Community Matters | Issues that Matter | 2016 Winter Special Edition

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aking Broward a better place to live demands more than talk. It requires bold leadership that confronts the biggest issues in a community that is home to one in every ten Floridians.

As one of the nation’s fastest growing counties, our population of 1.8 million residents is larger than 12 U.S. states. We are also Florida’s most diverse region, with 128 languages spoken in Broward homes.

This diversity sparks innovation and development, yet we face deep economic and cultural divides. Our community is known for welcoming older residents, but spends just 2% of county dollars on their care. We have vast natural beauty and a great climate, yet we face the nation’s most difficult environmental challenges. And despite no income tax, we have a higher cost of living and lower wage than the national average.

To capitalize on Broward’s strengths and overcome its challenges, the Foundation will lead partnerships that set audacious goals and commit to their achievement. For the last year, the Community Foundation of Broward asked Fundholders, community leaders, field experts and fellow residents what they see as our most urgent challenges as a community. At the same time, we scrutinized the most recent and reliable local and national research to compare this data with what we heard.

What emerged were ten of the most pressing issues Broward faces. These issues matter to you and so they matter to us. We will focus our grantmaking and community leadership on these Issues that Matter to achieve real and lasting impact. In the next five years, we will invest $50 million to do so.

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Economic Independence

• There is an urgent need for action to improve lives and community vitality

Dignity in Aging

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Art of Community

• Increased coordination, resources, awareness and leadership is needed to get the job done

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• The Foundation can make a difference by supporting one or all of the above

• Our Fundholders care deeply about these issues

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Join us and together we can make this community a beacon of prosperity, equity and harmony. For Good. For Ever.

2030 1.92M

Animal Welfare

Snapshot

Projected Population growth (millions)

1.87M

School is Cool

None of the issues outlined here have an easy fix. All of them require building consensus and the forging of community partnerships. So why these issues? Our answer is:

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2040 1.98M

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Ethnic/Race Demographics

Median single-family home cost:

White non-Hispanic

43%

$290,000

Black non-Hispanic

25%

up 6% from 2014

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Current population density:

Median household income:

1,445 residents/sqm

51,694

Age Distribution < 18 18-24 25-44 45-64 < 65

22.4%

8.4%

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Cost of living

27.2%

27.7%

14.3%

6 ft above sea level

April 2014 - April 2015

25% Asian

3%

Two or More Races

3%

American Indian and Alaska Native

0.3%

Rent

Food

6.2%

2.1%

Medical

Gas

2.2%

32%

Work to do

15% of residents live in poverty 1 in 3 residents are overweight or obese

88% of Broward’s coastline is degrading

Average elevation:

Hispanic or Latino of any race

Source: Broward County 2015

There are

128 languages

spoken in Broward County

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ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

Issues ART OF COMMUNITY Browardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1.8 million residents from different countries, states, and socioeconomic cultures makes us larger than 12 states and the most diverse County in Florida. This rich diversity can fragment Broward into isolated and unconnected groups. Art provides a universal language to help residents engage with each other and their community.

More than half of Broward workers are employed in low-wage jobs with stagnant income growth. In the last five years the cost of basic housing, child care, transportation, food, and health care in our community increased by 13%. These factors make the cost of living in our community difficult to meet for the 15% of Broward residents living in poverty. With the right support these residents can avoid the pitfalls of perpetual dependency on financial aid and become or remain economically independent.

young people who participate in the arts at least 3

days a week for 1 year are

A minimum wage earner must work

97

4x

more likely to perform community service

hours per week

to afford an average Broward apartment.

OUR GOAL: To nurture civic engagement and

OUR GOAL: Stabilize families in crisis and provide

bring diverse residents, sectors and organizations together by use of the arts to address problems and bridge, bond, and build community.

support systems to improve their economic situation to break the cycle of dependency and move toward economic independence.

SCHOOL IS COOL Twenty-five U.S. school districts produce 1/5 of all U.S. high school dropouts. Broward is one of them. Research tells us that middle school is a fork in the road for school and graduation success or failure.

