Financial Stability Partnership

The mission of Granite United Way's Lakes Region Financial Stability Partnership is to increase the number of families living in the Lakes Region who are financially independent. We will help bring financial stability to families by re-designing how services interact with families in need, continuing to offer services that are affordable and through education and income enhancement opportunities.

A recent initiative of the Financial Stability Partnership is responding to the growing number of families applying for the free or reduced lunch program in local school districts. Recent referrals indicate as many as 3 out of 4 kids in a neighborhood elementary school are now enrolled in the program. This early poverty indicator will trigger voluntary enrollment in a pilot program to redirect families to area services in an expedient manner giving both the family and local programs an early opportunity to reverse this slippery slope into poverty and set the family back on a self-sufficient path.

Below are the documents related to the poverty diversion pilot program of the Granite United Way of the Lakes Region and its Financial Stability Partnership.

FSP Meeting Minutes FSP Minutes 11/7/12 FSP Minutes 10/3/12 FSP Minutes 9/5/12 FSP Minutes 7/11/12 FSP Minutes 6/6/12 FSP Minutes 5/2/12 FSP Minutes 4/4/12 FSP Minutes 3/7/12 FSP Minutes 2/1/12 FSP Minutes 1/4/12 FSP Minutes 12/7/11 FSP Minutes 11/2/11 FSP Minutes 10/5/11 FSP Minutes 9/7/11 FSP Minutes 8/3/11 FSSC Minutes 7/6/11 FSSC Minutes 6/1/11 FSSC Minutes 5/4/11 FSSC Minutes 4/6/11 FSSC Minutes 2/9/11 FSSC Minutes 1/5/11 FSSC Minutes 12/1/10 FSSC Summary 10/27/10 FSSC Minutes 9/13/10 FSSC Summary 6/29/10 FSSC Summary 6/14/10	Committee Meeting Minutes Target Population & Eligibility TP&E Minutes 2/16/11 Pilot Logic Model Subcommittee PLMSC Minutes 2/23/11 PLMSC Minutes 3/28/11 Marketing Committee Marketing Minutes 4/25/11 Structure Committee Structure Committee Report 5/4/11 Structure Minutes 4/13/11 Advocacy Committee Advocacy Report Advocacy Committee Minutes 8/14/12 Advocacy Committee Minutes 7/20/12 Communications Committee 2012 FSP Communications Team Outline
Meeting Schedules Financial Stability Partnership Steering Committee Meetings The Financial Stability Partnership Steering Committee will continue to meet on the first Wednesday of each month between October 2012 and December 2013. Meetings will be held between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Joint meetings will be held with the Provider Collaborative on the first Wednesday of each new quarter according to the following schedule: Date Financial Stability Steering Committee Provider Collaborative Meetings Nov 7 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM Dec 5 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM 2013 2013 Jan 2 11:30AM-1:00PM 11:30AM-1:00PM Feb 6 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM March 6 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM April 3 11:30AM-1:00PM 11:30AM-1:00PM May 1 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM June 5 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM July 3 11:30AM-1:00PM 11:30AM-1:00PM Aug 7 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM Sept 4 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM Oct 2 11:30AM-1:00PM 11:30AM-1:00PM Nov 6 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM Dec 4 11:30AM-1:00PM 1:00PM-2:30PM
Resource Links BCEDC Strategic Plan New Hampshire Demographic Trends in the Twenty-First Century LRGHealthcare Community Needs Assessment 2012 200 X 2020 Summary Report 12/11 Lakes Region United Way Financial Stability Resource Directory Belknap County Community Corrections Consultant's Report	Reference Materials Federal Poverty Level 2012 Income Eligibility Guidelines Pilot Appeal Brief Bridging the Precipice, 2/2/11 Request for Proposals: Financial Stability Pilot Project Financial Stability Partnership Illustration Steps in the Financial Stability Framework Poverty Data Aug 2011 Relevant Demographic Data
Agency Core Competencies Core Competencies	Logic Models Financial Stability Partnership Logic Model 2012
Relevant Readings The Backbone Essential for Collective Impact Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations Causes of Poverty - Findings from Recent Research Collective Impact Channeling Change - Making Collective Impact Work LRUW FSP Model Programs Review Summary LRUW Literature Review Plan to End Homelessness - Dupage County, IL Poverty Elimination Strategies that Work Poverty Reduction Strategies for the US Needle Moving Community Collaboratives	Miscellaneous Poverty Dialogue Themes from Poverty Forum 7/31/12 Poverty Forum Summary Document (7/31/12) Executive Summary FSP 2012 Poverty Reduction Timeline List and FSP Steering Committee Members
Asset Building CA$H Coalition Minutes 4-17-12 CA$H Coalition Recommendations CA$H Coalition Minutes 3-20-12 AB Coalition Minutes 2-22-12 Asset Inventory Checklist VITA Final Report 2011 VITA poster & list	Video Links Living United in the Lakes Region Poverty Reduction in Belknap County October, 2012 The Opposite of Poverty is Justice http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=3072 The following videos and interviews present Pulitzer Prize winning author David Shipler and his seminal work "The Working Poor: Invisible in America." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lewK7X1H8mw http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/186348-3 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june04/poor_04-01.html NEA-NH's YouTube Channel
Legislation and Policy Matters Sequestration Impact Advocacy Tips for Nonprofits Advocacy Cycle NH Legislative Process Map Voter ID - Chapter 284 Participating in the NH Legislative Process NH Legislative Calendar Testifying Tips, Tips for Telephoning your Legislators Tracking Legislation Writing your Legislators	Upstream: A Community Initiative to Support Families Proposal Cover Sheet Proposal Narrative Upstream Poster/Description Financial Stability Screening flowchart Financial Stability Release