The Community Investment process is led by a team of volunteers who review each program 

 based on three performance areas of meeting a community need, achieving results and 

demonstrating good stewardship. This year, funding recommendations were made by a record number 92 volunteers who participated in the process. The volunteers thoroughly review each program application, attend on-site visits, and evaluate the program’s ability to provide services effectively and efficiently. 

In May, the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley completed the Community Investment process for the upcoming funding year.  Ten teams of volunteers reviewed 58 applications for funding during the six-week process. 

 Each program was reviewed in terms of how it met a community need, achieved results and exercised good stewardship. Based on recommendations from community volunteers, 53 programs provided by 28 agencies who serve the eight-county area will receive $5,045,440 (funding is provided July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012). The total investment plus donor designations is $5,082,266, an increase from the previous year. 

"The commitment and thoroughness involved in all phases of United Way's Community Investment process is amazing," said Mike Welch, Regions Bank and chair of the 2011-2012 Community Investment Process.  "The volunteers spend countless hours fulfilling their responsibility to ensure that the community's dollars are invested in programs that improve people's lives." 

United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley currently has 28 community partner agencies and funds 53 programs 

that help thousands of individuals, families and children in the Chattahoochee Valley.

United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley''s funded partners and programs.