Best Start for Babies
and Toddlers
Weld County
Homeless Coalition
Champions
Community
Investments
2-1-1
100
Melanie Kelsea
Who is the coordinator of the Best Start for Babies and Toddlers program?
100
the lead agency for this effort
What is United Way of Weld County?
100
Catholic Charities, Connections for Independent Living, Greeley Transitional House, GreenPath, and United Way of Weld County
Who are the Champions program agency partners?
100
Presently Connections for Independent Living, A Kid's Place, and Northern Colorado Youth for Christ benefit from this allocations process.
What is the UWWC AmeriCorps VISTA Project?
100
Was developed in-part to relieve the 9-1-1 phone system of non-emergency services phone calls.
What is 2-1-1?
200
18.3%
What percentage of Weld County children live in poverty?
200
The Salvation Army
What agency hosted the 2011-12 cold weather emergency shelter?
200
the evaluation tool used by the Champions program
What is the Arizona Self-Sufficiency Matrix?
200
It was founded over 20 years ago to provide recreation scholarships to youth and children throughout the county.
What is the Youth Recreation Scholarships allocations process?
200
Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, and Yuma
What are the counties served by the United Way of Weld County 2-1-1 service?
300
10 weeks
How long is the Best Start for Babies and Toddlers program?
300
Cold Weather Shelter, Day Center, Housing Solutions
What are the three task forces of the homeless coalition?
300
2008
What year was the Champions program founded?
300
Founded in 1983 and managed by local United Ways, this process allocates FEMA funds to providers of emergency food and shelter services.
What is the Emergency Food and Shelter Program?
300
The amount of Colorado State Tax Credit a person can get trough a donation to United Way of Weld County for 2-1-1.
What is 25%?
400
the founding funder for the Best Start for Babies and Toddlers program
What is El Pomar Foundation?
400
geographic area for the scope of work of the homeless coalition
What is Weld County?
400
6 months
What is the average length of Champions program participation?
400
Margie Martinez-Perusek
Who is the chair of the Community Investment Council?
400
9% or less
What is the 2-1-1 annual call abandonment rate goal?
500
8 or more sessions
How many Best Start for Babies and Toddlers program sessions must a parent attend to noticeably improve their parenting skills?
500
homeless person survey instrument implemented in 2012
What is the Vulnerability Index?
500
111
How many families participated in Champions in 2012-13?
500
$20,157
What is amount of money allocated by the Youth Allocations Committee in 2014?
500
16,000+
How many users does United Way of Weld County 2-1-1 have each year?
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