UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC

Results: Nearly 1,000 volunteer reading tutors for 3rd, 4th, 5th graders show increases; 5th and 6th graders average 20% increase in math scores. First registered ministries (child care centers) in state to qualify for Indiana's Paths to Quality. Quality human service organizations who improve their service, governance, and management. Hundreds of volunteers and staff trained though Nonprofit Training center; thousands who volunteer through Volunteer Center. Winter assistanace to hundreds of families; United Christmas Service supporting morethan a thousand families.

Target demographics: Six Central Indiana counties: Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan -- serving people who need help in a variety of situations, especially those from poorer or underserved areas.

Direct beneficiaries per year: An estimated 10-20% of the population either accessing services or participating in youth development programs or volunteering in the community through UWCI-related agencies or programs.

Programs: The united way of central indiana, inc. (uwci) addresses today's most critical needs in education, income, health and basic needs through distributions of donor advised, donor designated, and general contributions to 91 affiliated and 1,174 unaffiliated organizations. Through this support, uwci facilitates health programs for tens of thousands of adults including meals, education and health services; education programs for hundreds of thousands of children including quality child care, reading, and youth development programs; basic needs programs for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families including food, shelter and community center services; and income programs such as employment services and counseling.

united way of central indiana focuses on education because it is the best path out of poverty. In 2014, we achieved many milestones in our ready to learn/ready to earn (rtl/e) (or our education) work. 72 child care sites reached level 1 or higher in the paths to quality (ptq) rating system. 5,391 low-income children received high-quality child care. 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders participating in our readup tutoring program improved their reading skills 37% more than their peers not participating in readup. And through our bridges to success initiative, we with 500 community partners provided additional resources to 21 schools to help remove the barriers to learning, directly impacting 2,700 students.

other program services include assessing community needs, human services planning and research, public policy advocacy, and volunteer (youth and adult) training & development. The nonprofit training center helps nonprofit organizations in central indiana learn how to govern and manage themselves effectively. Community assessments help us understand our community's overall conditions and concerns to help develop regional policies, set priorities, and make funding decisions. The volunteer center engages volunteers throughout the community to further our impact in education, income, health and basic needs beyond the financial investment through days of caring and other programs. Agency evaluations hold united way's 91 agencies accountable and engage the community through volunteer evaluators.

the united way of central indiana, inc. Addresses today's most critical needs through distribution of funds on behalf of specific individuals. The organization assisted 17,418 individuals with holiday assistance, and 624 households with utility assistance during the winter months