At United Way of Siouxland, our mission is rooted in providing comprehensive, actionable data to empower and support our community. We use this data to identify and invest in local programs that deliver the greatest impact, ensuring resources are directed where they are needed most. Additionally, this valuable data is made available to local organizations to support their grant writing and strategic planning efforts, helping to strengthen our collective impact.
KEY DATA SOURCES:
Source For Siouxland
Source For Siouxland is a collaborative, strategic community planning initiative for Siouxland. United Way of Siouxland helps support this program and serves as the fiscal agent for the initiative.
Key goals of the project are:
- To collect and share local, vetted, data with the entire Siouxland community
- Maximize use of data for expanded grant opportunities to support our community
- Help identify community issues and potential solutions
Local data is collected in five areas: Economic Stability, Education, Health, Safety, and Quality of Life.
Source for Siouxland involves dozens of community partners including Catholic Charities, Great Plains ToP, Growing Community Connections, Helios Foundation, One Siouxland, SHIP, Siouxland CARES, Siouxland Community Foundation, Siouxland District Health Department, and United Way of Siouxland.
A copy of Source for Siouxland's 2024 Community Well-Being & Data Report can be found by clicking here.
Monthly impact fact sheets are developed to educate the community about local data trends.
Fact sheets can be found by clicking here.
United Way ALICE Report for Iowa
ALICE, Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed, places a spotlight on a large population of hardworking residents who work at low-paying jobs, have little or no savings, and are one emergency away from falling into poverty.
The United Way ALICE Report is the most comprehensive depiction of financial needs in the state to date, using data from a variety of sources, including the US Census. Data is available on the state, county and municipal level. The report unveils new measures, based on present-day income levels and expenses that show how many Iowa workers are struggling financially, and why.
ALICE represents a growing number of individuals and families who are working but are unable to afford the basic necessities of housing, food, childcare, health care and transportation. Although ALICE is earning income, pays taxes and contributes to Iowa’s economy, the household income is not enough to meet a basic survival budget in these categories.
