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UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS OF AMERICA
VALUE PROPOSITION
The Movement
– For over 100 years, UNCA and its members have been
building community with families in our country’s
urban neighborhoods. As the contemporary stewards
and change agents of the settlement house and
neighborhood center movement, founded in 1911 by
Jane Addams and others, UNCA’s members continue to
innovate, lead social change, and work alongside our
nation’s most vulnerable and challenged families.
Each member’s programs and services are uniquely
adapted to the children and families they serve and
the neighborhoods where they live. By building on
families’ strengths and working with them to reach
their desired potential, UNCA members are the true
social entrepreneurs in American neighborhoods.
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Public Policy
Advocacy –
In common cause with the
Alliance for Children and Families, UNCA’s public
policy office in Washington, DC tracks issues of
legislative priority to the membership and
like-minded organizations, acts to affect outcomes
in public policy decisions, and educates the
membership, elected officials, and other
stakeholders about the issues important to children,
families, and neighborhoods in which members work.
With our partner, the
Alliance for
Children and Families, we
have a five-person
public policy office in Washington, DC.
Based
on our joint-policy priority agenda, the
office works on behalf of our members to
achieve tangible results for better Federal
public policy.
Every two years, UNCA
hosts the National Policy Summit, to
provide the opportunity for members and
partners to dialogue with
decision-makers, stay current on policy
issues, and learn about what is coming
in the near future regarding important
policy decisions affecting members’
neighborhoods.
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Public Policy Staff:
Patrick
Lester, Sr. VP of Public Policy,
Email:
PLester@UNCA.org;
Helen Eisner, Policy Analyst,
Email:
HEisner@UNCA.org
Dominic Holt, Policy Analyst,
Email: DHolt@UNCA.org
Linda
Nguyen, Email:
LNguyen@UNCA.org
General
contact:
policy@UNCA.org
Access to Resources
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UNCA Family Strengthening Awards: Recognition,
Technical Assistance, Best Practices, Monetary
Awards. Additional shared resource development
opportunities with UNCA nationally, UNCA members
(regionally and nationally), and with the Alliance
for Children and Families and others (technical
assistance, training, in-kind resources and revenue
for targeted programs and services).
Membership Services
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Wide range of membership services including: The
Unemployment Services Trust (lowers unemployment
insurance expenses to members); Mutual of America
(retirement savings plans); Training and Conferences
(Roundtable, National Policy Summit,
teleconferences, others); Vendor services through
Value Partners Program (HR, consulting services, and
more); Research and Evaluation Services (e.g. annual
compensation surveys); National Family Week;
Severson Library; Families in Society
(Quarterly Scholarly Journal and CEUs);
Communications via E-News and This Week in
Washington.
Network Building –
UNCA assists in developing strong and
productive relationships among local members,
statewide organizations and nationally. Because
UNCA recognizes that improved families and
communities require the best that collaboration
offers we offer several opportunities each year for
member staff to network, share best practices, and
build collaborative efforts.
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