2001VENTURESPECIALASSISTANCE(VSA)GRANTPROGRAMAPPLICATION（四）.docVIP

PURPOSE AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS The United Way of Broome County is pleased to announce the availability of funding for the 2010 Venture Special Assistance (VSA) Grant Program. This program makes one-time grants to programs whose primary purpose is to enhance the United Way’s efforts to address identified community needs in the areas of Child Care, Chemical Dependency Prevention, Youth Mental Health, Physical Fitness Wellness, Health Access, and Service Access for Seniors. Programs addressing other areas will be considered based on justification of community need. The VSA Grant Program is administered by the United Way and is funded jointly by the United Way and the Helen T. Howland Foundation. The total available for Venture Special Assistance Grants in 2010 is anticipated to be $50,000 from two sources: United Way Annual Campaign and The Helen T. Howland Foundation. United Way anticipates providing funding to ten projects with an average award of $5,000. The exact amount of funding to be available will be determined at the close of the 2009 United Way Campaign. ELIGIBILITY Eligible applicants must be an incorporated, not for profit, health and human service agency with IRS tax exempt 501(c)(3) status providing services in Broome County. Both United Way member agencies and non-member community agencies are eligible. Pilot or demonstration programs are eligible and strongly encouraged to apply. Programs that demonstrate a high level of unmet community need may also be eligible. The primary purpose of eligible proposals must be to address community investment issues as identified by the United Way. These issues are defined in ADVANCING THE COMMON GOOD: United Way of Broome County Community Investment Strategy 2010 – 2012 and is available on-line at . Preference will be given to proposals addressing the areas of Child Care, Chemical Dependency Prevention, Youth Mental Health, Physical Fitness Wellness, Health Access, and Service Access for Seniors. TY