ANNUAL REPORT Founded in 1965, Utah Community Action Is One of the Largest Nonprofit Agencies Dedicated to Fighting Poverty and Its Root Causes in Utah

ANNUAL REPORT Founded in 1965, Utah Community Action Is One of the Largest Nonprofit Agencies Dedicated to Fighting Poverty and Its Root Causes in Utah

Committed to Ending Poverty 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Founded in 1965, Utah Community Action is one of the largest nonprofit agencies dedicated to fighting poverty and its root causes in Utah. Today, it serves over 50,000 people annually through six core programs—Adult Education, Case Management & Housing, Head Start, HEAT utility assistance, Nutrition and Weatherization. 2 Utah Community Action Annual Report 3 Contents 01 Message from the CEO 02 A Look at 2019 03 UCA Services 04 Six Core Programs 05 Success Stories “The families we serve are doing their very best to get out of the cycle of poverty. They are working 06 Financial Data toward a better future for themselves and their children but they still need help.” Sarah Piercy, UCA employee 07 Leadership and Boards 08 Partners and Financial Supporters 09 Ways to Become Involved 4 Utah Community Action Annual Report 5 Message from our CEO and Head Start Director 01 There is a lot to celebrate about 2019. To our staff, donors, volunteers and partners, thank you. As we take time to pause and reflect on this last year, I well as measure the impact of our services, our agency would like to acknowledge the remarkable impact of our developed and began implementing its 5-year Strategic staff, donors, volunteers and community partners. Your Plan. The agency continues to identify strategic initiatives support has allowed us to serve 51,296 individuals in Salt that we believe will enhance the client, community, and Lake, Tooele, Weber, Morgan, Davis, and Washington staff experience when working with UCA. I feel confident counties. We are proud to provide holistic services that these next years will yield an even stronger Utah which allows us to further our mission of empowering Community Action. individuals, strengthening families and building communities through self-reliance and education In the following pages, you will find the changes and programs. Your efforts truly make a difference to those accomplishments of 2019, overviews of our six-core we are fortunate enough to work with. programs, and stories that highlight the impact of our work. We look forward to sharing this report and all that This year, to continually improve the experience we we have accomplished with you! create for our clients, staff and community partners as 5-Year Strategic Plan Aligned Strategic Initiatives • Trauma-informed culture • Staff development • Facility improvements Our Mission: • Agency-wide awareness of our services The mission of Utah Community Community Staff Action is to empower individuals, How will we measure success? strengthen families and build Experience Experience • Staff engagement (ENPS) communities through self-reliance • Regrettable T/O rate and education programs. Strengthen Develop Our Staff and Build Key by building a Relationships that trauma-informed Drive Greater culture, improving Awareness of retention, and the work we do creating growth and the people opportunities we serve. for everyone. Aligned Strategic Initiatives • Community awareness • Partnership engagement • Expanded volunteer base Aligned Strategic Initiatives • Advocacy • Streamlined, coordinated intake process How will we measure success? Client Experience • Service hubs • In-kind hours (or new volunteers and Improve coordination of services across our agency • Multi-generational approach volunteer retention) to Deliver a Seamless Experience to Our • Annual assessment with key partners Clients. How will we measure success? (partner survey) • Mystery shop / client satisfaction survey (NPS) • Program-specific referral metrics (TBD) Measuring Impact Invest in development of tools to enhance our ability to evaluate the impact of the services that we provide. 6 Utah Community Action Annual Report 7 A Look at 2019 Last year was one of change— saying goodbye to our historic 764 building, opening a state-of-the-art HUB site in Kearns and ushering in a new era of homeless services “It’s both sad and exciting to see the closing of 764,” Over the summer, we were also able to build a kid- offered Lauralee Duarte, long-time employee of Utah designed playground in this space thanks to Kaboom! Community Action. “I started work there in October and Discover. Over 200 volunteers came together to right after 9-11. Change was happening in our nation build the playground over the course of a single day. and our community. Through all the activities that Today, it is the place our Kearns students grow, learn have taken place in that building everyone recognized and explore. we existed because of and for the needs in the community. Change is not easy. However, this change In 2019, Utah also experienced significant service-model has placed staff and offices throughout the county to changes for those experiencing homelessness with the better serve families and individuals where they are.” completion and opening of the new homeless resource centers. The centers provide wrap-around services Mary Salazar, who has worked