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Communi ty Investment Fund grants by focus area or service for 2011-2012:

United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County mobilizes people into collective action through Giving, Advocating and Volunteering in the areas of Education, Income and Health.

When we LIVE UNITED, our efforts, magnified by others add up to real change. Children succeed in school. Families gain financial stability. The health of our neighbors improves and, suddenly, so does our entire community.

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2011-2012 Return on Investment in Educat ion, Income and Health:

120%Expected Results

Actual Results

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Our return is not measured in dollars, but in lives changed. Once again, we’ve seen more people meet their goals for a better life than we expected from our investment.

United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County’s

Change

We expected tosee 2,849 peopleimprove their lives

in education.instead We saW 3,171

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We expected tosee 20,676 peopleimprove their lives

in income.instead We saW 27,913

achieve success.

We expected tosee 35,653 peopleimprove their lives

in health.instead We saW 39,975

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• Children from birth to kindergarten attend high quality, affordable early care and education programs

• Parents and caregivers enhance their support of the development of children from birth to kindergarten

• Youth strengthen the social and basic life skills they need for success

• Parents, caregivers and the community increase their support of the academic success of all children

• Children performing below grade level increase their basic academic skills

• Students with disabilities or special needs have diverse educational options

• People in crisis or with ongoing needs have increased access to and use of public and private services that provide basic needs assistance

• People increase their vocational, language and literacy skills

• More workers earn a living wage

• People increase their capacity to move out of financial crisis

• People increase skills to manage financial resources and build stability

• Low-income households have increased options for affordable and safe housing

• People and the community increase their power to prevent violence and abuse

• People experiencing trauma from violence or abuse increase their likelihood of recovery

• People have increased awareness of and opportunities for wellness, prevention, and early detection

• Children, families and those at risk of poor health increase their physical activity and healthy eating

• Seniors and people with disabilities have the support they need to remain independent and in good

• People increase their use of effective primary, behavioral and dental health care regardless of ability to pay

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roi in income: 135%

roi in health: 113%

Calls: 44,642*Call Records: 31,451*includes follow up, advocacy and crisis

Online Visits: 11,046Unique Visitors: 7,741

Referral: assessing caller needs and identifying resourcesInformation: responding to specific human services inquiriesContract: service provision for outside agenciesAdvocacy: helping callers overcome barriers to servicesCrisis: intervention to ensure the safety of callers or others

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Volume of Service

2-1-1 in BuncomBe county Hands on asHeville-BuncomBe middle scHool success

3,000 volunteers participated in...

846 projects coordinated or promoted by Hands On Asheville-Buncombe. Those volunteers gave...

16,600 volunteer hours that supported...

145 nonprofits, schools and public entities benefited from that volunteer support.

$355,280...That’s the estimated financial value these volunteers provided community-based organizations.

Along with our partners, we have:

Assisted with the development and implementation of Owen Middle School’s after school program, serving 83 students.

Funded and assisted in the creation of Summer Discovery, a free learning and enrichment program for 50 students from Enka, Erwin and Owen middle schools.

Began implementation of a community school pilot project at Enka Middle School.

Assisted the In Real Life program at Asheville Middle School by providing database management support, staff training and quality assurance.

Conducted annual marketing campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of community support during the middle school years.

Provided a professional development series for youth development workers in which 113 professionals participated.

Piloted the nationally acclaimed Youth Program Quality Assessment tool with seven programs.

2011-2012 Investment Strategy and Results