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B. Organizational Capability 1. Provide the mission statement and vision of your organization: pssion Statement: ko serve those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and ousehold subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers. Vision: Communities where every family has access to basic needs, nutritional food, crisis care, education, and employment training, and where everyone has the opportunity to achieve a future filled with hope and possibilities. 2. Provide a brief summary of your organization, including areas of expertise, accomplishments and population served. The reason United Against Poverty (UP) exists is to inspire and empower people living in poverty to lift themselves and their families to economic self-sufficiency. Fundamentally, UP believes that providing people in need a "Hand UP" is the proper path to empower individuals to break the cycle of poverty. This is a philosophical alternative to "one-way" giving, a model that has done little to impact poverty during the last 50 years. Today, the organization serves about 2,500 families a day through its facilities in Indian River County, Fort Pierce, and Orlando. UP's greatest accomplishment is having developed four core programs and successfully implementing a holistic approach: Member Share Grocery Program (MSGP), Success training Employment Program (STEP), Crisis Stabilization Program, and Education Program. MSGP sees 750 individuals daily and provides members access to nutritional foods and household goods for a marginal handling fee. STEP provides motivated participants with workforce barriers a pathway to economic self-sufficiency through our workforce readiness training. This training is made up of emotional intelligence and workforce skills. With these new skills, participants acquire employment that pay a livable wage. After a successful Capital Campaign that raised over $5 million, our 46,000 UP Center in Indian River County provides the facility resources needed to meet the community demand for our programming and break free more citizens from the cycle of poverty. The target populations we serve are families living in Indian River County with a household income at or below 200% federal poverty level. According to the United Way of Florida's ALICE (Asset -Limited, Income -Constrained, Employed) Report, of the households in Indian River County, 51 % struggle to pay for basic needs, including food, housing, healthcare, childcare, and transoortation. 3. bnetly list any certitications and/or accreditatlons obtained by your agency. Our direct services staff are required to receive annual training from the Florida Department of Children and Families in Security Awareness, HIPPA, Domestic Violence and Civil Rights. Additionally, staff receive training from the Retail Learning Institute, a division of Coca-Cola, an online learning platform that provides internationally recognized certifications in Customer Service, Business Ethics, Sexual Harassment, Professionalism, and Safety and Hygiene. 203