for the agency for over 30 in safe and trauma-informed spaces with multiple years, said, “As I think back over the past 30 years with providers on-site. Utah Community Action played an UCA, obviously 764 was a big part of those memories. instrumental role in this process by helping to shape the The building really had a life of its own and was always centers’ service and intake process, mobilize additional referred to fondly as 764. Never the building on 2nd support during the transition period, and inform those West or the offices at 764 S. 200 W., but simply 764. utilizing services of changes. As a part of this new When you really think about it, the heart and soul of model, UCA provides intake and diversion services in UCA has always been the incredible people who bring all of these centers in addition to operating the new life to the agency. Day after day and year after year, Homeless Resource phone line, which helps clients and these dedicated, professional and hardworking people community members navigate available resources. have provided the sustenance needed to keep UCA going.” Lastly, the past year included further progress on the path to becoming a trauma-informed agency with While our commitment and dedication to this work targeted trainings, courses and conferences for staff have remained constant, our community and its needs and clients, as well as the introduction of a trauma- “We know the incredible potential for positive change in the have changed over the years. To adapt to those needs, informed newsletter. Topics included substance misuse individuals and families we serve, in our community, in our world– we have had to shift and grow our service model to best and naloxone, resilience, compassion fatigue, crisis serve our clients, placing caseworkers and employees intervention and more. we see it every single day.” within the neighborhoods and communities with the highest concentration of need. As we reflect upon the last year and the changing Cathy Caputo Hoskins, UCA Employee 1965-2013 landscape of our services, we are thankful for a One such area is the Kearns community, where Utah dedicated community committed to meeting the Community Action has held a place for several decades. growing needs of those we serve. We look forward to As this past year saw the closing of the doors of our 764 all that we will be able to accomplish in this new site for building, it also saw the completion and grand opening many years to come. of the Ray and Tye Noorda Utah Community Action Center. This state-of-the-art facility holds six Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms, Case Management and Housing services, HEAT utility assistance, Adult Education classes, a community room, and a Wellness Center; the center is truly a HUB site where clients can access multiple services in one location and receive the connections and support they need to achieve self- reliance. 02 8 Utah Community Action Annual Report 9 Our Clients Last year, Utah Community Action served Case Management 51,296 people facing economic hardship in Adult Education & Housing 19,719 households through six core programs. Whether adults need a GED, a job Through deposit and emergency training program to become a chef rental assistance, landlord-tenant or teacher, or connections to post- mediation, homelessness services and secondary programs, the Adult holistic case management, our Case Education program helps them reach Management & Housing program Gender Age their educational goals and access helps clients to obtain and maintain better job opportunities. safe, stable and affordable housing. • 45% Male • 43% Children (0-17) • 55% Female • 45% Adults (18-59) • >1% Other • 10% Elderly (60+) • >1% Not reported • >1% Not reported Head Start Preschool HEAT Utility Assistance Race Serving children 0-5, this free early Now year-round, this program assists education program focuses on struggling families with their power • 68% White health, education and self-reliance to and gas bills to maintain safety and • 8% Black or African American provide holistic support for children comfort in their homes. HEAT also • 4% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and families on their road to success. provides energy education to reduce This program has been recognized energy bills, budget counseling to help • 3% Asian for excellence at both the state and clients stay on track financially and goal • 2% American Indian or Alaska Native national levels. setting to assess additional needs. • 2% Multirace • 13% Other Education Levels Nutrition Weatherization • 4% Grade 0-8 completion From healthy meals for preschoolers Providing reduced energy costs • 9% Grade 9-12 non-graduate and seniors to emergency food and increased comfort and safety • 21% HS graduate or equivalency assistance to culinary training, the in homes year-round through • 6% Some post-secondary Nutrition program includes Central cost-effective energy-efficient Kitchen, the Redwood and Copperview improvements and energy education. • 6% 2- or 4-year college graduate Food & Resource Centers and support • 1% Graduate of other post-secondary for Salt Lake County Aging and Adult Services Millcreek, Midvale, and Draper • 53% Not reported Senior Centers.

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