1. Employee Campaign Coordinators Training
2016

2. Healthy, Thriving Communities
United Way of Sumter, Clarendon & Lee Counties
Healthy, Thriving Communities
Mission: The United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties mobilizes resources and leaders that strengthen our communities.
Our board of directors just went through a strategic planning process to outline the future direction of the organization based on the needs of our community. During that time, a new vision and mission were identified along with new 10 year goals. The new vision for United Way of Sumter, Clarendon and Lee Counties is Healthy, Thriving Communities and the way were get there is by mobilizing resources and leaders that strengthen our communities.
This truly summarizes what we do. We mobilize resources by raising money through workplace campaign and distributing those funds to community organizations. We leverage funds through grants and provide services and resources to meet specific needs. We engage various stakeholders and create awareness around issues facing our community.
February 28, 2012, Board Meeting

3. UWSCLC 10-Year Goals (by 2025)
Healthy, Thriving Communities
Creating the opportunities for a good life for all by focusing on:
Education
Increase the high school graduation rate to 90% by 2025
Income/Financial Stability
Health
Improve county health ranking by 5 points by 2025
Our local United Way, as well as many others around the country, is focused on addressing issues related to Education, Income or Financial Stability and Health of Clarendon, Lee, and Sumter County residents. We work will various partners to support the work being done in these areas. We have two 10-year goals.
Our goal is to improve the county health ranking by 5 points by Simply put, we want to direct resources that improve the overall health of individuals. There are 33 indicators of health as outlined by the CountyHealthRankings.org
In Education, our goal is to increase the high school graduation rate to 90% by 2025 in the tri-county. The 2014 average graduation rate was 78.6% for five school districts in the region.
Next slide has the data
Benchmark: Clarendon – 33, Lee – 31, Sumter – 25
2015 County Health Rankings, Overall Health Factors Rank
Benchmark: 78.6% average graduation rate in 2014 for five school districts in region.

4. SC Graduation Rates - 2015 Annual District Report Card Data
Clarendon 1
Clarendon 2
Clarendon 3
Lee
Sumter
State
2015
2014
Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
93.9%
78.7%
78.6%
76.1%
87.2%
87.7%
71.6%
84.5%
79.2%
80.3%
Five -Year Cohort Graduation Rate
80.9%
81.5%
76.5%
89.1%
73.8%
70.3%
76.3%
80.4%
84.0%
82.0%
To determine our Education goals, we looked at the graduation rates reported on the 2014 Annual District Report Card from the SC Department of Education. As an organization we recognize that there are numerous factors that impact on-time graduation for students and academics is only a part of it. That’s why we developed strategies that support students, families, schools and their community.

5. Education Strategies
Strategy 1: School Readiness – Early childhood education (birth to six) collaborations, community awareness and parent engagement Strategy 2: Reading Success AmeriCorps Program – Improved literacy skills for K-3 students Strategy 3: Allocations Process - Invest in high quality community programs aimed at supporting education and academic achievement

6. Health Strategies
Strategy 1: Healthy Youth Development – Teen pregnancy prevention and behavioral health outcomes Strategy 2: Allocations Process - Invest in high quality community programs aimed at supporting healthy eating and physical activity

7. UNITED WAY INITIATIVES

8. United Way Initiatives
2-1-1 Information & Referral Service
24/7, toll-free, health and human service information hotline
Operated by the United Way Association of South Carolina
AmeriCorps Reading Success
Established in 2013; Grant application renewed 2016
Grant funded: SC Commission for National and Community Services - (32% match required)
Literacy tutoring for students in grades K-3
Serving: Lee and Sumter Counties
3 school sites in Bishopville (Lee County)
6 school sites in Sumter (Sumter County)
4 afterschool program sites in Sumter (Sumter County)

9. United Way Initiatives
Diamonds Youth Development Program
Established in 2000
Funding: Sumter County Government, United Way Donations and gifts
Serving: Sumter, and limited programs in Clarendon and Lee counties
95% of South Carolinians agree that teen pregnancy is an issue and more prevention efforts are needed, 84% believe sex education in public schools should emphasize abstinence AND teach about (not give)Contraception.
With education there has been a 61% decline in pregnancy rates since peaking in 1991
(S C Campaign to Prevent Teen pregnancy)

10. Programs and Partnerships
Sumter School District- classes are offered to students in multiple county schools and Diamonds has been in one of the schools more than 15 years. “Men’s Day Wednesday”- a mature man other than a teacher, visits school on Wednesdays at high traffic times. The mature males (volunteers) greet, mentor and encourage students to stay focused while pursuing their dreams. SweetFrog and Golden Corral partnered with United Way offering discount cards to students and families helping to generate parent and child communication.

11. AmeriCorps Program 2015-16 Results
Number of students receiving tutoring
478
Two counties
11 schools,1 afterschool program
K-3
Small groups/one-on-one
Number of AmeriCorps Members 16
Five retirees
One retired military
Eight college students
2 Career Transitioning Community Members
Number of hours served by AmeriCorps Members
10,021.5
Tutoring
Community service projects
Team meetings
Capacity building

12. AmeriCorps Program 2015-16 MAP Results
Sumter County School
Cherryvale
Crosswell Drive
R.E. Davis
FJ Delaine
Kingsbury
SABGC
Students taking Fall/Spring MAP Completing Tutoring 55 36 18 22 49 31
% Students meeting 10pt gain
75%
56%
67%
100%
30.6%
48.2%
Lee County School
Lower Lee
BPS
West Lee
Students taking Fall/Spring MAP Completing Tutoring 55 50 28
% Students meeting 10pt gain
56%
46%
50%
No MAP results available for Lee County due to technology issues faced by the district last year.

13. COMMUNITY IMPACT

14. Partner Agencies 2016 - 2017 16 funded programs 5 – Education
6 – Income
5 – Health
22 partner agencies

15. Lee County Investment Workplace Campaigns: $10,002.95 raised
$2, Lee School District employees
Funding:
$12,000 specifically for Lee County
Family Resource Center
Lee County Council on Aging
The Lee Center
American Red Cross and Salvation Army
Funded to serve all three counties
Last year, we raised $524,172. With $5, in Lee County during the campaign, nearly half of the money raised campaign from Lee County school District employees. $12,000 was allocated to programs specially for services in Lee County.
Red Cross and Salvation Army receive funding to serve all three counties.

16. Coordinator’s Guide

17. Connect With Us
Web site: Online Donations: Volunteer Opportunities:
Facebook: UWaySumter UnitedWayDiamonds Instagram: UnitedWaySumter
February 19, 2019

18. Thank You