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Aloha United Way2015 Annual Report

President & CEO MessageThis past year, we began igniting a movement by encouraging individuals to help create positivechange. Your donation and support helped us invest 11.3 million in our community.Together with business, labor, government and nonprofit organizations, we helped over 1.5 millionindividuals and families. We responded to over 54,000 inquires for food, shelter, clothing and otherhealth and human services, and provided assistance to over 13,000 at-risk youth working toward ahigh school graduation.As you read through the pages of our annual report, we hope you will feel the impact of your donationand how you touched the lives of over a million people in our community.We all win when a child has a head start on quality education that leads to success in future jobs, when individuals have enoughincome to support a family through retirement, and when our kupuna are able to age gracefully and in good health.A big mahalo nui loa to our donors, advocates and volunteers for your compassion and for creating positive change and a betterfuture for all of us.Cindy Adams, President & CEOEVENT SPONSORSAlaska AirlinesAlexander & BaldwinCentral Pacific BankCW Associates, CPAsDick and Michele RosenblumEnterprise HoldingsHiLuxuryLarry RodriguezStar-AdvertiserJoan HustedJohn Mullen & CompanyKai MarketKaiser PermanenteKinetic ProductionsKWME, Inc.Long’s DrugsMacy’sMaile’s BistroMASONSMC&A, Inc.McKinley Car WashMeadow GoldMichael Horton PhotographyNew York LifeNordstromO‘ahu Party BusOcean VodkaOkuharaP.F. Chang’sPacific Beach HotelParadise BeveragePearl Country ClubPearl Harbor Federal Credit UnionPepsi Bottling GroupPier 1 ImportsPualani Hawaii SwimwearPure Joy Day SpaQ Laser CenterRomano’s Macaroni GrillRoy Yamaguchi EnterprisesRoyal Hawaiian HotelSanukService PrintersSF Palace HotelSheraton WaikikiSociety of Young LeadersSouthern Wine & SpiritsThe Ground Floor RestaurantThe Hawaii GroupThe Modern HonoluluThe Mountain Apple CompanyThe Queen's Health SystemsUPSUPWWahoo’sWailae ChevronWatanabe FloralWebcoWells FargoYoung's MarketZippy’s RestaurantGifts in Kind ContributorsAla Moana Shopping CenterAlaska AirlinesAlexander & BaldwinAltres, Inc.American Girl StoreAnheuser-BuschAnimation MagicArchitects HawaiiBank of HawaiiBarnes and NobleBBE ProductionsBen Franklin's CraftsBig City DinerBig Island CandiesBliss Barbership & SalonBlue Tree CaféBucca di BeppoCaveman BarsCelebrity TuxedosConsolidated TheatresCorePower YogaCross Fit East OahuCrystal PancipanciCW Associates, CPAsDecker's Outdoor CorporationDFSDiamonds in Da RoughEnterprise HoldingsEric Yamashita Personal TrainingFirst Hawaiian BankFirst Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd.Fleenor Paper CompanyFoodlandHard Rock CaféHaseko, Inc.Hawai‘i Medical Service AssociationHawaii Government EmployeesAssociation, AFSCME Local 152Hawaii Meals on WheelsHawaii Medical Service AssociationHawaii Prince Hotel WaikikiHawaiian AirlinesHawkTree International/Pro-fileHiLuxuryHifreshboxHilton Grand VacationsHilton Hawaiian VillageHilton Waikiki BeachHonolulu Burger CompanyHonolulu Chocolate CompanyHula GrillIBEW LU 1186ILWU Local 142InSynergy Engineering, Inc.International Astronomical UnioniTrampolineJamba JuiceJay Park1 contributor wishes to remainanonymous.Aloha United Way 2015 Annual Report Page 1

