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Since 2014, United Way of Southern Chautauqua has approached our community impact strategy and funding focus utilizing an outcome-based approach.
This 10-year report is a snapshot of both our impact and our learnings. Much has changed during this decade.
Click here to view the report.
The goal was to demonstrate a measurable impact in a few key areas while continuing to address broader basic and safety net needs in the community. Based on a Community Status Report prepared in 2013, as well as a process of seeking community and stakeholder input to prioritize key impact areas—these four strategic areas of focus emerged:
- Improve Academic Success by working directly with youth from cradle to career.
- Improve Health & Independence of vulnerable populations.
- Increase the Ready Workforce by addressing soft and hard skill gaps among young people and adults.
- Increase the number of families with the necessary life skills to be Self-Sufficient.
These overall aims drove identified outcomes and indicators, creating a roadmap that we followed for ten years.