indicates deceased


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Adrienne Gallagher and Jim NelsonMaureen Gardner and Andrew BurkeCynthia M. GarratyStan GarstkaJoseph G. GenuaJoe and Katie GerhardSusan and Michael GibbonsNina M. GlicksonLindy Lee GoldwJoanne and David GoldblumMr. and Mrs. Merton G. GollaherCarolyn GrahamLinda Greenhouse

Margaret Grey and Michael LauterbachCaroline GriffinIra B. GrudbergMarjorie GuglinJeanie HagganRaymond and Michelle HaleMarsha HamEllen Hammond and Yasuo OhderaMr. and Mrs. George W. HannaKaren S. HarrisLauren Virginia HarrisChristopher HaschakMr. and Mrs. Paul HawkshawJean Herzog, PhDErica HerzogMarilyn W. HirschMark W. HochstrasserJonathan HollowayGloria Holmesw

Anders HornbladPaul Hudak and Cathy Van DykeStephen HuddErnst HuffLynn and Larry HusseyThomas HylinskiRoger IbbotsonAlison and Christopher Illick wCeasar IrbyAnjani JainMichele Hackley Johnson, MDWayne JohnsonCarol D. JohnsonCarol JustJane E. KammererCynthia and Bob KaneSteve and Anemone KaplanSudhir Karunakaran

Edward and Donna KavanaghPaula KavathasAntoinette A. KelleyJohn and Kitty KellyBrian KellyDaniel and Bettyann KevlesYuichi KitamuraJeffrey A. KlausAlvin Klevorick and Susan E. BenderJoann M. Knudson and Thomas J.

HandlerCarolyn S. KobsaSamuel S. KortumAndrea E. Kovacs and Jeffrey J. JohnsonCaroline Vitale Koziatek wAlbert L. KrausWendy KravitzMarcia LaFemina wJohn and Judy Lahey

Chuck Langevin and Vicki HarrisElizabeth LapinskiStan LeavyMary Brett LeeKingsley LeightonLawanda Leslie wRichard and Jane LevinAdam Levine-WeinbergHarry LevitMargaret A. LiddellCharles Light ReynoldJuan* and Rocio Linz

Rich and Ann LisitanoRobyn LisoneJ.R. LoganSara LongobardiRuth Lord*Henry LordMichele LosoGeorge and Maria LuftThomas LynchNancy F. LyonMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lyons, Sr.Lisa W. MaassMichele Macauda

Amy and Jonathan MaceyMary Grey Maher, M.D.Stephen MaierRichard and Sandra MaloneyRegina Kenny MaroneSusan B. Matheson and Jerome J. PollittScott MathesonCharlotte V. MatteiPaul and Cynthia McCravenPatrick and Linda McCrelessDennis R. McGoughJohn Meerts and Janet BrandsmaJohn R. MeeskeClaudia MersonNancy P. MiddletonSean MiklovichAnthony and Karen MinopoliJimmy-Lee MooreDonna O. Moorew

Michael J. Morand and Wm.Frank Mitchell

Jay MorrisHoward and Mary Ellen MurphyChristopher MurphyDenise MurphyWilliam J. MurrayVera M. Myers, Pratt and WhitneyAnna and Andy NavratilBarbara J. NelsonJustin D. Neuman and Walker HolmesRichard and Nancy NicholasMichael Nitabach and Heather CruzMichael and Debra NorkoGeorge OBrienMargaret OlinJon and Laura OlsenEfren and Katrina Osorio

James R. OwenMonica and Ben PageThomas PalaskiMelinda PapowitzRichard J. PappertMichael, Lisa and Laura ParisiDavid and Ann ParnigoniJonathan PensaHap and Stacey PerkinsAllie Perry and Charlie PillsburyDenise PerryVincent and Karen PetriniKatharine C. Pierce, In Memory of

Mildred and Henry H. Pierce, Jr.Edieal Pinker and Monica BeckerAlan PlattusRobert PolitoBalakumar PrasannanLaurie M. Price

