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2010 Allocations Process Summary
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Mission
To distribute the community’s unrestricted donated resources in response to identified community needs in an accountable and caring manner while honoring the wishes of the donor.
2010 Fund Distribution Process
The process and criteria used for making Allocations decisions for the 39 partner agencies and 62 programs in 2010-2011 has ended up being similar to the process in the previous five years. Funding decisions were based on the type of program, the quality of the services provided and the impact that the program has on its target population.
- Funding decisions were individualized, that is, across the board funding increases or decreases were not recommended.
- Programs experienced a decrease using the 2009-2010 final allocations funding as the base from which funding changes were made, irrespective of the amount requested by the agency for a specific program. Agencies were advised before the application submission date to only request the amount of funding actually allocated for 2009-2010 and, as in past years, agencies were allowed to submit proposals where 2009-2010 allocated funds could be reallocated by the agency to higher priority programs.
- New programs were not funded.
- Programs continue to be classified according to the following categories:
- Category 1- Essential Services- These programs provide for basic needs, which include food, clothing, and emergency shelter.
- Category 2 - Critical Services- These programs provide services for crisis support such as: maintaining or obtaining employment (including child care support), crisis medical care, and crisis mental health services.
- Category 3 - Treatment and Residential Services- These programs provide ongoing services for substance abuse, health, mental health, disabilities, and support.
- Category 4 - Prevention, Education and Recreational Services- These programs provide services with long-term outcomes relating to prevention, education, recreation, and outreach.
- A funding matrix was developed, comparable to the funding matrix used last year. Funding for programs with higher quality program scores were reduced less than programs with lower quality program scores. Funding for programs with very low program quality scores was reduced significantly. The funding matrix minimally took into account funding categories giving essential services a priority in this economic downturn.
The categories in the Agency Ranking Worksheet are as follows:
Section 1 covers:
- Board Governance & Participation
- Resource Development
- Response to Prior Recommendations
- Budget/Financial Resources
Section 2 covers:
- Program Accessibility and Population
- Outcome Measurements
Section 3 covers:
- Performance as United Way partner
- Compliance with funding requirements
Allocations’ Funding Recommendations
The Allocations’ Panel Chairs were notified that there would be $1,575,000 in available funds for distribution. This amount reflects a decrease of $75,000 (4.5%) from last year’s available dollars. Actual net reduction in allocations to existing programs was only 2.3% or $36,000 because two programs included in the 09-10 allocations voluntarily withdrew from funding for the current allocations’ year. In addition, two agencies received approval to redistribute funds from programs that they were eliminating to other agency programs.
The Fund Distribution committee worked to preserve funding to the highest quality scores and provide them with flat funding. 74% of the programs representing 84% of the 09-10 allocated dollars scored in the highest quality score grouping (90% or higher quality scores). For that group of programs, half of that group was in the two highest program categories (2/3 of the dollars) and they will get level funding. The other half of the highest scoring group of programs will have small funding reductions (1%) which are below the overall 4.5% reduction in allocation funding levels. Six programs scored between 80% and 89% and received the funding reductions from 3% to 6% based on quality score and program category. There were 8 programs in 7 agencies whose quality scores were below 80% and 3 of those programs had quality scores below 70% (which has been our previous threshold defining a poorly performing program. These programs received funding reductions between 8% and 17% depending on quality score and program category).
The panels generally felt that all of these programs were delivering quality services and having an impact on target populations. The two most common reasons for the poor quality scores for these programs were lack of participation in United Way activities and outcome objectives not meeting United Way standards or missing adequate measurement processes for outcome objectives.
- Percent Changes from 2009-2010 base (of 62 total programs)
- Flat Funding – 25 programs
- 1% decrease – 23 programs
- 3-6% decrease – 6 programs
- 8-11% decrease – 5 programs
- 17% decrease – 3 programs
Overall scoring for programs
2010-2011 2009-2010
Programs scoring 90-100%: 48 programs Programs scoring 90-100%: 38 programs
Programs scoring 80-89.9%: 6 programs Programs scoring 80-89.9%: 21 programs
Programs scoring 70-79.9%: 5 programs Programs scoring 70-79.9%: 3 programs
Programs scoring 50-69.9%: 3 programs Programs scoring 50-69.9%: 8 programs
- Funding by Service Category
2010-2011 2009-2010
Category 1: $549,600 or 34% Category 1: $544,900 or 33%
Category 2: $545,300 or 34% Category 2: $549,800 or 33%
Category 3: $271,600 or 17% Category 3: $295,000 or 18%
Category 4: $241,000 or 15% Category 4: $260,300 or 16%
Allocation Summary
The Fund Distribution Committee continues to focus its actions on meeting its mission statement.
Funds Distribution Committee
- Bob Elkin, Chair*
- Jay Bond
- Cheryl Coxwell
- Dan Davis
- Marilyn Chandler Ford*
- Rob Grossman*
- John Heidel
- Paul McKitrick*
- Nicole Miller
- Ron Nowviskie*
- Sue Patneaude
- Eleonora Reilly
- Bill Ternent
- Martha Wilson
*Board Members Participating in 2010 Allocations Process
Summary of the 2010-2011 allocations.
| Agency |
Proposed
10-11 Allocation |
| American Red Cross |
$ 131,000 |
| ARC - Volusia |
$ 77,900 |
| Boy Scouts-Central Florida Division |
$ 38,400 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Vol. Co. |
$ 58,000 |
| Catholic Charities |
$ 47,100 |
| Center for the Visually Impaired |
$ 22,900 |
| Children's Advocacy Center |
$ 54,300 |
| Children's Home Society |
$ 46,900 |
| Comm. Legal Serv. Mid-FL |
$ 10,700 |
| Community Outreach Services |
$ 14,800 |
| Consumer Credit Coun. Ser. |
$ 12,400 |
| Council on Aging of Volusia |
$ 69,100 |
| Domestic Abuse Council |
$ 32,900 |
| Easter Seals |
$ 38,400 |
| Early Learning Coalition |
$ 96,000 |
| Family Life Center |
$ 29,600 |
| Family Renew Community |
$ 33,100 |
| Flagler Area Ministerial Association |
$ 2,300 |
| Flagler Summer Camp |
$ 6,400 |
| Flagler Volunteer Services |
$ 3,200 |
| Girl Scouts of Citrus Council |
$ 30,800 |
| Girl Scouts of Gateway Council |
$ 3,800 |
| Halifax Urban Ministries |
$ 103,500 |
| House Next Door |
$ 35,500 |
| Mental Health Association |
$ 7,500 |
| Mid-Florida Housing Partnership, Inc. |
$ 21,100 |
| Neighborhood Center |
$ 62,000 |
| PACE Center for Girls |
$ 6,300 |
| Rose Marie Bryon Children's Center |
$ 24,900 |
| Salvation Army |
$ 55,200 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank |
$ 24,000 |
| Serenity House |
$ 55,300 |
| Soc. Ser. Council of Jewish Fed |
$ 12,300 |
| St. Gerard Campus-Maternity Residential Program |
$ 12,100 |
| Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Healthcare |
$ 39,500 |
| UCP |
$ 73,400 |
| Volusia Flagler Family YMCA |
$ 140,600 |
| Volusia Literacy Council |
$ 37,100 |
| West Volusia PAL |
$ 4,700 |
Total |
$1,575,000 |
Click here to view last year's allocations.
For questions about the allocation funding review process please contact:
Ray Salazar, President
United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties, Inc.
PH: 386.253.0563 FAX: 386.253.9517
rsalazar@unitedwayvfc.org
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