1993 Need Assessment Update & Fiscal Year 1994-95 Interim Priorities
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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

Criteria:  1) Appropriation of United Way $'s
               2) Compatibility of Quantitative/Qualitative

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