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One in three Broward adults are overweight and are obese. One in seven Broward kids is overwe obese. More than 20% of children and 25% of a active for less than one hour a week. If current continue, 51% of our population will be obese b

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in our community are

OUR GOAL: School is Cool aims to increase high school graduation rates to 90% by focusing on middle school success.

Students Who Fail to Graduate on Time

BROWARD PRIDE Broward County has the most same-sex households in Florida and continues to be a leader in civil rights advocacy for the LGBTQ community.

Despite this, the LGBTQ community continues to experience discrimination and significant health and economic disparities.

OUR GOAL: Support LGBTQ issues in the areas of civil rights, tolerance, the arts, wellness and economic success.

Broward has more same sex couples than any county in Florida

overweight or obese

OUR GOAL: To combat which prevent access to healthy order to reduce obesity in yout

that Matter YOUTH WORk

ECO BROWARD

Youth unemployment in Broward continues to increase despite employers reporting a need for young employees. Employers cite a lack of critical life and soft skills (social skills such as cooperation and flexibility) as key barriers to employment.

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Top

employers look for when hiring

73% 73% 72% 66% 60%

work ethic dependability positive attitude self motivated team oriented

OUR GOAL: To develop critical life and soft skills for young people (14-21) through paid and unpaid opportunities to help them transition to adult full-time work.

88%

The 2014 Coastal Evaluation Report found that 88% of Broward’s coastline is degrading and eroding and sea level rise is projected to cost Broward more than $5 billion by 2035. At the same time indigenous habitats are at critically low levels and our air, water and soil qualities continue to decline at an alarming rate.

OUR GOAL: To increase our community’s environmental stewardship through educational programs, restoration, and conservation projects that yield positive and valuable economic, health, and environmental outcomes.

of Broward’s coastline is degrading

CANCEL CANCER In 2016, 28,000 new cancer cases are projected to be diagnosed in Broward. The highest incidence rates are in breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancers. Five in every ten of these patients will experience psychological distress and financial burden.

OUR GOAL: To support research and promising clinical trials on the most prevalent and deadliest cancers and provide financial support to cancer patients and their families.

Projected 2016 cases of Broward’s most common cancers

Breast Lung

1,294

1,160

prostate

1,135

colorectal

847

Animal Welfare

d 25% eight or adults are trends by 2030.

In Broward more than 30,000 domesticated animals become homeless and 12,000 native wild animals need care annually.

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the cultural, physical and economic barriers y, nutritional choices and active lifestyles in th and adults.

30,000 domesticated animals Enter a Broward Shelter Annually

To ignite efforts to increase the community’s capacity to care for both wild and domesticated animals.

DIGNITY IN AGING

number of South Florida

Seniors Receving

Food Stamps

Florida has the highest concentration of older Americans in the country and Broward has Florida’s fastest growing population of people over 85. More than half report they need help with everyday activities. Elder services receive just 2% of County dollars, the lowest of all seven of the County’s focus areas.

36,000

OUR GOAL: To update systems, connect access points, and strengthen programs to meet the growing needs of the rapidly expanding population of residents over 80.

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We’re on it

We are already working to address Issues that Matter by raising community awareness and building the partnerships necessary to tackle each issue. Our Fundholders are working side-by-side with us in this effort and investing in programs focused on these challenges. Here are just a few examples:

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(Broward Fit)

DIGNITY IN AGING

A family medical scare focused the Hudson family on the importance of health to the well-being of individuals, families and community. The experience led them to look for ways to improve resident health through their Fund at the Community Foundation.

Foundation staff advised the greatest impact would be achieved in disease prevention, particularly chronic diseases caused by overweight and obesity in young people.

The health implications of being an overweight youth are sobering, with an unhealthy weight being linked to more than 20 chronic diseases and illnesses including, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Beyond health outcomes, youth obesity results in $14.1 billion in additional prescription drugs, emergency room and outpatient visit costs annually. Even academic performance declines for youth who are overweight.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention cites a lack of nutritional and physical activity education combined with barriers to affordable fresh foods and outdoor exercise as central to the growing problem of obesity. Integrating this data into a local program led Foundation staff to work with FLIPANY, a local nonprofit focused on nutrition and physical activity.

