Final Report
2012-13 Funding Year
This report is for the entire current funding year (May thru April). We understand that each
agency might use different financial and program reporting periods. We ask that you do your
best to provide data that reflects this time frame. Please fill this out electronically,
entering projected information from your original application and any revisions.
Email the completed form to acuw@acuw.com by May 15, 2013.
Agency: The Wellsville Salvation Army
Program: Mission: Literacy Program
Amount of ACUW Allocation: $ 5,600
Name and title of person submitting report: Captain David L. Means Jr.
Please answer the following questions with regard to the program description and outcomes
that United Way has funded for this year. Please cut and paste in the required info from your
original application and revisions (if applicable).
1) Conditions:

Did your agency experience any staffing changes relevant to this program during
the period covered by this report? If yes, please explain.
No, there were no changes. We continued to have one director and eight to ten volunteers.

Have there been any significant changes in your budget or financial status that
affected this program? If yes, please explain.
No, there were no significant changes. We were able to purchase reading materials at a
discounted rate so we used any unbudgeted funds to purchase reading materials and
program equipment.

How are volunteers used in this program?
We have around 8 volunteers for this program. Five of our volunteers have been trained by
the Mission: Literacy Program Director. They lead break out small groups and facilitate
follow up support activities.

Have there been any changes to the type or level of service/program funded by
the United Way? If yes, please explain.
There have been no changes to the level of service. We had 30 different children involved in
the program and continue to monitor each child’s progress.
2) Program Output/Outcomes Chart - Proposed/Actual
Definition of terms:
 Program Activities: It was the goal of the Mission: Literacy Program to hold session once
a week for from the beginning to the end of the school year. With the exception of the
month of December and special holiday observances we held true to our proposed program
activities. The program also proposed and reached our goal of having five separate reading
levels for each session.
 Outputs for each activity: The Mission: Literacy has met and exceeded its outputs of
registering 15 children for the program. We have been able to hold extra weekly session to
accomedate any weeks that a child may miss due to sickness or previous engagement. It is
very easy for many children to sit in the back of a classroom and try to fade into the
background. To ensure that every child can participate and is understanding the material we
have been able to divide the children into 5 smaller groups based upon their reading level in
which each group leader is trained to engage every child to participate. This has allowed
clear indications if each child is grasping what is being taught.
 Program outcomes for each activity: Though the Mission: Literacy program is ongoing we
have seen great results. We have exceeded our class registration, our weekly attendance of
participating students, and have successfully engaged each child during the program.
Though some children still struggle to read at their grade level we have seen great strides
forward. One of which will be described in the success story at the end of this report.

Community outcomes for each activity: Reading is a fundamental skill in any community.
Many children who live in poverty struggle to escape this condition themselves as adults.
This may be due to lack of education, personal confidence, or encouragement to succeed.
The Mission: Literacy has made great strides in addressing each of these outcomes in our
students. By increasing each child’s ability to read gives them the tool necessary to succeed
in school and work environments. By helping these children set a goal and giving them the
assistance to achieve these goals each student will experience a healthy sense of personal
confidence. By volunteers being voices of encouragement each child will grow in self-worth
that many do not receive at home. Though these children face many other challenges and
obstacles to succeed as adults, the Mission: Literacy Program has done its best to impact
their lives while enrolled in our program.
(This table will expand as you fill in the information. Place each activity in a different row, adding rows if necessary.)
2012 Program Activities
2012 Program
Outputs
Proposed/Actual
2012 Program
Outcomes
Proposed/Actual
2012 Proposed
Community
Outcomes
Proposed/Actual
Classes to be held once a week
Register 15 children for
program
100% Class Registration
Children will be better equipped to
succeed in school
32 children registered for
the program
Hold classes for at least
15 sessions
Over 18 session have
currently been
completed
Each session to run 45
100%+ Class Registration
80% Weekly Participation
(approx 12 students)
80%+ Weekly Participation
(average of 20 students)
Children will perform better in
reading comprehension tests in
school
2012 Program Activities
2012 Program
Outputs
Proposed/Actual
2012 Program
Outcomes
Proposed/Actual
2012 Proposed
Community
Outcomes
Proposed/Actual
minutes
Each session has been at
least 45 minutes in length
Have 5 groups based on reading
level
All children to participate
in group reading and
support activities
All children participated
in some way either in a
group reading or
individual participation
80% of children will
increase reading
level by one level
based upon final
reading testing
The program is ongoing
and final testing will not
be completed until
6/5/2013
Children will demonstrate a better
understanding of school work
50% of children will
increase reading
level by two levels
based upon final
reading testing
The program is ongoing and
final testing will not be
completed until 6/5/2013
100% participation of
attending children
100% of students
participated in
group sessions

