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| Social Innovation Fund Comes to Tulsa
The Social Innovation Fund, a federal program established by the Edward Kennedy Serve America Act, is a new public-private investment vehicle designed to identify and expand proven anti-poverty programs nationwide. Read More...
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Community Investments Process:
The community investments process is the hallmark of Tulsa Area United Way. Funds collected by TAUW are used to provide funding for human service programs in the Tulsa, Creek, Wagoner, Okmulgee, Rogers, and Osage Counties. TAUW uses a comprehensive community-based decision making process to determine how funds will be invested in the community. Each year, approximately 150 Panel Member Volunteers, the Audit Review Committee (ARC), and Community Investments Cabinet (CI Cabinet) complete this process.
This year, over 275 trained volunteers invested more than 8,000 hours analyzing the needs of the community and studying the effectiveness of local programs; all to ensure that your contributions have the greatest possible impact. This process of reviewing program plans, visiting agencies and analyzing budgets keeps our United Way firmly connected and responsive to our community's most pressing needs. As human service needs grow and change over time, this process allows us to direct our resources where they will do the most good.
Allocations for our partner agencies have included new and enhanced funding for many programs, such as:
- Success By 6® Initiative to enhance the quality of early childhood care and education provided by family daycare homes and both partner and non-parner agency childcare centers
- Case management support for mentor matches between adults and children primarily from one-parent families
- Services to help homeless individuals and families increase their self-sufficiency
- Programs to increase the employment opportunities of developmentally disabled individuals, such as the successful welfare-to-work TulsaWORKS program
- Counseling and information and referral for families in divorce court through the successful Caring Connections for Kids program
- Hospice care services for terminally ill individuals without insurance coverage and their families through the successful Live Alone program
To see a sample list of CI Panel Member Tasks, click here. To volunteer as a Panel Member for the next year's CI Process, click here.
Partner Agency Funding:
The partner agency allocation process occurs from January to June each year. Funds are allocated to education, health/ safety and financial stability in six services divisions, Venture Grants, Community Coalition Initiatives and Capacity Building. The six divisions include:
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Children and Youth;
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Family Living Services;
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High Risk Services;
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Health and Disability Services;
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Health Education, Homeless and Community Development
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Basic Needs and Green Country
New agencies, approved for review, are assigned to a panel and are subject to the same process as other partner agencies. Partner agencies submit applications each January for funding in the following calendar year. To view samples of the application forms, click here.
Partner agencies may view the TAUW Executive Director's Manual, login to the PAEDA messageboard, and submit annual applications online by clicking here.
Venture Grant Funding:
The purpose of the Venture Grants program is to fund a new, innovative approach to an existing or emerging need in the community. Grants will be awarded one time only for an eighteen-month period beginning July 2010. Venture Grant funding is not available for capital purchases. Letter of Intent Applications deadline for local 501(c)3 nonprofit human service organizations - August 7, 2009.
For Guidelines and Letter of Intent form, click here. If you have additional questions, Click Here to submit your question to Bobbie Cremer (phone: 918-295-6615) or Chris Mills (phone: 918-295-6625), Community Investments Department at Tulsa Area United Way.
New Voices Board Internship Program:
Leadership Tulsa and the Tulsa Area United Way are launching a new board internship program called "New Voices." This initiative is designed to increase the diversity on Tulsa United Way Agency boards.
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NTech Collaborative
NTech Collaborative is a technology assistance program funded through the Tulsa Area United Way. Its basic mission is to assist TAUW member agencies in meeting, maintaining and surpassing best practices for technology utilization.
NTech Collaborative's in-depth consultation and advocacy services achieve this by providing direct and indirect technology expertise and consultation; enabling better access to current technology and quality technology providers; brokering no or low cost IT related products and services to non-profits while promoting high quality standards, and establishing regionally specific, Best Practices and Standards for Technology guidelines to bring clarity to the massive amount of technology related information.
Ntech Collaborative also offers our partner agencies a variety of pertinent nonprofit centered technology articles and online resouces. Click here to enter: www.tauw.ntechonline.org
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Helping Tulsa Area United Way agencies make the most of technology.
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John Cory NTech Collaborative Manager (918) 295-6626
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