This document summarizes volunteer opportunities for corporate partners to engage with UCAN, a nonprofit that serves disadvantaged youth. It outlines programs for career development training, professional mentoring, exposure outings, and staff training. Partners are asked to consider hosting events at their locations to provide workshops, presentations, and tours for youth and staff. The document provides details on commitment levels and confirms some initial activities planned with current partner Wrigley. It closes by thanking partners for helping UCAN in its mission through various forms of support.

1. Chicago Inclusion and Diversity Alliance
Modeling Corporate Social Responsibility
November 2010

2. Outline
 Who we are
 What we do
 Why we’re different
 Our impact
 Our plans for the future
 How you can help
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3. UCAN profile
 Established in 1869
 Service more than 13,000 disadvantaged youth, children and families each
year
 Service primarily the greater Chicagoland area but have services throughout
the state of Illinois
 A fiscally responsible organization with solid business practices
 FY’11 budget: $36 million
 More than 500 staff at nine main sites
 Combined 400+ years of relevant experience at the senior leadership level
 Minority-driven Governing Board
 Accredited by the Council on Accreditation
 Member of the Council of Health & Human Services Ministries
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4. Vision and mission
Vision
Youth who have suffered trauma can
become our future leaders
Mission
UCAN strives to build strong youth and
families through compassionate healing,
education and empowerment
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5. Our programs
Educating
Healing Preventing
Children
Trauma Violence
& Families
UCAN has a variety of
programs Programs designed Programs designed to
designed to educate children empower young people
specifically in a traditional to create
to create a healing setting and families life-changing
process for in a variety of settings. opportunities
those who have that ensure safer futures.
experienced trauma.
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6. Why UCAN is different
 Full continuum of services to meet evolving client needs
 Inclusion of clients and alumni in service planning and delivery
 One clinical philosophy uniting our approach to healing
 Leader in social service data tracking and evaluation
 Dynamic, innovative, and creative approach to program design
 Belief in the power of collaboration and partnership
 Agency-wide diversity and inclusiveness strategy
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7. Career Development Day
Opportunities
 As proposed by CIDA, this day would bring together volunteers from the
various companies represented in CIDA as well as from other Chicagoland
organizations.
 UCAN would bring our young people on a non-school day to this event,
which would include multiple training.
 UCAN would welcome the participating organizations to provide lunch or
transportation.
 UCAN would also take this opportunity to share more information about
our mission and ongoing work with volunteers.
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8. Career Development Day
Commitment
 UCAN aims to have 20-50 young leaders attend this day. We would like to
plan for groups of six young leaders with 1-2 trainers per group.
 Location to be provided; suggestion was Hyatt McCormick Place
 Four hour session from 10a-2p. Proposed dates include:
 December 3rd
 December 28th or 29th
 February 11th
 April 20th or 21st
 May 6th
 Closing and Appreciation Ceremony June 22nd
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9. Professional Mentoring and Speaking
Opportunities
 These workshops are designed to give UCAN’s young leaders firsthand
knowledge and feedback on professionalism and life skills.
 Each mentor/coach would focus on an area of expertise and passion, and
would present this to small groups of young people.
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10. Professional Mentoring and Speaking
Commitment
 Speaking opportunities are 1.5 hours long and take place during or after
school hours according to the speaker’s schedule.
 Sessions take place at one of the following UCAN locations:
 UCAN, 1340 S. Damen, Suite 205, Chicago, IL
 South side locations
 Current CIDA member plans:
 Wrigley will have a speaker (Michael Reed, Research Fellow) present to
our Project Visible Man group on December 1.
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11. Young Leaders Exposure Outings
Opportunities
 These outings expose UCAN’s young people to business professionals in
order to further their understanding of what it takes to succeed in the
workplace.
 This opportunity allows a company the chance to share knowledge and
history of the company as well as to discuss individual success stories.
 The outings are designed to improve work ethics and to create career
focus through career development and leadership training.
 By introducing UCAN’s young people to various industries, organizations,
lines of work and functions, they are enabled to learn about and to explore
potential career directions, in addition to being motivated towards
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12. Young Leaders Exposure Outings
Commitment
Two hours per outing (10a-12p or 1-3p any Wednesday or Friday) at your
location, agenda items to be determined individually.
3-6staff engaging volunteers who would like to become involved with our
young leaders. We are looking for a broad range of career and education
backgrounds. Varied backgrounds welcome.
Current CIDA member plans:
 Wrigley held an outing October 27th at their Global Innovation Center
from 1-3 pm for six of our young people. Three staff members will
accompany the young leaders.
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13. UCAN Staff Training & Development
Opportunities
 This is a great one time or ongoing opportunity to share your expertise and
coach UCAN staff in an area that lights your passion.
 Diversity and inclusion best practice strategies
 Financial literacy workshops
 Leadership development
 Focus on women in leadership roles
 Professional mentoring
 Skill building and techniques at department meetings
 Speed mentoring
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14. UCAN Staff Training & Development
Commitment
Average of two hours per training; agenda items to be determined individually
Current CIDA member plans:
 Dennis Brennan: Director of Inclusion at McDonald's Corporation spoke
to UCAN’s mid and upper management about Diversity and Inclusion in
September.
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15. How you can help
 Make a donation
 Apply for a matching gift through your organization
 Help us develop collaborations and partnerships
 Consider leaving UCAN a gift in your estate
 Volunteer with one of our programs
 Mentor a youth
 Attend one of our events
 Network with UCAN on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube
 Join our monthly e-newsletter list
 Contact your legislator about issues affecting human services
 Spread the news about UCAN and its work
Help support our mission to build strong youth and families through
compassionate healing, education and empowerment
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16. Corporate and foundation partners
J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation Healthcare Foundation of Highland Park
Field Foundation of Illinois
Diermeier Family Foundation
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17. Contacts
Ellen Acevedo Rebecca Faulk
Peer Mentor & Educational Director, Development
Coordinator 773-290-5086
312.738.5911 faulkr@ucanchicago.org
acevedoe@ucanchicago.org
3737 N. Mozart Street
Chicago, IL 60618
www.ucanchicago.org
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