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Greater Opportunity Matters.

“I was working in a restaurant and working nights. I wasn’t
at home for my son like I wanted to be, but I couldn’t see a way out.

When I learned through
United Way’s Earn It! Keep It! Save It! program that I
qualiﬁed for substantial tax refunds, I was thrilled. Getting that extra income was a life-changing opportunity for
me. By starting my own business, I was able to change my work hours and spend more time with my son.”

Amanda Poole received her free tax assistance from a United Way partner, the Cope Family Center in Napa.

She is pictured here with her son Giancarlo.

Child Start, Inc.
Project Title: Raising A Reader - Napa			Type: Success By 6
County: Napa Solano	Grant Amount: $15000	Start Date: 8/1/2005		End Date: 7/31/2006
Grant Focus: Education\Literacy programs in early childhood
Project Description: Raising A Reader is a research based early literacy program for children up to the age of 6 and their parents designed to help encourage reading aloud at home. For the last three years, RAR has been operating in Napa and Solano counties through the administration of Child Start, Inc. Raising A Reader provides families of young children the accessibility to culturally relevant and age appropriate literature. In addition, families are provided with information through their early care and education provider, successful educational practices known to promote the acquisition of early literacy skills and ultimately school readiness. The suppport provided to early childhood educators through RAR increases quality through a research baed early literacy model that engages children, families and providers alike.

Community Health Clinic Ole
Project Title: Your Alternatives to Risk			Type: Issue Grant
County: Napa	Grant Amount: $50000	Start Date: 1/1/2006		End Date: 12/31/2006
Grant Focus: Safe Communities\Improvement of community-based and detention-based case management
Project Description: The goal of the YAR program is to increase youth knowledge about the risks of violence, provide them with tools to deal with violence (particularly gender-specific and relationship violence), and enable behavior change. YAR not only provides services to youth, but also works with parents to increase their ability to help their children avoid violence and victimization and expand their access to health and youth development resources. The YAR program receives referrals from Napa County''s juvenile justice system, and is a crucial provider of culturally competent and gender-specific services to youth in the system. YAR serves youth in detention, in schools, and in their homes, and offers Spanish language support as needed. Services include one-on-one sessions, weekly educational groups, and workshops with adult caretakers. The program''s staff works in collaboration with several schools, Napa County''s school-based Peer Support Program, and other non-profits and anchor institutions across the county.

Cope Family Center
Project Title: Family Economic Success Program			Type: Neighborhood Initiative Grant
County: Napa	Grant Amount: $50000	Start Date: 1/1/2006		End Date: 12/31/2006
Grant Focus: Self-Sufficiency
Project Description: The Family Economic Success Program will provide financial management training classes, free income tax preparation to access EITC and child tax credits, access to financial institutions and linkages to subsidy programs to support Napa City's low-income families' progress economic self-sufficiency. UWBA introduced Cope to EARN, the lead asset building provider for San Francisco, and the two are developing a partnership to offer Individual Development Accounts (matched savings accounts) to Napa County residents for the first time. This grant will support these core program services and provide matching dollars to leverage the federal IDA match.

United Way of the Bay Area
Project Title: Earn It! Keep It! Save It! - Napa County			Type: Issue Grant
County: Napa	Grant Amount: $30000	Start Date: 10/1/2004		End Date: 9/30/2005
Grant Focus: Self-Sufficiency\Increase access to Earned Income Tax Credits
Project Description: The proposed project will expand Earn It! Keep It! Save It! efforts to Napa County. Utilizing a similar collaborative partnership strategy, the partnership will: Develop a community-based collaborative, conduct countywide marketing and outreach to educate low-income families about available income and asset development opportunities, including the Earned Income Tax Credit, the Child Tax Credit and Individual Development Accounts; expand the availability of free tax assistance in Napa County; increase the financial literacy and asset development skills of Napa families.

Volunteer Center of Napa County, Inc.
Project Title: Volunteer Recruitment and Referral (formerly VINE)			Type: Organizational Commitment
County: Napa	Grant Amount: $25000	Start Date: 8/1/2005		End Date: 7/31/2006
Grant Focus:
Project Description: The Volunteer Recruitment and Referral Program (formerly Vine Project) works with individuals, helping them to connect with organizations and efforts where their talents and skills are most needed. The requested funds will expand on the current capacity to strengthen volunteerism and increase the nonprofit sector's ability to serve. The Volunteer Center will dedicate a FT Volunteer Coordinator who will work with individuals, the faith-based community, local businesses and community organizations to effectively match volunteers to opportunities. The Volunteer Center will promote UWBA's Week of Caring and participate in National Volunteer Week to bring attention and commendation to Napa's most dedicated volunteers. The Volunteer Recruitment and Referral Program will promote a newly developed business volunteer model and use it effectively to engage additional members of Napa' business community thus increasing particpation of employee volunteers.
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