Community Investment Team

Join United Way of the Tri-Valley Area Community Investment Team. UWTVA mission: The United Way of the Tri-Valley Area strives to unite people and resources to improve lives and build a strong and healthy community; we do this by identifying local needs and addressing their root causes, raising funds to meet those needs, and collaborating on local initiatives that create a measurable difference in Greater Franklin County. UWTVA goals: Strengthen Families and Children Increase Independence and Financial Stability Improve Health Respond to Emergencies and Meet Basic Human Needs By identifying the community's most pressing problems, supporting or developing programs that best address those problems, and measuring the program results, the United Way makes sure donor support makes a difference in the Tri-Valley Area. The United Way knows that together we can do more than any one of us can achieve alone. If, in addition to helping others in our own special ways, every employed person in our Tri-Valley area contributed just $1.00 per week to our United Way Community Fund, we would create a resource of over $800,000 annually. This would enable our community to invest much more in new and expanded programs designed to solve community problems and take advantage of opportunities to improve the quality of life for all of us. That's the power of our community working together the United Way. The Community Investment Teamwhich will be divided into Community Impact Teams, shall be comprised of no less than 15 members and no more than 20, plus the chairperson. There should be at least four board members on the Community Investment Team. Duties of the Community Investment Team members: a) Establish written criteria for admission of agencies and allocation of funds, submit the criteria for approval by the Board of Directors, and review and revise the criteria on an ongoing basis. The criteria shall be subject to the requirements of Article VIII of the Bylaws. b) To review each agency application in order to determine whether the agency meets the criteria established for acceptance as a participating agency. c) The Chair shall present to the Board of Directors a summary of its findings and a recommendation of appropriate action on all agency applications. d) Each year, this committee shall conduct a thorough study of the financial requirements of the participating agencies and shall consider such other information as may be pertinent to the programs of such agencies. The Team shall recommend an allocation to such agency and describe the program or programs to be funded. The Team shall meet to review any special appeal that may be requested according to established guidelines. Designation of contributions to UWTVA agencies shall be carried out in accordance with the 'First Dollar In" procedure as outlined in the policy and procedure regarding designations.