THE
UNITED WAY-SAN MATEO COUNTY
FY95-INTERIM PRIORITIES |
| TYPES OF SERVICE |
POPULATION |
GEOGRAPHY |
ISSUE |
REC. PRIORITY |
EMERGENCY SHELTER/FOOD/FIN. (1)
|
* Homeless
* Single Parents
* Mentally Ill
* Battered Women
* Immigrants
* Filipino
* Children/Youth
* Low Income (increasing)
* Black/African
* Americans
* Hispanics
* Ex-offenders
* Ethnicity All
* Alcohol & drugs abusers |
North 62%
As/Pac
South 10%
As/Pac
Increase on
Coastside
County-Wide
Parts SM City &
East Palo Alto
No Fair Oaks |
* No. County has highest
percentage of population
in poverty
* Coastside, SM City &
EPA/No Fair Oaks
areas impacted
* All ethnic groups and
other specified
population groups
impacted
|
A
|
HOUSING SERVICES (2)
|
* Homeless
* Single Parents
* Mentally Ill
* Battered Women
* Immigrants
* Filipino
* Children/Youth
* Low Income (increasing)
* Black/African
* Americans
* Hispanics
* Ex-offenders
* Alcohol & drugs abusers |
North 62% As/Pac
South 10% As/Pac
East Palo Alto
No. Fair Oaks
Increase on
Coastside
County-wide
Parts SM City
EPA |
* Need exists for low-cost
permanent/transitional/ short & long-term
housing.
|
C
|
TRANS. SHELTER &
SELF-SUFFICIENCY SVCS. (3)
|
* Alcohol & drugs abusers
* Homeless
* Single Parents
* Mentally Ill
* Battered Women
* Immigrants
* Filipino
* Children/Youth
* Low Income (increasing)
* Black/African
* Americans
* Hispanics
* Ex-offenders
|
North 62% As/Pac
South 10% As/Pac
Homeless Lack
Shelter
East Palo Alto
No. Fair Oaks
Increase on
Coastside
County
Ethnicity All
Parts SM City
EPA |
* Insufficient
shelters for the
homeless
|
A
|
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES (4)
|
* All
* Unemployed youth in EPA
* Youth
|
All
East Palo Alto
North County
East Palo Alto
|
* Unemployment highest
in EPA, especially
youth
* More information
required about
training opportunities
needed
* Need employment
opportunities with
long-term solutions |
A |
LEGAL SERVICES (5)
|
* Undoc. immigrants |
|
* Received low funding
priority, although
services needed for
undoc. immigrants |
C |
PHYSICAL HLTH TREATMENT, PREV. &
RESEARCH (6)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans |
No. County
|
* Third party coverage
decreasing
* Service required
culturally &
linguistically
appropriate
|
C |
MENTAL HLTH, CRISIS
INTERVENTION/COUN. (7)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans |
No. County
|
* Service required
culturally &
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party coverage
decreasing
* Need education &
services re:mental
illness/prevention
|
A
|
MENTAL HLTH. RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT SVCS. (8)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans
|
No. County
|
* Many facilities
located in So.
County, do not
necessarily serve
African American
population
* Service required
culturally &
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party
coverage
decreasing
|
B |
MENTAL HLTH, NON-RES. GRP
TREATMENT SVCS. (9)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans |
|
* Service required
culturally &
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party
coverage
decreasing
|
B |
ALC0HOL/DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT &
SERVICES (10)
|
* All
* Coastside
* Filipino
* Hispanic
|
All
Young adults -
coastside above
national avg.
|
* Service identified
as a high priority
for all population
groups county-wide.
* County cost $.5bil
'88 due to abuse
* Abuse cause of 25%
of all hospitalized
* Est. 50,000 with
drinking problem
* 14-25% of age 18-40
work under influence
* Economic stress adds
to problem,
especially in
Hispanic & Filipinos
* Unavailable to low
income |
A |
ADULT DAY HEALTH (11)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans
|
No. County
|
* Services required
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party coverage
decreasing
* Problem of teen
pregnancy indicated
and adult day health
for +55
|
B |
HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES (12)
|
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans
|
No. County
|
* Services required
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party coverage
decreasing
|
B |
HEALTH EDUCATION/TRAINING (13)
) |
* Youth & Teens
* African Americans
* Ethnic/Racial Grps
* Immigrants
* Refugees
* Elderly
* Women
* Battered Women
* Abused Children
* Single Parents
* Abused Adults
* Families
* Veterans |
No. County
|
* Services required
culturally and
linguistically
appropriate
* Third party
coverage
decreasing
* Need for health
promotion/education
* African Americans |
A |
CHILD DAY CARE (14)
|
* Single Parent (Women)
* Teen mothers
* Children/Youth
* Teen Parents |
No. County has 38% of 17 & younger pop.
San Mateo
North County
|
* 28% of need met-
44,000 spaces
needed
* Off-hours, sick
infant care needed
* Ability to pay
impacts quality
* impacts youth
develop. |
A |
| ADOPTION &FOSTER CARE SVCS. (15) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
C |
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (16)
|
* All populations
* Gangs
* Filipinos
* High School Drop-outs
* Teen mothers
* Abused teens
|
East Palo Alto
Half Moon Bay
|
* Lack of youth
recreation/ed.
activities
* EPA problem
increasing
* Problem with Teen
pregnancies/abuse
* Teen mothers not
graduating |
A |
| COMPANIONSHIP SVCS. (17) |
N/A |
N/A |
N.A |
C |
ELDER ADULT DAY CARE/DEVELOPMENT
SVCS. (18)
|
* Disabled
* Chronically ill
* White seniors
* Low-income
* Ethnic/racial grps
|
N/A |
* Culturally &
linguistically
appropriate services
need
* Elders are
increasingly poor
and ethnically
diverse |
B |
ADULT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
SERVICES (19)
|
* Single Parents
* Blacks
* Hispanic
* Isolation of individual |
N/A |
* Low public priority-
high agency priority |
B |
TUTOR SVCS./EMG. LANGUAGE
TRAINING/LITERARY TRAINING (20)
|
* Immigrant
* Hispanic
* Filipino
|
N/A |
* English Language
Proficiency -
identified as a
priority
* Impacts immigrants
especially Filipinos
& Latinos
* English as a
second language
should be
school role not
United Way function |
B |
| ADVOCACY/PUBLIC EDUCATION (21) |
* Teens
* Blacks |
N/A |
* Parenting/pregnancy
education for youth |
C |
INFO. & REFERRAL/SOC. SVCS.
ACCESS (22) |
* Filipino |
N/A |
N/A |
C |
| COMMUNITY ORGAN./SVC. COORD. (23) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
C |
| VOLUNTEER SERVICES (24) |
N/A |
N/A |
* Volunteer pool
smaller
* Likely to vol. if
attractive
* Need to be
aware of cultural
attitudes |
B |