United Way of Southeast Mississippi
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
According to WalletHub, Mississippi ranked the second worst state to raise a family in a comparison of all 50 states, . The comparison ranks each state across 49 key indicators of family-friendliness to generate scores in family fun, health and safety, education and child care, affordability and socioeconomics. United Way of Southeast Mississippi is working to help children and youth reach their full potential by helping improve education outcomes, supporting programs that help families become more financially stable and partnering
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
United Way of Southeast Mississippi
United Way of Southeast Mississippi partners with 23 member agencies and programs to improve the health, education and financial stability of everyone in our community.
Aldersgate Mission
America Reads
The Arc
Boy Scouts of America
The Children's Center for Communication and Dev.
Christian Services
Domestic Abuse Family Shelter
DuBard School for Language Disorders
The Family Y: Group Lifestyle Balance
The Family y: Y Champions
Edwards Street Fellowship Health Clinic
Edwards Street Food Pantry
Kids Hub Child Advocacy Center
Hattiesburg Area Habitat for Humanity
Hope Community Collective
RISE (formerly Christian Woman's Job Corp)
Shafer Center for Crisis Intervention
Thrive
FAMILYWIZE
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Bank On Hattiesburg
Volunteer Southeast Mississippi
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
United Way Member Agency 1958
External reviews

Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
EDUCATION: Help children and youth achieve their potential.
Target Issues
•Kindergarten readiness- encourage early literacy development, build kindergarten readiness skills and work to make sure every child enters school ready to learn
•Grade appropriate reading levels-increase the number of children from low-income families reading proficiently by the end of third grade
•Graduation rate-help ensure that more students stay on track to graduate high school
FINANCIAL STABILITY
Goal: Promote financial stability and independence for families and individuals.
Target Issues
•Financial literacy- support financial literacy programs that educate individuals of the importance of obtaining and maintaining assets
•Job training and readiness–help low-wage, under-skilled workers prepare for self-sustaining jobs
•Affordable housing-help provide safe and affordable housing to low-income families
HEALTH
Goal: Educate community members of the importance of good health and make them aware of basic health and human services.
Target Issues
•Access to healthcare–provide quality care to those lacking access to sufficient coverage
•Prevention, management, and treatment–help individuals achieve optimal physical, mental, developmental, emotional, and social health
•Safe and independent living–help aging clients and those with medical issues maintain safe, independent living or improve their quality of life
SUPPORT SERVICES Goal: Support most basic needs of food, shelter and safety to individuals and families.
Target Issues
•Supplemental nutrition and feeding-make nutritious food available to support the health and well-being of the chronic hungry
•Disaster preparedness/relief-coordinate with disaster relief organizations and local emergency planners to develop recovery plans and assist in provide unmet needs
•Shelter for individuals and families experiencing domestic violence – provide safe housing and basic needs for victims of domestic violence
•Homeless prevention services - assist children and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
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United Way of Southeast Mississippi
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Ms. Janet Mitchell
Forrest General Hospital
Term: 2020 - 2021
Chase Blankenship
The First Bank
Jermaine Brown
Hattiesburg Public School District
Jerry DeFatta
University of Southern Mississippi
Karen Griffis
Regions Bank
Todd Jackson
Area Development Partnership
Ryan Kelly
Horizons Professional Services
Janet Mitchell
Forrest General Hospital
Traci Rouse
Merit Health Wesley
Rebecca Brown
Pearl River Community College
Jaclyn Adams
Citizens National Bank
Shane Germany
Landry Lewis Germany Architects
Tawnya Holliman
Ms State Extension Service
Celeste Brown
South Ms Planning & Development District
Tony Reimonenq
West Point Baptist Church
Allen Anderson
Anderson Design Center
Alejandro Barquero
Batteries Plus
Ken Crumpton
Crumpton Insurance
Katie Anthony
University of Southern Mississippi
Allen Bonner
William Carey University
Bill Dyer
Hood Industries
Rebecca Geiger
Parrish Tractor
Jeffery George
City of Hattiesburg
Annie Jackson
Canopy Solutions
Alex Rutland
Regions Bank
Organizational demographics
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