Jules D. PrownJim PuglieseAnthony J. PuzzoMr. and Mrs. Peter RaeNicholas RagovisAsghar and Faye RastegarJulie ReinshagenGerry and Ron RemerRobert W. Richards, Jr.Scott RobertsonSeyve Martin RoeslerJoy Rogers

Hector Rosario, IIAnne RubinMuneeb SammaDr. Henry and Berta SamsonMarion SamuelAlan C. SartorelliLisa and Stephen SawinDavid R. SchaeferDebra SchafferSue and Alex SchillaciSteven SchnittmanMary Schramm wScot A. Schroder

Peter SchulamRoger SciasciaFiona M. Scott MortonPatricia A. ScusselRussell SharpLorraine D. Siggins, M.D. and Braxton

McKee, M.D.Caitlin Simon and Gregory HuberBruce and Pamela SimondsDinesh SinghBrian and Catherine SkinnerRichard and Ellen SkinnerClifford and Carolyn SlaymanTerri SmalleyMr. and Mrs. Gaddis SmithAmos Lee SmithMarci Shore and Timothy SnyderVeronica and Dieter SoellSteven J. Solecki

Olav and Constana SorensonDaniel Alan SpielmanKenneth SprengerMichael E. SprouleRichard and Barbara StahlSandra T. Stein and Harvey KlimanDorothy M. StengerHarold Stern M.D. and Sandra

Boltax-Stern M.D.Robert A.M. SternWilliam and Deborah StewartElizabeth J. StewartShepard StonePaul F. Stuehrenberg and Carole

L. DevoreLloyd and Cathy SuttleTorin and Patricia ThurstonMs. Elizabeth Tillinghast

James C. Tsai, M. D.Jeffrey A. UpdykeSahar Usmani-Brown and Josiah BrownRaul and Burchell ValldejuliPreethi Varghese-Joseph and

George JosephRonald J. VenderKevin and Melissa VestWilliam P. VillanoDiane and Thomas VorioJanice and Marty WallaceChristopher WalshKevin and Ann WalshStephen and Merle WaxmanMaureen Weaver and Robert LeightonKimberly WeigelMichael and Anita WerdmannRobert Lewis WilliamsonKeith Wrightson

Amy WrzesniewskiJohn Wysolmerski and Carol ine HendelNatalia Xiomara-ChieffoRuth Bernard YeazellJanice Yusza, Wachovia BankJean A. Zanella DyerGeorge ZdruAnn H. Zucker, Esq

Patricia A. ByrneDonna M. CableEileen N. CainHeather and Victor CalabreseThomas R. Candrick, Jr.Gayle Capozzalo and Jack Heil, Ph.D.Jeff and Christina CapuanoGayle A. CarboneDale and Virginia CarlsonMr. and Mrs. Kermit CarolinaMichael and Diana CatyAnthony Cavallaro Jr.Steven M. Cavanaugh

Mo CayerLisa CerroneElaine ChengYung-Chi ChengMarvin Chun and Woo-kyoung AhnKaterina ClarkPaul D. ClearyConstance ClementKaren CluteJoel Cogen and Beth G ilsonBurt Cohen, Esq.Ms. Julie L. CohenMarc and Shiela ChampagneSusan R. ComptonThe Coogan FamilyShawn E. Cowper, MD and Carolyn

