Tony ShieldsExecutive Director

(414) 732-1377 tshields@uncom-

milw.org

Board of DirectorsSister Patrice Colletti, President Richard Cox, Vice- PresidentJim Bartos, Secretary Dr. Michele Bria, TreasurerMac Weddle Tom SchneiderJan Marie Lambert Carol Keintz

MissionFounded in 1995, United Neighborhood

Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM) is a committed citywide force of neighborhood centers working together, serving urban youth and families by providing opportunities to enhance quality of life and solutions for challenges facing Milwaukee's community.

VisionUNCOM is Milwaukee's preeminent

collaborative partnership, supporting healthy, wholesome, and empowered neighborhoods. Together we:

o Implement High Quality, Cost Effective Model ProgramsBy sharing best practices and replicating what works

o Deliver Programs and Services Effectively         By leveraging our expertise and resources

o Achieve Citywide Impact for Children, Adults, and FamiliesEmpowering residents of all ages and backgrounds to help crate solutions facing Milwaukee's community

Who We AreOver 4 Centuries of combined experience42,100 Milwaukee residents served24 neighborhood sites40 MPS/CLC sites 165 programs focused on prevention and

intervention from birth through twilight

$29.8M Local Resource Investment

$29.8M in combined annual budgets FY2008CDBG = $654,000 Safe and Sound = $305,000Brighter Futures = $415,000United Way = $1,757,166MATC = $81,665 plus 19 part-time instructorsWisconsin Technical College System =

$320,946

UNCOM StaffTony Shields, Executive Director Todd Curry, Director of Integrated Data SystemSarah O’Connor, Project Manager of Nutrition and Physical

Activity for Urban Families Susan Rhinehart, Project Director of Project Respect

Initiative Danielle Luer, Cultural Arts Coordinator Ann Bria, Director of Year Round Youth Innovative

Workforce Program [MAWIB] Chee Thao, Job Placement/Retention Specialist [MAWIB]

Structure

Board of Directors: Executive Directors of the member organizations

Committees of the BoardFinance CommitteeProgram Committee

Affinity Groups: Controllers/HR; Youth Directors

UNCOM DatabaseDeveloped in 1998 for 8 UNCOM agencies

Tracks outcomes and generates reports2007 contracted services to Community

Advocates/Brighter Futures to provide database system for 32 Brighter Futures site

Healthy Partnerships 3-year grant = $450,000Focus: Child obesity reduction

Project Respect (3-year grant) = $449,951Focus: Dating violence reduction

Cultural ArtsMajor Sponsor:

$450,000 for 3-years of cultural arts programming

$25,000 Mary Nohl grant of the Milwaukee Foundation for visual arts programming

Milwaukee AreaWorkforce Investment Board

$330,523 investment in UNCOM Year-round Innovative Youth Program58 Out-of School Youth Internships32 In-School Youth Internships

UNCOM is cost effectiveProven Result-Producing Track RecordExperts in serving In-school and Out-of-

School Youth

UNCOM Gets Things DoneCommitment to healthy families and

neighborhoodPassion to get the job doneProduces results Positioned to provide mobilization and

coordination at citywide levelPreparing Milwaukeeans for workforce [Jobs]Preparing Milwaukeeans for K-12 and post-

secondary training [Education]Crime prevention through youth and family

positive engagement [Anti-crime]

Partnership Organizations

Crime Prevention Partners