2009 Community Care Fund Grant Cycle

The United Way of Kootenai County (UWKC) is pleased to announce its 2009 Community Care Fund Grant Cycle. The UWKC does more than just raise and distribute funds. It is our goal to align funding, volunteers, partner agencies, government and grants with programs that work. Our donors expect their dollars to work hard. United Way is aligning its resources to goals targeted at positively changing community conditions. We want to measurably improve the quality of people’s lives and build a stronger community.

The Board of Directors for the United Way of Kootenai County has been spending a large amount of time this year in strategic planning and defining how to best identify and address community needs. In this process, we determined that a best practice in meeting community needs is to bring groups working in similar areas together to work collaboratively towards addressing root causes to community needs. To begin thinking strategically, we have identified four key focus areas in our community. Those areas include:

• Children – Helping Children Succeed
• Families – Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods
• Seniors – Assisting our Senior Population in Staying Independent
• Financial Stability – Aimed at helping individuals and families attain and preserve assets, become more financially stable and achieve long term economic independence

United Way invests in programs and organizations that pass a rigorous process. A team of community volunteers conduct agency reviews, site visits, and make funding decisions based on accountability and results. Under the focus titles included are; homelessness and housing, early childhood care and education, access to health care, feeding the hungry, helping people to become independent, safe places for children after school. If you’d like to know where your agency fits please call the UWKC office, we’d be happy to answer questions and help in any way possible.

Your organization’s first requirement to receive funding for the 2009 United Way Community Care Fund grant cycle is to complete a Letter of Intent and and Budget Template.

Letters from interested non-profit organizations are due by 5:00 pm Friday, March 27, 2009 (it will not be possible to extend this deadline). A team of UW board members and community volunteers will review the Letters of Intent. Those agencies and programs that meet the funding criteria will be asked to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) in more detail.

The following are the criteria required to apply for money from the United Way of Kootenai County Community Care Fund.
1.Your agency provides health and human services
2.Your agency provides services in Kootenai County
3.Your agency is certified by the IRS as a 501©(3) organization
4.Your agency meets the UWKC’s non-discrimination Policy and has a similar non-discrimination policy
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT: The United Way shall conform to the requirements of any governmental body that regulates activities in the areas of nondiscriminatory practices regarding employment of persons and provisions of service to clients.

Please download and fill out the Letter of Intent and Budget Template

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