Rambus, MDLouis A. Criscuolo, Seward and

Monde, CPAs

William L. CrockerPaula and David CrombieTom and Jilan CrowleyAnn S. DahlRichard DAquilaStephen DarwallDrew S. Days, III and Ann R. LangdonLouise M. DembryPeter and Elizabeth DemirElena DePalmaKathleen and Joseph DePonteHari and Eileen DeshpandeMargaret and Milton DeVanePatricia A. DeWittMichael S. DimensteinEileen B. DonahueMr. James DonahueDonald A. Berkowitz Memorial Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Richard DonofrioThe DORCsSean Duffy and Andy MorganRonald and Catharine DumanEdwin M. and Karen C. DuvalJane EdwardsNigel EdwardsBeth ElfreyMatthew S. EllmanIlona and Michael EmmerthSamuel E. and Sandra W. EskridgeLely and David EvansMartin and Eva EwingStephanie and Leonard FarberHenry W. FarkasKathryn FeidelsonProf. Harvey M. and Susan E. FeinbergAlberta L. FerrieDonald Filer and Alisa Masterson

Denise J. FioreAnthony M. FitzgeraldAlice Forrester and Pam LinderSusan H. Forster, M.D.Earl W. Foster, Jr.John E. FoxMaureen A. FrankRon and Barbara FranzluebbersPaul FreedmanEllen U. FreilerJohn FrostVictor J. Galati

United Way remains committed to recognizing those who demonstrate a strong commitment to the community. Please accept our apologies for any omissionsor mistakes in this listing. Please contact us at203.691.4215if there is an error.


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COMMUNITY PARTNERS

108 Monkeys/Elm City Flow

ACE Mentor Program

Agency on Aging of South Central CT, Inc.

AIDS Project New Haven

All Our Kin

AmeriCorps Public Allies

AmeriCorps VISTA

Amity Teens

Anime

Anti-Defamation League

Arte, Inc.

Arts for Learning Young Audiences

Artspace

BALANCE Fitness Studio

Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School

Believe in Me Empowerment Corporation (BIMEC)

Bereavement Care Network

Beulah Heights

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut Bodyworkers, LLC

Boy Scouts of America

Boys & Girls Club New Haven

Branford Early Childhood Collaborative

Breakthru, Inc.

Bridgeport Alternative in the Community

Camp Antrum

Camp Hazen

CARE (Community Alliance for Research and Engagement)

Career Resources, Inc./STRIVE New Haven

Carson Scholars Fund

Catholic Charities/Centro San Jose Family Center

Central Connecticut Coast YMCA

Chatham Square Neighborhood Association Christian Community Action, Inc

Church of Christ Latter Day Saints

City of New Haven

City of New Haven Board of Alders

City of New Haven Elderly Services

City of New Haven Health Department

City of New Haven Mayors Office

City of New Haven Parks and Recreation Department

City of New Haven Police Department

City of New Haven Youth Department

CitySeed

Citywide Youth Coalition

Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic, Inc.

Clinton Avenue School

CoCo Key Water Resort

Collective Consciousness Theatre

College Summit

Columbus House, Inc.

Comcast

Common Ground

Community Action Agency of New Haven

Community Alliance for Youth Sports (CAYS)

Community Dining Room, Inc.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS GRANT BOOST! INCOME HEALTHSUCCESSBY 6

SCHOOL AGEYOUTH

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SCHOOL AGEYOUTH

COMENGA

Community Foundation of Greater New Haven

Community Health Educators (CHE)

Community Health Network Foundation of CT

Community Mediation

Community Solutions

Community Soup Kitchen

Concepts for Adaptive Learning

Connecticut Association for Human Services

ConnCAT (Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology)

Connecticut Childrens Museum

Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness

Connecticut Food Bank

Connecticut News Project

The Consultation Center

Co-op Center for Creativity

Cornell Scott Hill Health Clinic

CT Campus Compact

CT River Salmon Association

Dance with Isaiah Providence

DataHaven

Davenport Community Garden

David Lynch Foundation Developing Tomorrows Professionals

DHAMPY (Yale Students)

The Diaper Bank

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen

Dr. Dora of WCSU

DRIVE 2 Succeed/Play Rugby USA

Dwight Development Corporation

Dwight Hall at Yale

East Haven Early Childhood Collaborative

Easter Seals Goodwill Industries

Elephant in the Room

Eli Whitney Museum

Elm City Communities

Elm Shakespeare Company EMERGE CT

Episcopal Service Corps

Fair Haven Community Health Center

FAME Enterprises Inc.

