A strong human service community to meeting the needs of our community.

We have developed a strategic plan with goals and focus on: 1. Increase revenue and widen the scope of funding sources, 2. Increase Collective Action activities to bring more collaborative action, 3. increase the use of multiple data sources to determine the needs of the community and whether our supported collaboratives are performing as intended, 4. Increase community engagement to support our collaborative efforts, and 5. Increase the recognition of United Way of Washington County, MD, Inc as the key resource provider to non-profit human service agencies in Washington County through marketing and brand development.

We have a strong cadre of volunteers that help us raise funds, develop resources and determine who should receive those resources. We utilize technology and volunteers to leverage our capabilities. We invest in better ways to respond to the needs of our community in the best way at the right time.

We review program data of collaboratives we fund every quarter. We compare the data received to the goals of the collaboratives. We offer assistance if goals are not being met. We want all of our collaborative efforts to be successful for everyone involved.

We have multiple collaborative efforts in areas of health, education, financial stability and basic needs. We have 3 year grants for funding in these areas with annual grants in the area of basic needs. We provide bimonthly meetings to help professionals in human services develop administrative and management skills. We are undertaking a two year program to increase the strength of all levels of leadership in the field of human services and the agencies within the field to improve the viability of services provided in the community.