MISSION UNITED Initiative to support Veterans and their Families in Florida

Any agency serving veterans that reside in Palm Beach County is eligible to apply for the MISSION UNITED Grant Program for 2023.

Donor Name: United Way of Palm Beach County

State: Florida

County: Palm Beach County (FL)

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/05/2023

Details:

MISSION UNITED is an initiative led by United Way of Palm Beach County that supports navigation services for veterans and their families, connecting them to employment services, education, legal assistance, health care, affordable housing support, and other resources with a single entry point to the help they need.

Mission

MISSION UNITED’s mission is to assist Palm Beach County veterans and their families to successfully transition from military service and re-adapt to civilian life by coordinating trusted veteran-oriented services that provide the fundamental services needed to promote veteran stability and long-term self-sufficiency.

United Way fights for the health, education and financial stability of every person in every community. Through MISSION UNITED, United Way of Palm Beach County and their partners serve those who served their country by ensuring veterans receive the support needed to lead fulfilling, healthy lives after completing military service.

Purpose for Capacity Building and Support Services

Within this context and in alignment with the United Way of Palm Beach County’s (“UWPBC”) 2019-2024 Strategic Plan and the MacKenzie Scott Grant Strategy Plan, it was recommended that MISSION UNITED be launched in Palm Beach County to create a more comprehensive and integrated system of health and social services supports for veterans. While Palm Beach County’s MISSION UNITED initiative is informed by the experiences of other MISSION UNITED initiatives, it is developed to be unique and customized to the needs of Palm Beach County veterans.

With the goal of promoting the veterans’ stability and long-term self-sufficiency, the strategies and tactics recommended were designed to increase the availability of services to Palm Beach County veterans. Specifically, MISSION UNITED seeks to aid local veterans-serving agencies in two broad categories: (1) Enhancing the nonprofit capacity to provide services; and (2) Promoting accessibility to services by connecting veterans to the array of services available and needed (i.e., education, employment, housing, etc.) to build their individual capacity and foster stability. MISSION UNITED aims to accomplish these ends, and others that may be recommended, by providing grant support to veterans-serving agencies that are aligned and well-situated to meet MISSION UNITED’s targeted outcomes.

The targeted outcomes of providing grant support of MISSION UNITED initiative are to:

Increase the availability of veterans services
Increase access to health and social services for veterans
Increase veterans’ financial stability
Increase veterans’ access to living-wage jobs
Increase veterans’ housing stability
Increase veterans’ access to behavioral health care
Reduce veterans’ suicide

Request Categories

Grow Nonprofit Capacity:
- Examples of growing nonprofit capacity for veterans-serving nonprofits to comprehensively and effectively support veterans include but are not limited to:
  - Establishing a capacity-building structure that supports your nonprofit with improving its governance, operations, fund development, program services delivery, etc.
  - Considering and augmenting the delivery of capacity-building services through various mechanisms and platforms (e.g., in-person training, webinars, mentoring, one-on-one consulting, etc.).
Support Services:
- Examples of support services related to your organization’s mission and the services and programs being provided to veterans and their families to help meet their needs include but are not limited to:
  - Increasing your organization’s ability to provide services in the area of: (1) financial stability, (2) employment in fields with a living-wage, (3) adequate and stable housing, and (4) behavioral health and/or suicide prevention.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following criteria to be considered for a grant:

Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides services to veterans residing in Palm Beach County.
Applicants must be an active partner in good standing with 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast.
Applicants must complete the 2023 Request for Information Grant Application, and include in the submission the following:
- Application Cover Sheet
  - If a costs in associated with your organization’s application, please ensure the requested amount is noted in the cover letter with the justification/documentation supporting the requests for funding.
  - Include the number of veterans served annually by your organization, and veterans families served annual (if applicable).
  - Specify what areas of support (Nonprofit Capacity Growth or Support Services) you seek and a brief explanation on how you believe a MISSION UNITED grant will help your organization achieve one or more of the targeted outcomes and how much funding you believe would be needed to achieve the targeted outcome.
- 2023 Request for Information Grant Application Form (completed, signed, dated)
- IRS 501(c)(3) Determination Letter
- Proof of 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast partnership
- Latest Copy of IRS 990 (If applicable)
- Latest Copy of Financial Statements
Applications with all supporting documents must be completed, scanned, and submitted in a single PDF document.