The plan was to develop a program addressing the Hudson family’s goals with a program based on best practices and the latest data. The results led to a grant being made from the Hudson Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward to FLIPANY for a childhood weight management intervention. The $20,000 grant incorporated nutritional education, dietary counseling, promotion of physical activity, and structured exercise. Participants also received family behavioral modification counseling with a mental health professional to encourage healthy habits.

Ms. Belulah Washington and family with Rebuilding Together of Broward County volunteers.

The Erwin M. Vasquez, M.D. and Elaine Vasquez Family Foundation Fund in honor of Doctors Natalie A. and Oscar Nadeau was created at the Foundation to help senior residents receive the care they need as they age. Fundholder, Elaine Vasquez is pleased the Foundation is leading more people to focus on the social service needs of aging adults and shaping projects that honor the Nadeau name and legacy of care for Broward’s oldest residents.

“No issue is more important to me than support for Broward’s older residents. We must help those who built our community continue to live as independently as possible.”

- Elaine Vasquez, Fundholder.

Charitable Fund Manager, Amanda Kah recently crafted a grant from Elaine’s Fund to nonprofit, Rebuilding Together Broward County. The grant helped aging residents remain in their homes by providing repairs that improved safety and accommodated their changing needs.

Remaining in their home is a hot button issue for many of Broward’s seniors. According to the AARP, nearly 90% of seniors want to stay in their own home as they age. Current estimates also project that agingin-place reduces costs of care by as much as 75%.

The Word is Out In the month of January, the Foundation held

12 292

information sessions

The FLIPANY program provides education on inexpensive healthy alternatives to convenience, or “fast foods.”

Results have been impressive, as 88% of participants lost weight, 67% increased healthy eating habits and 68% increased their physical fitness.

“We must address Broward’s skyrocketing obesity rate or future generations will pay a terrible price. I’m proud the Hudson Family Fund is on the front lines of this fight through our Community Foundation Fund.”

- Steve Hudson, Fundholder

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ECO BROWARD Fundholder, Ginny Miller believes, “ecological education and the protection of native wildlife are essential to the quality of life in Broward.”

Knowing the importance Fundholders, Ginny and husband, Tom, place on Broward’s ecology and the need to bring scale to such a complex issue, Foundation staff began to look for other Fundholders who echoed their interest in environmental protection. The search identified common ground and many similar values in the Frederick W. Jaqua Fund. The match gave life to a $20,000 grant to the National Wildlife Federation to create 100 pollinator gardens throughout Broward schools, and public places.

The new gardens support indigenous pollinators essential to urban vegetable gardening, provide community green spaces, and are used as ecology education classrooms for Broward school children.

The gardens address the critical issue of falling pollination levels due to destruction of the habitats of native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Centennial Habitat Gardens eliminate the use of chemicals (pesticides and herbicides) and enrich soil with organic compost. Each of the gardens provides food, water, cover, and places for wildlife to thrive and include Florida native nectar producing plants and milkweed, an essential host plant for the monarch butterfly.

Tom and Ginny Miller, Fundholders.

34 U.S. animals are threatened due to insufficient pollination.

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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

What Issues Matter toYou

Do Issues that Matter speak to your

interests and values? Or, perhaps you

nonprofit and community partners.

have another cause or issue you wish

Representatives included

journey through a gift from your estate

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organizations

that have never worked with us before.

Sessions outlined the clarity of purpose behind each issue and how partners can work together to achieve community-wide impact. Find out more at cfbroward.org/issuesthatmatter

to support through your philanthropy? If you’re ready to begin your philanthropic plan or by opening a Fund today, contact us at 954.761.9503. We’re here to help you create a personalized charitable Fund that delivers game-changing philanthropic impact. For Good. For Ever.

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