Family Centered Services of CT

Farnam Neighborhood House, Inc.

FISH of Greater New Haven

Fitting Room

Foundation for Arts & Trauma, Inc.

Future Project

Gateway Community College

Gear UP

Girl Scouts of America

Greater New Haven Branch NAACP

Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund

Greater New Haven Opening Doors

Hamden Family Resource Centers

Hamdens Partnership for Young Children

Haven Free Clinic

Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Program, Inc.

Hillhouse High School

Hispanic Health Council

Ice the Beef


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SCHOOL AGEYOUTH

COMMENGAG

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IKEA

The Institute Library

IRIS - Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services

Ivy Street Community Garden

Jewish Coalition for Literacy

Jewish Family Services of New Haven, Inc.

Junior League of Greater New Haven

JUNTA for Progressive Action

Juvenile Review Board

Leadership, Education and Athletics inPartnership, Inc. (LEAP)

Liberty Community Services, Inc.

Little Scientists

Loaves and Fishes

Long Wharf Theatre

Love 146

Lowes Stores

LULAC Head Start

MOMS Partnership

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

Music Haven

Mystic Aquarium

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc.

Neighborhood Music School

New Haven Early Childhood Council

New Haven Family Alliance

New Haven Farms

New Haven Free Public Library

New Haven Help Alliance

New Haven Independent

New Haven Land Trust, Inc.

New Haven Pride Center

New Haven Promise

New Haven Public Schools

New Haven Reads

New Haven Symphony Orchestra New Haven Toastmasters

New Haven Works

New Haven Youth Tennis

New Reach

Norwalk Maritime Aquarium

Orange Rotary Club

Parent University New Haven

Peabody Museum

Peace by Peace

Pilobolus Dance Company

Pinnacle Training and Publishing

Planned Parenthood

Play 2 Prevent

Project PRIDE Quinnipiac University

Rapid Results Institute

Read to Grow

Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership

Revolution Fitness Youth Boxing

Roses for Autism

Saint Raphaels Dental Van

Salvation Army of New Haven

SARAH, Inc.


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SCHOOL AGEYOUTH

COMENGA

Save the Sound

Share Our Strength

Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries

Shubert Theater

Sierra Clubs Inner City Outings

Solar Youth

Soundview YMCA

Southern Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State UniversityDepartment of Social Work

Speaklife Forum Theatre

Squash Haven

Stop and Shop

Student Parenting and Family Services, Inc.

Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter

TLS Shape Up

Town of Hamden, Community Service Department

United Illuminating Company

University of New Haven

University of New Haven Athletics

Viva Z. Fitness

Walk in My Shoes

Walsh Construction/PCL Joint Venture II West Haven Child Development Center

West Haven Community House

West Haven Family Resource Center

West River Neighborhood Association

WHEAT, Inc.

Women and Family Life Center

Workforce Alliance

Yale Belly Dance Society

Yale Black Mens Union

Yale Business Students

Yale Hemispheres

Yale Ice Skating

Yale Information Technology Services

Yale Model Congress

Yale-New Haven Hospital

Yale-New Haven Hospital Dental Van

Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Suite

Yale Pathways Program

Yale Repertory Theater

Yale School of Medicine

Yale School of Music

Yale School of Public Health

Yale University Student Volunteers

Zumbakids

SUCCESS BY 6:United Ways initiative to ensure that more children enter school developmentally on track.

SCHOOL AGE YOUTH:Helps children and youth do better in school by having access to safe and enriching afterschool programs, appropriate mental health support, tutoring and mentoring services.

BOOST!:Supports New Haven Public School students non-academic needs by improving access to and coordination among wraparound services.

INCOME:Helps increase the number of financially stable working families and individuals by supporting workforce development, connection to benefits, and financieducation, and by working to end homelessness.

