1. Mobilizing Communities Deborah A. Zuloaga CEO, United Way of El Paso County

2. Mobilizing Community To Action Since 1923, the United Way of El Paso County has been mobilizing the community to take action to support critical health and human services. Today we are mobilizing community to GIVE, ADVOCATE, and VOLUNTEER around critical issues in: Education Basic Needs Income

3. Place Based Strategies Currently focused on developing place-based strategies in two communities: Northeast El Paso East El Paso

4. Asset Based Approach Key community assets include: Economy Associations Institutions Places and Spaces People

5. Developmental Framework

6. Northeast Coalition The Northeast Coalition is a broad based multi-sector collaboration focusing on positive outcomes for children and youth living in Northeast El Paso. Representation from: Local Government Education Providers Nonprofits Social Service Providers Business Faith-based Organizations Community Residents

7. Northeast Coalition Started as a collaboration with Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 (Judge Brian Haggerty) to address the high rate of truancy in his court Planned and implemented five F.A.C.E.S. events Development of a community blog More than 300 community organizations represented

8. Organization fairs Parent cafes Parental engagement activities Free book distributions Community building activities F.A.C.E.S. – Families and Communities Engaged in Schools Rallying around education

9. F.A.C.E.S. at Schuster Elementary School 1 st F.A.C.E.S. event More than 150 parents and students in attendance 26 Community organizations in attendance

10. Rallying around education F.A.C.E.S. at Irvin High School More than 175 parents and students in attendance 19 Community organizations in attendance Distributed more than 500 Free books to children and youth of all ages Parental engagement activities

11. Northeast Coalition Next Steps: Development of a strategic plan Application for Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant Application for AmeriCorps Grant from the OneStar Foundation F.A.C.E.S. events: Chapin High School Magoffin Middle School Lee Elementary School