Strategies and Partnerships
Community Collaborations
Mission: To enhance the quality of life for all Ottawa County residents through a coordinated and prioritized strategic response to county and regional human services needs.
Vision: Make a measured positive impact on the health and safety of our children, their families, and our seniors, through unprecedented collaboration and integration of dollars and services available through our public, private and business entities
♦♦ Greater Ottawa County United Way sits on this council.
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Vision: Effectively connecting people and services.
Mission: CALL's mission is to increase access to community services through effective and compassionate information and referral. Our program and our staff are committed to fulfilling this mission and to upholding the values that serve as the foundation for the way CALL operates.
♦♦ Greater Ottawa County United Way serves on the Master Board of Directors, the Operations Board and is a funding partner.
- Food, Housing & Clothing
- Utility Assistance
- Support Groups
- Healthcare Services
- Teen Pregnancy
- Senior Issues
- Transportation
- Prescription Assistance
- Seasonal Programs
- Support Groups
More info at http://www.call-211.org
Mission: Working together with our families and communities to identify needs, maintain resources and creatively seek solutions to existing gaps for families with young children.
Vision: A coordinated community approach for our families with young children to secure opportunities and resources for a Great Start in life and learning. ♦♦ Greater Ottawa County United Way sits on the Great Start Board of Directors as well as the Finance, Communications, and Executive Committees. We support this early childhood education initiative through governance, community planning and communications. Find more info at http://www.oaisd.org/109720129113249313/site/default.asp The Emergency Food and Shelter Program began in 1983 with a $50 million federal appropriation. The program was created by Congress to help meet the needs of hungry and homeless people throughout the United States and its territories by allocating federal funds for the provision of food and shelter. The program's objectives are: · to allocate funds to the neediest areas, · to ensure fast response, · to foster public/private sector cooperation, · to ensure local decision making, and · to maintain minimal, but accountable, reporting. ♦♦ Greater Ottawa County United Way serves as the Vice President on this local Board. ♦♦ Greater Ottawa County United Way participated on the planning committee for this initiative. Student Mission: To connect civic-mined students with opportunities to become engaged in their communities. Service Serveral school systems thourghout the county are now partnering with United Way in this Learning comprehensive effort, which assists students to perform 400 hours of service during their four years of high school, with guidance and mentoring from their schools and oversight by United Way. Students who complete 400 hours of services will receive the Governor's Service of Excellance Award. ♦♦ An initiative of Greater Ottawa County United Way. 
An initiative integrating civic, school, health, non-profit, corporate and faith-based efforts to assure that every child in the Holland/Zeeland area enters Kindergarten prepared to succeed. .
