The mission of united way of the ocoee region (uwor) is to be a community-based organization that leads in the efforts of identifying community needs, facilitating collaboration, and maximizing…

The mission of united way of the ocoee region (uwor) is to be a community-based organization that leads in the efforts of identifying community needs, facilitating collaboration, and maximizing resources to positively impact our community & the surrounding area. The proposed vista project aligns with the cncs focus areas of economic opportunity, education, and healthy futures. The vista project will provide financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to disadvantaged youth (4,400 beneficiaries); provide job training, skill development services, and place low-income women in jobs (15 beneficiaries); and provide health education programs to low-income pregnant mothers who are facing unplanned pregnancy (200 beneficiaries). The program will provide housing services to economically disadvantaged single pregnant mothers (20 beneficiaries) and families (50 beneficiaries) to help them transition into safe, healthy, affordable housing, and will provide support, services, education, and referrals to alleviate long-term hunger (2000 beneficiaries). The bridges out of poverty program will build resources for impoverished individuals (40 beneficiaries) through its getting ahead program and the city fields program will repair and build housing units for low-income people (45 beneficiaries). Our education focus areas will include early childhood education programs (165 beneficiaries), low-income students participating in cncs-supported education programs with improved academic performance in literacy and math (390 beneficiaries), and low-income students participating in mentoring/tutoring programs with improved academic engagement (820 beneficiaries). In year five of the uwor project, 22 vista members (5 members will end service may 2019, leaving 17 members) and 1 leader will contribute to the goals of the project by performing activities such as creating a public relations media plan, conducting community outreach & organizing meetings, establishing intra-organization systems, drafting & submitting grant proposals, expanding existing programs or developing new program design, developing/piloting/revising database or internal knowledge management system for client/volunteer tracking, developing/piloting volunteer training, and training staff on the use of newly developed tracking methods or materials to ensure sustainability of the programs over the course of 1 to 3 years (depending on the respective project and progress).