Monday, September 13, 2010

Feedback on Income Goals from 170+ Community Leaders To Date

As we mentioned in our most recent post, on August 31st more than 200 community leaders from across the Greater Fredericksburg area participated in the Rappahannock United Way Kickoff Breakfast at the Fredericksburg Expo Center. As part of the breakfast, more than 170 people completed a brief survey about their aspirations and goals in the areas of Education, Income and Health.

Participants rated goals using the following response categories: top priority, important priority but not top priority, less important as a priority, not a priority or no response.

Top priorities in the area of INCOME so far to date include:
  • Increased incomes for working families (48.2%)
  • More employment opportunities (75.9%)
  • Reduction in unemployment rate (74.1%)
  • Reduction in number of community members living in poverty (68.2%)
  • Affordable housing for all community members (54.1%)
  • Availability of crises services for individuals unable to meet basic needs such as food, heat/air and shelter (62.9%)
  • Improvement in financial skills of community (for example, money management skills, education about scams, etc.) (47.6%)
  • Improvement in food security (reduction in hunger) in community (57.1%)
  • Reduction in number of homeless persons in community (55.3%)
  • Increased access for employment for senior citizens (52.4%)
  • Increased affordable healthcare for senior citizens (54.7%)
  • Increased transportation options to get to employment opportunities (46.5%)
  • Increased access to affordable and high quality childcare (47.6%)
  • Increased access to workforce training and job skill development (47.1%)
  • Increased reintegration of ex-offenders back into community (39.4%)
  • Increased employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities (50%)
  • Job training for individuals with disabilities (47.1%)
  • Affordable housing options with accessibility for disabled individuals (44.7%)


Check back tomorrow for those involving health. See the post below for those that were submitted to date for education.

Do these responses support your own experience living and/or working here in our community?
What are YOUR thoughts on the aspirations and goals for Income in our community?

We’re not done collecting information yet—we need your input!

Register to complete our online survey about aspirations and goals for Income (16 questions, takes about 10 minutes)...we’ll also ask you about aspirations and goals for Income and Education too.

Or, if you’d rather not complete the full survey, submit your thoughts in this brief online form (8 questions, takes about 5 minutes)

You also you can post your thoughts or a brief response below here (just click on “Comment”)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think a big reason why people have financial issues is because they were never educated about how to properly manage their money, write a budget, use a credit card, have a bank account, etc. I think it's so important for local schools to start teaching children the importance of managing money so they will have the skills they need to prevent finacial issues as adults.