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United Way to partner with Consolidated Care |
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| In a move it believes will enhance existing services to protect children in Union County
while maximizing donor dollars, the United Way is partnering with Consolidated Care to provide child assault prevention
programming in 2006. The action, approved unanimously during November's Board of Trustee meeting, will take effect
in January. Consolidated Care, already a United Way Member Agency, will be integrating child assault prevention into the wide array of services it already provides in area schools and throughout the community. United Way dollars currently support Consolidated Care's drug and alcohol prevention programming in class-room settings at the elementary and intermediate school level and one-on-one counseling for at-risk adolescents in high school. The organization also works with children and families in conjunction with the Union County Juvenile Court, the Summer Youth Program, the Department of Job and Family Services, and the Marysville Victory Center with United Way support. By integrating this new programming in a focused and targeted way, the professionals at Consolidated Care will be able to develop effective intervention aimed at both the victims and perpetrators of child abuse, assault, and neglect. Because children have regularly scheduled contact with Consolidated Care's staff, they will build a more comfortable, secure relationship with the adult staff member, enabling a child to more readily disclose difficult information. Consolidated Care will maximize United Way funding earmarked for child assault prevention programming by adding it to funding it is receiving from other sources. As a result of this new partnership, United Way will not be funding the Child Assault Prevention Project in 2006. United Way has also released CAPP from Member Agency status. CAPP had been receiving United Way funding since 1985, providing volunteer-based programming in area schools. "This year, United Way was presented with two options for educating children on assault and abuse," said John Waite, United Way of Union County President. "While the two programs share the same focus, they varied significantly in the format for sharing the information with children. The decision was difficult to make and was the result of vigorous discussion by the Budget and Admissions Committee and the Board of Trustees." Donors who had pledged to the Child Assault Prevention Project during the 2005 campaign have the option of designating their pledge to Consolidated Care's prevention program or redirecting it to another cause. The United Way's allocation to Consolidated Care will be determined in January when the Board of Trustees makes allocations to all of United Way's Member Agencies for 2006. For more information, please contact the United Way of Union County at (937) 644-8381. |