HEALTH:Helps some of our most vulnerable adults and children with the support they need to achieve and maintain good health.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:Connects people and information and supports community mobilization work, including conferences and volunteer efforts.


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United Way of Greater New Haven

2013-2014 OVERVIEW OF WORK AND RESULTS

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GOAL:People are physically and mentally healthy, and haveaccess to nutritious food.

FOCUS:Individuals and families throughout the region.

Supported emergency food providers through N2N LifeLine, a partnershipwith The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, and through federalEmergency Food and Shelter Program dollars, managed by United Way.

Increased childrens access to good nutrition through the New Haven PublicSchools Food Truck, which serves free meals to children and youth during thesummer in underserved New Haven neighborhoods.

Offered Cooking Matters classes to teach nutrition information, healthyfood shopping and new cooking techniques.

Supported the Mobile Market to bring fresh produce to underservedcommunities.

Supported mental health services for children and youth (aligns with ourEducation work).

Supported the 2-1-1 call center.

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n Over the past five years, more than 1.5 million mealsserved at soup kitchens and shelters through Neighbor-tNeighbor LifeLine.

n Served over 47,000 meals to children and youth throuthe Food Truck over the past four summers.

n Through United Way support, the Mobile Market doubthe number of people who had access to fresh produce,serving 1000 people, many of whom live in senior housin

n 68% of students participating in counseling servicesClifford Beers saw a decrease in behavioral problems, an52% had improved school performance.

n Last year, residents from our region made more than84,000 service requests to 2-1-1 for assistance. The tothree inquiries were for public assistance, housing, andutilities/heat.

HEALTH

UNITED WAY WORK ROLE RESULTS

STRATEGIES:

1. Increase availability of food to meet the needs of those who are food insecure.2. Increase access to good nutrition and nutrition education for children and youth and their familie3. Support access to mental health services for children and youth.4. Make information about health and human services available to community members through 2-

a 24/7 staffed hotline with a statewide database of services.


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GOAL:All school-age youth succeed in school and are prepared for college and work.

FOCUS:Communities with largest percentage of children living in poverty:New Haven, Hamden, and West Haven.

Implemented the Boost! Initiative to support students non-academicneeds by improving access to and coordination among wraparoundservices.

Organized and managed the New Haven Kindergarten Canvass.

Supported after-school programs that provide safe, structured, learningenvironments for children during out-of-school time.

Supported mental health services for children by funding therapeuticinterventions and helping to launch the New Haven Trauma Coalitionsservices in schools.

Supported mentoring and tutoring programs that connect children andyouth with trained volunteers.

Participated in New Haven Public Schools Parent University to provideworkshops and information to parents about how to support their childssuccess in school.

Served on community collaboratives focused on youth issues.

Collective impactpartner

Key partner/volunteerorganizer


Strategic grantmakerand key partner


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Key partner

n Through Boost!, United Way has connected 210 commupartners with New Haven Public Schools to provide wraparservices to students.

n Across 16 schools, Boost! is enabling 7,257 students toparticipate in 670 programs to promote their physical and health and extend their learning opportunities.

n United Way mobilized more than 200 volunteers to comcate with 74% of the more than 1,400 New Haven familiesincoming kindergarten students through the annual KindeCanvass. During the canvass, volunteers and school perso

welcomed students and families to school and provided thinformation about school and a childrens book.

n Thanks to United Way support, 1,542 school-age youthbenefitted from high-quality after-school programs that prsafe, enriching environments during out-of-school time.

n Through United Way funding, more than 1,800 school-abenefitted from mentoring or counseling services.

n United Ways leadership helped secure $1 million in newdollars to test new ways of providing mental health servicestudents in schools.

EDUCATION School Age Youth


STRATEGIES:

1. Create coordinated wraparound services and learning supports2. Expand after-school programs and behavioral health supports

3. Engage parents in meaningful roles to support their childrens success

GOAL:All children enter school developmentally on track in terms of health, literacy,social, emotional and intellectual skills.