Community ImpactWays Your Donation Helped Others In 2015In 2015, we invested over 11.3 million in local nonprofitorganizations so that theycould continue to provide theservices that address the mostpressing community needs.Over 830,000 individuals andfamilies were served by 342agencies, helping them withthe building blocks of a healthyEDUCATION 3,684 toddlers and youngchildren received early childhooddevelopmental screenings. 1 ,766 children and parents receivedearly learning and literacy programs. 8 ,054 at-risk youth receivedassistance in working toward a highschool graduation.POVERTY PREVENTION 383 families received assistancein maintaining or accessing stablehousing.and productive life. 2 ,614 teenagers received pregnancyprevention education.Following are a few examples 7 22 individuals received job trainingand skills building through workforcedevelopment services.of how your donation is makingan impact in our community.2015 Top 5 Calls for Help:Food Pantries – 1,937Rent Payment Assistance – 1,091Utility Service Payment Assistance – 601Public Assistance Programs – 529Homeless Shelters - 507SAFETY NET 751,175 meals were distributedto those struggling with hungerand 31,845 individuals receivedemergency food supplies. 9 59 children, women and men whowere victims of domestic violencereceived support through casemanagement, therapy, advocacy,shelter, safety planning and otherservices. 2 3,750 individuals received disasterpreparedness information throughcommunity education outreachefforts. 1 ,633 adults and youth strugglingwith addiction received substanceabuse services.2015 Total Number of Referrals forAssistance (phone and web):Food Pantries – 5,836Rent Payment Assistance – 5,819Food Stamps/SNAP applications – 3,281Rental Deposit Assistance – 1,640Transitional Housing/Shelter – 1,595Aloha United Way 2015 Annual Report Page 2

Strategic Community Impact Focus AreasAloha United Way is committed to a collaborative approach to address our community’s issues. By leveraging an extensive network ofbusinesses, nonprofits, labor, community and government leaders, we are uniquely positioned to serve as a convener, collaborator andfunder. Aloha United Way approaches community issues employing cross-sector collaboration, data collection and program evaluationresources with an emphasis on prevention, resulting in long-term, sustainable solutions.We do this through Community Impact. Community Impact supports measurable and sustainable change driven by services thatmeet immediate needs while simultaneously addressing root causes, with an emphasis placed on prevention. Aloha United Way isfocusing on 2 specific strategies in the Community Impact area, which are SBIRT: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatmentand Active Aging.SBIRT: Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and TreatmentBACKGROUNDAloha United Way strives to tackleour community’s biggest problems bycollaborating with key stakeholders todrive systemic change. Early childhooddevelopmental screening is one ofthese initiatives.Our earlier work in developmentalscreenings was the catalyst for ourwork in preventative health/screening.The high rate of negative screenings intoddlers led us to consider a prenatalscreening approach. In 2015, Aloha United Way formalizeda partnership with Hilopa‘a Family toFamily Health Information Center, anagency that is leading a collaborativeeffort to implement a universalstatewide system to increase the deliveryof prenatal screening, brief intervention,and referral to treatment services forwomen across the State of Hawaii.Health Collaborative (HMIHC) and the Stateof Hawaii Department of Health (DOH).The total amount of the award is 100,000 which represents aninvestment of 50,000 from the OmidyarOhana Fund of the Hawaii CommunityFoundation and 50,000 from AlohaUnited Way (AUW). The initiative aims to develop a universalprenatal screening system that willidentify at risk children prenatally andintervene as early as possible.IN Collaboration WITH: Governor’s Office Action Strategy  onEarly LearningWhyThere is currently no “system of care”for prenatal SBIRT. There are individualproviders using numerous screeningtools with sporadic brief interventionsand no system of community referral.There is no set of metrics or agreedupon outcomes. Department of HealthHilopa‘a is the lead convening agency onthe SBIRT initiative, which is a programproposed by the Hawaii Maternal and Infant G overnor’s Office of Health CareTransformation H ealth Resources Administration(Maternal and Child Health, WIC) Department of Human Services MedQUEST Division Healthy Mothers Health Babies A merican College of Obstetriciansand GynecologistsActive AgingBACKGROUNDAloha United Way believes that providingearly support to seniors will help them tomaintain their independence and quality oflife so they are well-equipped and confidentto age in place for as long as possible.More recently, our community hasasked us to respond to the needs of ourkupuna, by supporting them as they age,especially as the number of seniors inour state grows larger every year. In 2015, Aloha United Way developed theActive Aging initiative to address andsupport Oahu’s growing senior population. Through a competitive grant-makingprocess, three agencies were selected andawarded monies over a 3-year grant cycle.WhyThe U.S. Census Bureau reports thatbetween the year 200 and 2010, thenumber of seniors age 60 and olderincreased in the United States by24.7%. In Hawaii, the increase was34%. The growth was even morestaggering for those seniors over 85years of age. In Hawaii, the increase was72.2% over the past ten years, almosttwo and half times the rate of increasefor the rest of the nation.Through a competitive grant-makingprocess, three agencies were selectedand awarded 1,594,120 over 3-years.IN Collaboration WITH: Franciscan Care Services(St. Francis Healthcare System) K okua Kalihi Valley ComprehensiveFamily Services Waikiki Community ServiceAloha United Way 2015 Annual Report Page 3