FY 2023-24 – 24 Partner Agencies
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This year the United Way of Kent County has also convened the Millington/Crumpton Food Pantry, Minary’s Dream Alliance, Rock Hall 7th Day Adventist Blessing Bags Program, Community Food Pantry, Hope Community Alliance, Chestertown SDA Food Pantry, Mt Olive Food Pantry, Graves Chapel UAME Church, Lands End Farm, the Department Social Services, Family Investment Assistance, the Health Department’s WIC Program, the SNAP Education Program and included the MD Food Bank and Chestertown Food Systems Committee to create the Kent County, MD Local Food Council. They were awarded $10,000 to participate in the Maryland Food Council Collaborative.
- For All Seasons, which provides our ‘in school mental health program’ showed a 6.32% increase in the number of Kent County residents who received care over the past year. They served 202 individuals (115 youth in Kent County) with financial support to 16 uninsured, 22 underinsured people, and 127 low-income individuals and families on Medicaid/Medicare. In all, Kent United Way’s funds support (representing roughly 242 sessions) in financial assistance for trauma-certified behavioral health services to uninsured and underinsured Kent County residents.
- In the last 6 months of 2022 Mid Shore Pro Bono served 134 Kent County Residents. MSPB closed 66 cases and provided legal counseling to 68 individuals or families. MSPB provided an attorney at rent court weekly where tenants were able to obtain same day representation. Approximately 45% of Kent County clients were tenants seeking assistance with a housing issue. 26% of Kent County clients sought help with a family law issue, 9% needed help with an Elder Law issue, 8% needed help with record expungement, and 3% sought assistance with a consumer debt issue.
- The Kent County CARES Foundation to promoted awareness of Adult Services and the Parent Child Interaction Therapy. They supported 59 children in 2022 with outreach events for the homeless and Child Abuse Prevention. UWKC Funds allowed them to obtain a documentation system for case tracking to continue to make forward progress in obtaining accreditation. Also, it facilitated a partnership with a community agency to fund a therapist in being trained in Parent Child Interaction Therapy, as well as a partnership with Baltimore Child Abuse Center for forensic interview peer reviews in order to enhance and develop forensic interviewers’ skills with KCCAC.
- In 2022, the Samaritan Group Winter Shelter had 17 Guests (including 2 children) for 323 bed nights. They performed local outreach to 47 Clients including 27 families. Last fall the Samaritan Group became aware that some residents of Chestertown Landing faced imminent eviction. The Samaritan Board of Directors immediately authorized the Director of the Local Outreach Program to expend sufficient funds to prevent evictions. They contributed about $8,000 to prevent evictions. This provided time for Mid-Shore Pro bono to sort out legal issues related to the situation.
- Between 1 June and 31 December, 2022, Rebuilding Together Kent County completed 37 repairs for 36 residents at 21 properties. Repairs included repairing or replacing three roofs, repairing or constructing 7 sets of entryway steps, and more than 25 other repairs including fixing electrical issues, installing grab bars and handrails, re-hanging cabinets, replacing windows and doors, and reconstructing a rotten wooden walkway.
- In the last 6 months of 2022, 102 Kent County residents were served with mediation services with Community Mediation Upper Shore
- In the last 6 months of 2022, Compass Regional Hospice provided hospice and supportive care to 75 Kent County patients. Compass also provided grief support services (individual and group counseling) to 157 Kent County residents.
- Approximately 1000 Kent County residents were served by the Community Food Pantry
- American Red Cross – served 36 folks who found themselves in the midst of a disaster
- In 2022, Mid Shore Council on Family Violence served 40 Domestic Violence victims, and 44 children from Kent County. These are the kinds of services they provide: crisis counseling, safety planning, non-crisis counseling, follow up contacts, legal advocacy, food boxes/cards. They bring folks from Crisis to transition to self-sufficiency.
- Character Counts Kent County delivered consistent Character Education lessons to approximately 900 elementary students on a weekly basis, extending this effort to an additional 150+ middle school students who received bi-weekly lessons.
- 54 Kent County residents were able to take part in Boy Scouts activities.
- 83 Kent County residents were served by the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay. (five girls and three adults that are low-income) received financial assistance.
- 4 Kent County residents attended Easterseals Camp Fairlee on scholarships from the UWKC
- In 2022, 371 students and 37 faculty chaperones attended ECHO Hill Outdoor School activities
- 80 Kent County residents took part in Horizons Kent summer program.
- 193 Kent County students were served by Kent Association of Riding Therapy.
FY 2022-23 Partner Agencies
FY 2022-2023 Agencies & Program Descriptions
2018 Community Needs Assessment
Resources 2023:
UWKC Partner Agencies:
Open Doors Partner in Education Teaching students as well as their parents reading skills
Upper Shore Aging, Senior Care Program -Providing services that will support aging in place, keeping seniors living in their own home, and at a lower cost than a long-term care facility. Services vary according to need, but may include personal care, light housekeeping chores, and emergency response systems, such as case management services.
UWKC obtained guidance on priorities from a Community Needs Assessment prepared by Chesapeake Charities and is working diligently to address the topics identified.
Needs Assessment Goals:
1. Develop an understanding of the current human services needs in Kent County.
2. Gauge where the community feels that needs are being met, where gaps in service may exist, and where the United Way of Kent County should consider investing donor dollars.
3. Create a resource that nonprofit organizations, foundations, businesses and others will use for program planning, grant writing, strategic planning, training, and other activities.
Based on this needs assessment, the United Way of Kent County and community stakeholders identified the following critical unmet needs:
• Affordable, reliable transportation for all age groups throughout the County.
• Implementation of strategies to address multigenerational poverty.
• Services and support for low-income seniors 60 years of age and older.
• Development and promotion of a comprehensive database of community resources.