FOCUS:Children ages 0 6 and their families throughout the region.

Implemented United Ways Early Head Start program, providing high-quality full-day,year-round early care and education and comprehensive support services for infants andtoddlers from low-income families.

Launched Quality Matters, an initiative that provides coaching to early care and educationteachers about how to teach early literacy and math skills.

Created Secure Start, a regional effort to give parents easy-to-use information aboutcreating a strong relationship with their young children through Circle of Security-Parentingclasses.

Provided leadership on early childhood community collaboratives, helping to secureadditional resources, implement community plans, and promote collaboration.

Served as fiscal agent for community collaboratives focused on young children andtheir families.

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Key partner

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n Through Success By 6, over 525 chages birth through 5 benefited fromhigh-quality early care and educationopportunities, giving them a strongfoundation for school and for life.

n As a result of Success By 6, 96 childproviders in the region received over 40of coaching/ mentoring in early literacymath, helping them to provide higher qlearning opportunities to young childre

n UWGNH sponsored an in-depth traattachment that reached over 120 agacross the state, and made it possible

providers representing 14 organizatioGreater New Haven to participate so twere prepared to offer sessions to par

n UWGNHs leadership and fiduciary helped community collaboratives in thregion secure more than $270,000 forchildhood efforts.

EDUCATION Success By 6


STRATEGIES:

1. Create opportunities for children from low-income families to havto early care and education

2. Improve the quality of early care and education3. Increase parents knowledge of the important developmental mile

their children must meet to come to school success-ready


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GOAL:Families and individuals achieve greater financial success.

FOCUS:Low- to moderate-income families and individuals.

Supported workforce development programs to train individuals with softand hard skills to increase their employability and secure jobs.

Convened multiple organizations providing workforce development servicesto share data, promising practices, and ways to work together.

Implemented SAM (Smart About Money) budget coaching program on theShoreline, to help heads of households set and achieve personal financialgoals with the help of a volunteer budget coach.

Provided leadership, space, volunteers, and consulting services to the100-Day Challenge to End Chronic Homelessness.

Supported the VITA coalitions serving New Haven to improve marketingand outreach to consumers and volunteers, and helped honor and thank

volunteers.Completed the Service Delivery Improvement Initiative pilot, testing newways of helping low-income families achieve their goals through enhancedcase management, data sharing, and increased access to life skills support.

Supported Greater New Haven Opening Doors, a coalition to end homeless-ness, by funding staff person, providing in-kind office space, and providingleadership on the Opening Doors Steering Committee.

Supported emergency shelter providers through N2N LifeLine, a partnershipwith The Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, and through federalEmergency Food and Shelter Program dollars, managed by United Way.


Collective impactpartner

Direct service provider

Key partner, strategicgrantmaker, andvolunteer

Key partner

Collective impactpartner, strategicgrantmaker

Strategic grantmakerand key partner


nOver the past three years, our workforce developmentpartners have helped 309 people with significant barrieremployment get a job through United Ways support.

n Of those employed this past year, individuals experiean average increase of nearly $325 in monthly income; 3are in jobs that pay $10 or more an hour.

n Through the 100-Day Challenge, 107 homeless indiv(75% of the chronically homeless population) have beenconnected to housing.

n Through VITA last year, over 5,287 low-income workinindividuals received free assistance to complete their tareturns and secured more than $8.3 million in returns at

sites. This is a 25% increase from last year. These dollhelped working families provide food and clothing for thchildren, and in turn benefited the local economy.

n Over the past five years, more than 4,000 individualsreceived emergency shelter or housing services to prevenhomelessness.

INCOME


STRATEGIES:

1. Support workforce development opportunities (adult education/ literacy, skills training,job placement, etc.)

2. Increase access to benefits (EITC, SNAP, etc.)3. Implement budget coaching to help people meet their financial goals4. Develop increased coordination of services and systems5. Implement coordinated access, rapid rehousing, and prevention services to end homeless


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