Have you encountered any barriers to the success of this program or observed
any unintended outcomes so far this year?
The only barrier that we will continue to monitor in the years to come is the lack of parental
support to insure that a higher percentage of children complete the required 15 sessions.
3) Measurement tools: The Mission: Literacy program uses two separate tests. There is a
pretest at the beginning of the program and a posttest at the conclusion of the program. Each
child who is registered will complete the pretest but only those students who complete the
required 15 sessions will complete the posttest. This reading comprehension test challenges
each child with a progression of complex sentences. The test measures the degree of difficulty
each child can successfully read with ease.
 Are these tools proving to be an effective means for gathering the data
necessary to evaluate your program? These tests have been used all over the country
by other Mission: Literacy programs and have been successful in determining the growth of
a student’s reading ability. With each program year, we will be able to continue monitoring
the growth of each participating child.
4) United Way grant expenditures: (Please complete the chart below by double-clicking in
it. When finished, just click outside the chart. Also provide a brief narrative description of how
you have used the funds provided by United Way).
Expense Type
Salaries
Benefits and Related Expenses
Audit
Contractual Services
Business/Office Supplies
Legal Services
Telephone
Postage
Occupancy Expenses (Rent, Mortgage,
etc.)
ACUW
Budget
Amount
$700.00
YTD
Expenditures
$700.00
Remaining
Balance
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
Equipment, Repairs and Maintenance
Printing
Travel and Automobile
Conferences and Workshops
Training
Publicity/Marketing
Insurance
Computer/Internet/Technology
Miscellaneous
Other Expenses: Snacks
Other Expenses:
Other Expenses:
Other Expenses:
$3,000.00
$3,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$900.00
$900.00
Total Expenses
$5,600.00
$5,600.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
5) Please attach a success story regarding this program along with a jpg photo if
possible that we could post on our web page and use in other publications. One of the
students currently enrolled in Mission: Literacy Program is a 6 year old girl who is in First grade at the
Wellsville Elementary School. She has some undetermined speech and language delays which makes it
very difficult for her to read. Last year, while in Kindergarten, she could not read at all. When she was
given the Mission: Literacy pretest, she was not able to read any of the testing sentences. Though she
struggled, she continued through the Mission: Literacy program and could read two of the testing
sentences at the end of the year. When she entered First grade and the start of Mission: Literacy in
September she was able to read through the first 3 sentences in the test. Now at almost the end of this
school year and the end of the Mission: Literacy program she is able to read the first 12 lines of the test
with ease and could continue reading more sentences by sounding out the words slowly. The Mission:
Literacy testing requires stopping the children as soon as they begin struggling through the words.
However, this child is so excited about reading that she wants to keep going. The Mission: Literacy
Program has built upon the reading skills taught to her in school and reinforced those skills throughout
the school year. The impact of this program on her and children like her is almost immeasurable. There
are no tests to measure the confidence children gain by being able to read on their own. It is only
something you can see as they read to you out loud and see the joy on their faces.
Houghton College Volunteer Emma Brittain with Mission: Literacy student Linnia Means age 6