Middlesex United Way Inc

“The completed 990 is given to the audit committee for review; the audit committee then reports to the full board of directors and a copy of the 990 is given to each board member; the full board of directors has final approval”

“On an annual basis, the policy and related organizations are reviewed and each board member is required to complete and sign a potential conflict of interest disclosure form”

“The executive director and related compensation is reviewed by the chariman of the board as well as the entire board of directors. Such review is completed in executive session during one board meeting per year”

“Key employees and their related compensation is reviewed by the chief executive officer. In addition, at least once every three years, a comparison among similar size united ways is conducted and reviewed by the personnel committee.”

“All are available in the office upon request”

“Education: our vision: students succeed academically. Local investment: middlesex united way focuses on school readiness, parent education, and family literacy. Middlesex united way's school readiness initiative works with schools, early childcare providers, parents, and community members throughout middlesex county to ensure young children are school ready and have access to resources that support social and emotional development. In addition, middlesex united way supports family and adult literacy programs. Muw partner: middletown adult education even start literacy program middlesex united way helped fund the program with the goal to give parents better support to further their own academic endeavors. One parent in the program completed her ged and graduated in june 2022. A second parent is expected to graduate this year and demonstrated an 18-point scale score gain on her goals reading test. Muw partner: opportunity knocks: mental health consultation the mhc provides professional development with teachers using the circle of security parenting (cos) curriculum. This allows teachers to better understand a student's motives for behavior and recognize miscues that could negatively impact his or her learning. A local teacher in the program was able to successfully understand a student's unique needs after several behavioral issues and keep that student engaged in the classroom. Financial stability: our vision: individuals and families are economically stable. Local investment: middlesex united way focuses on job training and employment supports, basic needs, and tax preparation assistance. Middlesex united way supports programs that provide basic needs for the community, like nutritious food and employment services. Middlesex united way also provides leadership and support to the middlesex vita (volunteer income tax assistance) coalition. Vita provides free income tax preparation services to low- and moderate-income families and increases the number of households that access the tax credits they have earned. Muw partner: shoreline soup kitchens and pantries during the 2021-2022 grant period middlesex food pantries in clinton, westbrook, and old saybrook provided enough food for 892,530 meals. Those same pantries served more than 6,000 individuals. Middlesex food pantries in clinton, westbrook, and old saybrook distributed 1,194,172 pounds of food during the 2021-2022 grant cycle. Muw partner: st. Vincent de paul middletown amazing grace food pantry was able to distribute a grand total of 2,456,910 pounds of food during the 2021-2022 grant cycle. 1,920 individuals received groceries by shopping at the food pantry or via delivery. 337 individual children received weekly backpack foods. Health and wellness: our vision: youth and adults avoid risky behaviors, and individuals and families are healthy and safe. Local investment: middlesex united way focuses on positive youth development, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and mental health services. Middlesex united way also supports health and wellness services in the community, including mental health services, counseling, substance abuse services, sexual assault crisis services, and programs that help adults with disabilities thrive. Muw partner: women & families center advocates assisted an lgbtq adult victim who had experienced multiple sexual assaults. She was able to setup counseling services and meet with an advocate regularly. She was given support and guidance to file for victim compensation benefits from several states where the assaults had occurred. While attending the middletown pride event, the survivor told wfc advocates she felt "liberated" to be herself and has more freedom now that she had the opportunity to talk about her past trauma. Muw partner: marc community resources because of covid-19 many individuals involved in the marc recreation programs were unable to participate in everyday activities and socialize. This past fall, sal was able to attend a uco”

“Amounts raised on behalf of others -72,373 amounts raised on behalf of others 72,373”