2014-2015 Request: $20,000
2014-2015 Award: $15,000
Number of unduplicated participants anticipated to be directly served by the program annually: 125
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Are there changes to your original number of anticipated participants based on current conditions? If so, what is your new anticipated number of clients served annually? o Please also provide the reason for this change if applicable:
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Total number of actual participants: Phase 1: 68
Phase 1* Phase 2*
Phase 2: 88
Cumulative Totals*
# and % of participants who achieve at least one financial goal in their plan
68
(100%)
88
(100%)
156
(100%)
List the types of financial goals achieved
# and % of participants that are on track to successfully exit this program (**see below)
Transportation: 47
Employment: 5
Education: 2
Stability/Safety: 14
Transportation: 80
Employment: 0
Education: 2
Stability/Safety: 6
68
(100%)
88
(100%)
Transportation: 127
Employment: 5
Education: 4
Stability/Safety: 20
156
(100%)
** Please describe how you define/measure whether a client is “on track to successfully exit the program” for these reporting purposes: Because Pocket Change is a crisis assistance program, a person “successfully” exits the program once they receive their assistance.
# and % of participants who have remained out of crisis for a minimum of two months after assistance:
36 (53%) remained out of crisis
12 (18%) didn’t return messages
16 (24%) we not able to be contact
4 (6%) were not
Phase 1= July 1, 2014-December 31, 2014
Phase 2=January 1, 2015-June 30, 2015
51 (58%) remained out of crisis
11 (13%) didn’t return messages
25 (28%) we not able to be contact
1 (1%) was still in
87 (56%) remained out of crisis
23 (15%) didn’t return messages
41 (26%) we not able to be contact
1 (1%) was still in
Report Due: January 15, 2015
Report Due: July 15, 2015

contacted. They had received assistance less than
2 months ago. crisis crisis.
4 (3%) were not contacted. They had received assistance less than 2 months ago.
*Report only unduplicated numbers
Based on the above information, what changes, challenges or improvements are being implemented or experienced to impact the effectiveness of the program?
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Phase 1 : At this point, the program is not anticipating implementing any changes. The Pocket
Change program is currently running well as designed and meeting the needs of applicants.
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Phase 2 : The program has operated as expected. One item of note, the Pocket Change program is providing opportunities for employment for many of the women living at the Waterloo Women’s
Center For Change. Many apply to Pocket Change for bus passes they use to look for employment. During Phase 2, a total of 25 women received bus passes to look for employment.
Share at least one of the “success stories” or accomplishments that a participant has experienced during each reporting period. This must be participant focused and aligned with the intent of this award.
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Phase 1: This report’s story involves a client who needed assistance with obtaining a bus pass.
Through the Pocket Change program, a simple fifty dollar bus pass helped our client complete her AA degree at Hawkeye and she now has been accepted into UNI. When contacted by our staff in a follow-up call she could not say enough about just how valuable a bus pass can be for people in the community.
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Phase 2:
This report’s story involves a family who was suffering from a horrible infestation of bed bugs. The infestation was so bad that both adults had been asked not come to work due the infestation. Even the church they attend had asked them not to participate until the issue was resolved. They applied to Pocket Change and were approved for $200 to purchase a new bed, which helped them ensure that after the house was treated, the bed bugs would not come back.
Phase 1= July 1, 2014-December 31, 2014
Phase 2=January 1, 2015-June 30, 2015
Report Due: January 15, 2015
Report Due: July 15, 2015