Foothills United Way Inc

Programs: Community resilience:growing out of foothills united way's relief and recovery efforts in multiple fires and the 2013 flood, the resilience program focuses on building the relationships and resources that allow community members to rebound and thrive in the face of family emergencies or community-wide disasters.

dream big initiative:the goal of this initiative is to increase boulder's collective commitment to eliminate the opportunity and achievement gaps so that by 2040, all children in boulder county are succeeding academically and reaching their full potential. The dream big initiative breaks the cycle of poverty among low-income families by providing academic and social support to youth and their parents. The partners that make up this collaboration include nonprofits, government entities, school districts and community volunteers. Building social and emotional resilience through conscious discipline:escuela bilingue pioneer elementary school is seeing a significant need for increased social and emotional instruction and learning for their students. These students are coming to school with difficulties with impulse control, sustaining attention, and as a result, there is a high degree of conflict and stress. This project trains every staff member conscious discipline, a research-based approach of teaching children and adults skills and strategies for managing their social-emotional and behavioral lives. The long-term outcome is that students, staff and families learn the strategies and skills to self-regulate in all of the areas in their lives, not just school. 2-1-1:launched in october 2003, 2-1-1 colorado is a statewide initiative to provide information and referral service to residents in need of non-emergency (i. E. Non-life-threatening) assistance by phone, text, chat or online. 2-1-1 is the easy-to-remember and universally recognizable telephone number that provides critical connection between individuals in need and available services. The database has information on thousands of programs in boulder and broomfield counties and across colorado. In 2017, 2-1-1 colorado received over 200,000 contacts. Foothills united way chairs the statewide 2-1-1 collaborative. Strengthening mountain communities from within:the goal of this initiative is to provide deeper and more integrated basic needs services and referrals in support of vulnerable residents of the boulder county mountain communities. This includes deepening outreach and expanding into new communities, providing funding directly to programs meeting basic needs in mountain communities, and providing a framework for intra-community relationships. This project is backed by the peak to peak housing and human services taskforce, which includes nonprofits, businesses, schools and government entities.

personal investment enterprise (pie) program:the pie program addresses the root causes of poverty through systemic economic changes. Program participants open individual development accounts, which are matched savings accounts designed to help working low-income and low-wealth families save money for post-secondary education, capitalizing a business, or buying a first home. Through 2017, the pie program has graduated 290 participants in these categories: 118 first-time homebuyers, 65 small business start-ups, and 107 post-secondary students.

community impact:foothills united way's community impact work complements our targeted community investments by garnering and distributing donor-directed funds toward a variety of local programs and services that improve conditions for folks across boulder and broomfield counties. Volunteer connection:foothills united way's volunteer connection, one of the first volunteer referral centers in the nation, strengthens the communities of boulder and broomfield counties through volunteer advocacy and engagement. Through maintenance of an online database, special publications, one-on-one advising, customized team projects, and an annual day of caring, volunteer connection supports over 250 area nonprofits in their volunteer recruitment. Last year alone, volunteer connection provided over $120,000 in volunteer time to the community, besides building a culture of volunteering. Imagination librarythrough enrollment in dolly parton's imagination library, children ages 0-5 receive a book mailed to their home each month. Through 2017, over 2,350 children have graduated from the program and over 106,600 books have been distributed through fhuw's imagination library, increasing the likelihood of school readiness.