The Board of Directors for the United Way of Central Louisiana has voted to readmit the Boys and Girls Club of Central Louisiana as a member agency.

The decision came amid the overall funding decisions for the 2010 calendar year.  Because campaign reports from several companies arrived later than usual, the United Way chose to wait until late January to make funding decisions.

Allocations to local nonprofits for 2010 are as follows:

• 2-1-1 Information and Referral:$ 20,000
• American Red Cross, Cenla Chapter:$ 105,000
• Avoyelles Society for the Developmentally Disabled:$ 11,700
• Boy Scouts Louisiana Purchase Council:$ 45,800
• Boys and Girls Club:$ 35,000
• Family Counseling Agency:
  • General Counseling:$ 49,700
  • Sexual Assault Program:$ 14,600
  • Turning Point Shelter for Battered Women:$ 31,400
• Girl Scouts, Pines to the Gulf Council:$ 55,000
• Hope House:
  • Children’s Services:$ 12,000
  • Housing for Homeless Women:$  58,000
• Imagination Library:about $ 25,000*
• Partners in Literacy:$ 25,700
• Rapides Children’s Advocacy Center:
  • CASA program:$ 10,000
  • Children’s Advocacy:$ 46,600
• Reading Education for Adult Development (READ):$ 14,500
• Salvation Army:
  • Emergency Shelter, Day Shelter:$ 105,100
  • Women’s Emergency Shelter$ 5,000
• Volunteers of America:
  • Early Childhood Initiative:$ 56,000**
  • Housing for the Mentally Ill: $ 15,000
  • Pregnancy & Adoption Services:$ 35,000
• YMCA:
  • Membership Subsidies:$ 7,700
  • Youth Development:$ 24,000
• YWCA:$ 68,000

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Agency funding for 2010:$ 875,800

* The Imagination Library provides books to preschool children under age 5 and is funded through grants and sponsorships.  Exact funding depends on the number of children enrolled; at this writing enrollment tops 800 children.  To date the program is available to families in Rapides Parish and Avoyelles Parish.  United Way of Central Louisiana invites interested potential sponsors from all Cenla parishes to inquire about starting the program in any Cenla parish.

** The Early Childhood Initiative is funded through United Way reserves, grants, and other contributions designated for the purpose.

The above funding is made from undesignated gifts to the United Way.  In addition, some donors designate their gifts to specific agencies or areas of interest.

The United Way of Central Louisiana funds services in nine parishes through 17 member agencies.  The organization is local and independent, with a local board of 28 people to ensure accountability.Find out more on our Funded Programs link.