UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
Programs
Program 1 [2021]
COMMUNITY IMPACT - STRATEGIC PLANNING & FUND DISTRIBUTION: UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA (UWSELA) HAS A BOLD VISION FOR ERADICATING POVERTY IN SELA. GRANT-MAKING SUPPORTS THE VISION OF "EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE HEALTHY, EDUCATED AND ECONOMICALLY STABLE." THIS MEANS BOTH A SHARPENED FOCUS ON POVERTY THROUGH SUPPORTING THE CRITICAL PROGRAMS THAT FORM THE BEDROCK OF SERVING OUR POPULATION, AND A SYSTEMS CHANGE APPROACH CENTERED ON COLLABORATION. OUR GRANT-MAKING IS ROOTED IN ADDRESSING THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF SYMPTOMS AND DRIVERS OF POVERTY IN THE REGION. IN 2016, UNITED WAY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST CYCLE OF GRANTS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY TO ADDRESS THE OUTCOMES IN OUR BLUEPRINT FOR PROSPERITY. THIS PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION, AS DISTINCT FROM THE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS IT COORDINATES, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANNUAL STRATEGIC GRANTS FUNDING PROCESSES. IT DEVELOPS STRATEGIC PLANS TO GUIDE THE FUNDING PROCESSES AND PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND ESTABLISHES AND MONITORS MEASURES OF PROGRAM SUCCESS AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PROGRAM GRANTS: TOTAL # OF PEOPLE SERVED BY OUR 76 GRANT PARTNERS FROM JULY 1, 2020-JUNE 30, 2021 - 222,302. UWSELA FUNDED 76 PROGRAMS FROM JULY 1, 2020-JUNE 30, 2021 TO ADDRESS PRIORITIES SUCH AS HOUSING, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, CHILD AND ADULT CARE AND ACADEMIC SUPPORTS. UWSELA ANSWERED OVER 222,302 APPEALS FOR HELP FROM OUR COMMUNITY.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$5MProgram 2 [2021]
COVID-19 IMPACT: IN MARCH 2020, UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA (UWSELA) TRANSITIONED TO COVID-19 RESPONSE GENERATING OVER $10 MILLION (MARCH-JUNE) AND OVER $5 MILLION (JULY-DECEMBER). WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE SUFFERING IN REAL TIME AND PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO FOUND THEMSELVES IN CRISIS MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME.DUE TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SUPPORTERS YEAR ROUND, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY PIVOT AND PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF TO VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. IN TIMES OF CRISIS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PROVIDING EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT ALSO ABOUT ENSURING HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE FULL SCOPE OF SUPPORTS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE STABILITY, AND, ULTIMATELY, PROSPERITY. UWSELA IS ALREADY ON THE FRONT LINES, MOBILIZING TO PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED. UNITED WAY CONTINUES TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE - TACKLE THE UNDERLYING PROBLEMS COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY.ALICE (ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED)WHEN COVID-19 HIT, MORE THAN 576,000 LOUISIANA HOUSEHOLDS WERE ALREADY ONE EMERGENCY AWAY FROM FINANCIAL RUIN, A 10-YEAR RECORD HIGH, SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CRISIS -- ACCORDING TO THE STATE'S LATEST ALICE (ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED, EMPLOYED) REPORT, RELEASED AUG. 6, 2020.WITH INCOME ABOVE THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, ALICE HOUSEHOLDS EARN TOO MUCH TO QUALIFY AS "POOR" BUT ARE STILL UNABLE TO COVER THE BASICS OF HOUSING, CHILD CARE, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH CARE, AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PARISHES WHERE THEY LIVE. THERE WERE OVER 262,500 HOUSEHOLDS LIVING BELOW THE ALICE THRESHOLD (ALICE AND POVERTY COMBINED) IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT.WITH HEALTH RISKS, BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS SHUTTERING, AND UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKING, COVID-19 MADE IT HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET BASIC NEEDS. WE KNOW THAT INEQUITIES EXISTED BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, AND THOSE GAPS IN ACCESS TO RESOURCES HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED BY DISPROPORTIONATE AND DISPARATE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON SOME PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. UWSELA WAS UNIQUELY WELL-POSITIONED TO UNDERSTAND AND LEAD COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION THANKS TO OUR BLUEPRINT FOR PROSPERITY. OUR BLUEPRINT'S HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GENERATING IMPACT CONTINUES TO GUIDE US AS WE LEAD IMMEDIATE COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS AND SHIFT TOWARD LONG-TERM RECOVERY STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO STABILIZE ALICE HOUSEHOLDS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. $5 MILLION IN DIRECT COMMUNITY IMPACT (JULY 2020-JUNE 2021) HOSPITALITY CARES PANDEMIC RELIEF FUND: PHASE 2 OF OUR HOSPITALITY CARES PANDEMIC RESPONSE FUND PROVIDED LEGAL SUPPORT AND COUNSELING SERVICES FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES (SLLS) AND THE LOYOLA CENTER FOR COUNSELING AND EDUCATION (LCCE). UWSELA AND PARTNERS EXPECT TO PROVIDE OVER 3,000 HOURS OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, 800 HOURS OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICE AND TRAINING TO 150 SUPPORT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS TO AID IN THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY OF HOSPITALITY WORKERS. (HTTPS://WWW.UNITEDWAYSELA.ORG/NEWS/HOSPITALITY-CARES-PANDEMIC-RESPONSE -FUND-AWARDS-24M-GRANTS-OPENS-PHASE-II-SUPPORT-INDUSTRY)UNITED FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AGENDA FOR CHILDREN AND LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF LAW, WE ARE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EXPERTISE, AND ONE-ON-ONE COACHING TO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO HELP THEM SECURE AND MANAGE FEDERAL/STATE FUNDING, WITH A FOCUS ON PPP LOANS. THIS CHILD CARE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OFFERS SUPPORT TO HELP PROVIDERS NAVIGATE NEW PUBLIC FUNDING AND SUPPORTS ROLLED OUT IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. TO DATE, THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTING OVER 68 ECE CENTERS ACROSS OUR SEVEN-PARISH REGION AND MANAGING OVER $4.2 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDS. (HTTPS://WWW.UNITEDWAYSELA.ORG/ECE_OPENS_PHASE3)SAVING OUR SELVES, UNITED WAY & BET: OVERSAW AN ADDITIONAL $315,000 ($1.7M IN PRIOR FISCAL) TO FUND LOCAL NONPROFITS/PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON BLACK COMMUNITIES. ALL FUNDED PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON HOUSING AND UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS TO NUTRITION, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO STUDENT LEARNING SUPPORTS (HTTPS://WWW.UNITEDWAYSELA.ORG/BETS-SAVING-OUR-SELVES-COVID-19-RELIEF- EFFORT)311 MEAL DELIVERIES VIA UNITED WAY HANDSON ENTERGY VOLUNTEER CENTER & DOORDASH: 1,279 VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED VIA MEAL KIT PREPARATIONS AND DELIVERIES TO HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS. FOOD BOXES AND HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES WERE DELIVERED TO NEARLY 47,712 VULNERABLE SENIORS THROUGHOUT NEW ORLEANS PARISH.UNITED FOR GROCERY WORKERS FUND: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTHONY MACKIE, ENTERGY CORPORATION, AND THE NEW ORLEANS COUNCIL ON AGING, PROVIDED ONE-TIME ENTERGY BILL ASSISTANCE TO GROCERY STORE WORKERS LIVING IN ORLEANS PARISH (HTTPS://WWW.UNITEDWAYSELA.ORG/NEWS/ANTHONY-MACKIE-PARTNERS-LAUNCH- GROCERY-WORKER-ASSISTANCE-FUND) MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE: PROVIDED OVER $430,000 IN MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HOUSEHOLDS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. LAUNCHED FIRST LOCAL SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE COVID-19 HOTLINES: UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND 504HEALTHNET LAUNCHED THE FIRST LOCAL SPANISH AND VIETNAMESE COVID-19 HOTLINES TO REACH UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS REGION AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HOW, WHERE AND WHEN RESIDENTS CAN GET COVID-19 VACCINES. (HTTPS://WWW.UNITEDWAYSELA.ORG/UNITED-WAY-504HEALTHNET-LAUNCH-LOCAL- COVID-19-HOTLINES)GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2MProgram 3 [2021]
HURRICANE LAURA SUPPORT: SUPPORTED 7,000+ EVACUEES BY COLLECTING $445,000 IN SUPPLY DONATIONS, CREATING 2,000 CARE BAGS, AND DISTRIBUTING $25,000 IN FREE UBER RIDES. ALSO RAISED OVER $180,000 COLLECTIVELY WITH SAINTS PRO BOWLER CAM JORDAN AND PARTNERED WITH AMERICAN RED CROSS OF LOUISIANA TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP FAMILIES RETURN HOME. UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE DISASTER TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR INNOVATION AND CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THAT ABILITY TO REDEFINE UNITED WAY PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE DRIVE IMPACT ACROSS THE SEVEN PARISHES WE SERVE.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$791.9K
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