UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC
Programs
Program 1 [2020]
Healthy for Life goal: "Health issues are identified and treated early." We have three main strategies in this area: (1) providing access to behavioral health services, with a focus on addressing trauma and social-emotional learning, (2) reduce racial and socioeconomic health disparities and (3) providing school-based delivery of preventative oral health care services. Connecting people who have low incomes and are uninsured with health care and dental homes is a primary strategy and proven best practice. Health care homes provide a regular source of care that focuses on preventive care, managing chronic illnesses and reducing the need for hospitalizations or emergency visits. A top priority in this area is our work to identify and treat behavioral and mental health issues that keep children and youth connected to school, families and the community and on-track for graduation. In 2020 3,010 students were screened for behavioral health issues and 371 received behavioral health support through FACE Kids. United Way of Dane County's HealthConnect premium assistance program managed payments that enabled over 940 low-income individuals (with household income of 100-138% of FPL) to be insured by paying their 2020 premiums for plans purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace. 11% of participants had no previous health coverage, 87% of HealthConnect participants retained health insurance in 2020 and over 53% of participants have retained health insurance for 2 years or more. We partner with multiple health agencies including Access Community Health Centers, Triangle Community Ministry, AIDS Resource Center of WI, American Heart Association and Community Health Charities.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$4MProgram 2 [2020]
Academic Success goal: "Students succeed academically and graduate from high school, prepared for higher education, career and community." Our major initiatives in this area are tutoring and academic support programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels to help increase the graduation rate in Dane County to 95% by 2024. To help all children succeed in school, the tutoring programs mobilized over 1,000 volunteers to tutor over 2,000 students at schools in Madison, Middleton/Cross Plains, Oregon and Sun Prairie in the 2017-2018 school year. Our elementary school tutoring program, Schools of Hope, recruited volunteers to tutor students in the Madison and Sun Prairie schools in reading. Urban League of Greater Madison is the lead agency partner on middle school literacy and math tutoring. Our high school tutoring program, Achievement Connections, recruited volunteers to tutor students in the Madison and Middleton schools in Algebra and Geometry. Dane County is at a 93% six-year graduation rate with 68.9% of free/reduced lunch eligible students graduating high school within six years. In addition, we partnered with neighborhood, community and school-based programs to promote academic achievement and engagement and success in school, work and life, including 100 Black Men, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, By Youth For Youth, Centro Hispano, East Madison Community Center, Goodman Community Center, Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Center, Latino Academy of Workforce Development, Literacy Network, Lussier Community Education Center, Madison Area Urban Ministry, Nehemiah, Simpson Street Free Press, the Urban League of Greater Madison, Vera Court Neighborhood Center and the YWCA of Madison.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$3.7MProgram 3 [2020]
Born Learning goal: "Children are cared for and have fun as they become prepared for school." We have three major Born Learning strategies that are helping us achieve the goal that 80% of our 4-year olds are at age-expected development and ready to begin school by 2020: (1) home visiting, (2) Community-based parent education in small groups and (3) developmental screening. Through home visiting, we served 254 young children, and their families, in 2020. Home Visiting is in-home parent education and support to low-income parents of young children facing multiple risk factors to help them nurture their children. Our home visiting programs include the Parent-Child Home Program, Welcome Baby and Kinder Ready. In 2018, 88% of the children were 4K ready. Additionally, in 2019, we served 203 families in a public-private partnership/collaboration providing early childhood development support through home visiting programs, family stability support through housing and employment programs to parents. In 2020, 90 children completed the program despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Our lead partners on these three Born Learning initiatives included Access Community Health Centers, RISE, Children's Hospital - Community Services Division and Community Coordinated Child Care.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$3.8M
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