United Way NSV Seeks Support for Expansion Project

123 East Court Street,Woodstock VA 22664

08 June, 2021

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United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley is holding an Open House to unveil plans for an expansion project of its highly successful VAN. United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley is holding an Open House to unveil plans for an expansion project of its highly successful Valley Assistance Network (VAN) program. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 from 5:00 – 6:30 PM at Woodstock Brewhouse, located at 123 E. Court Street in Woodstock, VA. During the Open House, UWNSV will provide information on its plans for expansion and how the community can support the initiative. Space is limited, so please reserve your space now! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ United Way NSV launched Valley Assistance Network in 2017 as a result of its Community Needs Assessment and the Virginia ALICE® Report, which shines a spotlight on the number of working families who are struggling to make ends meet. The core service of VAN is a comprehensive Resource and Referral System. To date, VAN has helped more than 4,000 families connect with critical resources like housing, food, medical care, and job training. In January, UWNSV was awarded a $25,000 grant from Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) to expand its data sharing network (Unite Us) and engage stakeholders in a pilot program of the integrated service delivery model. DASH, led by the Illinois Public Health Institute in partnership with the Michigan Public Health Institute and with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, identifies barriers, opportunities, promising practices and indicators of progress for multi-sector collaborations to share data for community health improvement. Support from DASH allowed United Way NSV to pilot the program and create a steering committee, made up of diverse group partners, to determine if an expansion would be a good fit. Valley Assistance Network (VAN) is based on an integrated service delivery model, where multiple partners work together to meet complex needs of clients. This model is proven to eliminate barriers to accessing services, eliminate redundancy, and decrease wait times for families seeking assistance. VAN provides immediate crisis intervention services to help families navigate the complex social services system and move from crisis to financial stability. The program has primarily served the Winchester/Frederick/Clarke community has helped more than 4,000 families connect with housing, clothing, food, medical care, job training, and many other resources. Through coordinated care and case management services, VAN works to uncover the real reasons by clients’ struggles with issues like eviction and job loss. Providing a more holistic and comprehensive service, resource navigators connect families with additional services to help address the root causes that may be standing in their way of becoming financially stable. Check out their website to learn about all of the different ways they serve the Northern Shenandoah Valley and with your help expanding those services into Shenandoah County https://www.unitedwaynsv.org/van. If you wish to donate to support the expansion to help those in Shenandoah County, please click this link: http://bit.ly/VANDONATE - Please write in the memo line: “For VAN Expansion”. About United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley: Since 1946 the United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley has worked to impact the community human care needs that matter most to the people of Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Page Counties and the City of Winchester. United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley convenes the people and organizations necessary to create solutions to our region’s most pressing challenges and collaborates with effective partners. United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley seeks to serve as the catalyst for community change by supporting over 45 partner agencies in the area on Income, Health and Education. For more information visit our website www.unitedwaynsv.org. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook at @UWNSV