COLLABORATIONS

Because we are better together

Community Conversations

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As an ongoing process, to keep a pulse on the issues surrounding the community, United Way of Greater Lafayette holds community conversations with a range of community members in Tippecanoe County. Using an outward turning approach and kitchen table style conversations, participants answer a series of questions in hopes of documenting their aspirations for the Greater Lafayette community. Main concerns in the conversations have included: mental health & substance use, crime and drugs, diversity and inclusion, communication about events and services, accessibility/transportation and youth engagement.  These themes help us derive our strategic priorities for the newly created RFP process. United Way has made it a priority to continue these types of conversations to evaluate the needs and service gaps in the community.

United Way’s goal is to meet with a diverse group of people with different thoughts and ideals on an ongoing basis. If you have a group you think would be interested in participating you may request a conversation. Click above to schedule a conversation.

Resilience & Recovery Network

The Tippecanoe County Opioid Taskforce is a community collaboration to address substance use and mental health needs in our community. The community is focusing around four key areas: prevention, treatment, recovery, and law enforcement. There have been some key projects that have come out of the collaboration such as the Quick Response Team, and various collaborations on grant proposals to benefit the community. We have implemented the Strategic Doing approach to complex community collaborations in order to continue moving forward as a community to address this difficult issue.

Mental Healthcare Forum

The Mental Healthcare Forum was a gathering of leaders who aimed to address the shortage of mental health workforce, reimbursement rates, and the continuum of care for individuals receiving services. Through community collaborations, the MHA Mental Health Navigator program and NAMI Trusted Mentor program came about.  It also influenced the creation of a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at Purdue University, with partners stepping up to provide start-up funding and scholarships for local individuals interested in obtaining additional training. The group also advocated for legislation.

Solutions Beyond Shelter

In 2012 a steering committee was formed to conduct a thorough, thoughtful and intentional exploration of implementation strategies to prevent and end homelessness. This process was called a Charrette. The Charrette was conducted by Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) and began with community meetings to narrow down key issue areas around homelessness in Tippecanoe County and the surrounding areas. Once the key areas had been selected an intense week long Charrette process ensued as a method to analyze, discern and make difficult decisions about moving forward on complicated and complex issues. The meetings were open to the public and all input and recommendations from community members went into the final recommendations from Corporation for Supportive Housing. This Solutions Beyond Shelter plan has been used to create implementation strategies to address, prevent, and end homelessness in our community. One key project coming from this work is the Engagement Center which celebrated its grand opening in January 2020. Read the final plan here Solutions Beyond Shelter Final Report

Community Commitment to Education (CCTE)

Community Commitment to Education is a collective impact committee led by United Way of Greater Lafayette, Greater Lafayette Commerce, and our three local school corporations to address third grade reading achievement. 

The group first focused on early grade reading by developing and launching the Read to Succeed program in 2011. This initiative places volunteers in local K-3 classrooms for one hour per week to assist students in growing their reading skills so they can be reading on grade level by the end of third grade, an important predictor of high school graduation. 

During the fall of 2014, they piloted bornlearning Academy®. This program was started to immerse families in their local schools and teach them how to become their children’s first and best teachers.

More than 70 local businesses and non-profit organizations support Community Commitment to  Education by providing volunteers for Read to Succeed, pledging to adopt education friendly business practices, or making a financial contribution to support program efforts.

Community Commitment to Education has also served as a think tank regarding education in our community and has considered or implemented other work such as On My Way Pre-K.

SingleCare (Formerly FamilyWize)

United Way of Greater Lafayette partners with SingleCare (formerly FamilyWize) to provide access to affordable prescription medications in order to ensure greater health and financial stability to community members.

The SingleCare Prescription Savings Card:

The SingleCare prescription savings card:

  • Always free to use by everyone—just show it to the pharmacist
  • No registration or eligibility requirements. Use it right away!
  • Save up to 80% on 10,000+ prescription medications 
  • Accepted at major pharmacy chains nationwide
  • Sign up on SingleCare.com for additional member savings (earn $1 per eligible script!!)
  • Works whether you’re insured or underinsured 
  • Unlimited uses

How do I get a card?

  • Download and print a card on SingleCare.com
  • Text “family” to 700700 to receive a card on your phone (Message and data rates may apply. SingleCare Terms and Conditions)
  • Download the free SingleCare mobile app from the App Store or Google Play Store.                                


Drug Price LookUp Tool:

  • Check the SingleCare price on your prescriptions by going to SingleCare.com or by downloading the free SingleCare mobile app. Simply enter the drug name, dosage, and zip code to find the lowest price at a nearby pharmacy.

 

HOW IT WORKS

If you have the Price Look-up Tool on your Website:

  • Check the SingleCare price on your prescriptions by going to SingleCare.com or by downloading the free SingleCare mobile app. Simply enter the drug name, dosage, and zip code to find the lowest price at a nearby pharmacy.

Additional Information you can Provide:

How it works:

SingleCare negotiates fair drug prices directly with major pharmacies like CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens. We pass the savings onto our members, free of charge.

To start saving with SingleCare, a member just needs to show the savings card to their pharmacist every time they fill a prescription at a participating pharmacy. The discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

Members can use their card as often as they want. Cards do not expire. Cards may also be used for family members’ prescriptions and shared with friends.