El Paso County Democratic Veterans Initiative
Veterans Helping Veterans
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
We currently have 801 members and average over 1000 visits to our website monthly. Additionally, we help Veterans in crises via phone and email several times a week. We list all of the Congressional Veteran and VA bills that are pending, so that anyone can comment on these and we then contact the appropriate Congressional of VA office to advocate for or against these bills and policies. Our organization believes that Democratic candidates and elected officials can best meet the needs of Veterans, Active Duty Military and their families and consequently endorse both the Democratic party and Democratic candidates.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Veteran Services
We offer nearly 100 Veteran, Active Duty Military and their families free or very low cost services via a list on our website with hot links to the organizations website. Additionally, we receive phone calls and emails where we can assist Veterans with crises issues, such as homelessness and suicide prevention.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We are getting nearly 1000 visits per month in 2021 and our Chair checks the Google Analytics daily for page visits and duration. The COVID-19 pandemic made growth difficult, but we continue to grow
Number of return website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Work status and occupations
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of unique website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Work status and occupations
Related Program
Veteran Services
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Work status and occupations
Related Program
Veteran Services
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Ensuring that all Veterans, Active Duty Military and their families are supported and cared for. El Paso County, Colorado, is one of the top 5 counties in the US for Veteran and military concentration. We bring all of the other organizations together, so that there is one spot to view all services.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are reaching out to Veterans, Active Military and their families via TV, digital, direct mail, events and print media, that we are here for them. We are currently (2020) being supported for these more aggressive communication options through a major donor in Denver, Colorado. He donated $5000 in January to allow us to test several ideas during the Presidential ballots and the caucuses. Once the results are analyzed, we will be presenting this to him with a specific proposal to increase Democratic voter turnout in the 2020 elections in El Paso County, Colorado and have a preliminary agreement for him to support these efforts.
Our efforts to help Veterans, active duty military and their families is a function of increasing membership (i.e. a voting block when talking the Congress or the VA). We have increased membership by 642% over the last 6 months and would easily be over 100% but for the Coronavirus. Our goal is to be over 2000 by the November election. Although our communication ads help, it is basically events that drive membership.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Chair's background is in marketing. He is using this experience to increase the group's profile, negotiate free and deeply discounted media buys and using the expertise of a Grammy and two time Emmy winning graphic artist (working pro bono) to insure our communications are visually dominant.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In 16 months, we have grown from zero to 801 members, launched our website (updated daily), were included in two publications with very low cost communication ads and have participated in dozens of events. Our website is receiving over 1000 visits per month and our Chair is being identified by both the state and county Democratic party and local media, where he is often asked to submit opinions or be interviewed. Additionally, he is often called to voice opinions on Veteran issues for the Colorado Legislature.
Our communication testing has shown us where we should be investing our dollars relative to increasing membership and getting out the Democratic vote here in El Paso County, Colorado.
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El Paso County Democratic Veterans Initiative
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Mr. Kent Jarnig
EPCCPV
Term: 2018 - 2019
Cyn Sholand
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