Community Needs Assessment

Unicorn Children's Foundation with Community Partners conducted a Community Needs Assessment in Palm Beach County to capture data on the “state of special needs” in the community and streamline data sharing among organizations.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats for Individuals with Special Needs: Recommendations for an Improved System of Care:
https://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/uploads/1/0/8/1/108108451/pbc_community_needs_assessment_system_model_recommendations.pdf

Developing Comprehensive Services for Individuals with Special Needs: A Business Plan 2015:
https://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/uploads/1/0/8/1/108108451/pbc_community_needs_assessment_business_plan.pdf

Description of Funding Streams for Services for Individuals with Special Needs:
https://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/uploads/1/0/8/1/108108451/pbc_community_needs_assessment_funding_streams.pdf

ROTARACT

Our Program Operations Coordinator, Ivonne Rodriguez, with an awesome group of ROTARACT FAU students willing to learn and serve in their community!

Thank you Café Med Ristorante!!

Thank you to Claude DuBois and Café Med Ristorante at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach for their contribution to help kids with special needs excel in our community.  Please join us on January 24^th for the Night of the Super Tuscan Wine Dinner benefitting Unicorn Children’s Foundation.

2nd Annual Town Hall on Special Needs and Disability in Palm Beach County Photos

Check out the photos from last night's Town Hall on Special Needs and Disability

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The State of Special Needs & Disability in Palm Beach County

Unicorn Children’s Foundation will be hosting a Town Hall meeting on The State of Special Needs and Disability in Palm Beach County on Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach.  More than 100 representatives of the community, including County and State legislators, are expected to attend.  Join us as we report on the accomplishments of the Special Needs Advisory Coalition of Palm Beach County (SNAC of PBC) during the course of the past year as well as present priorities and strategies for the upcoming year as we seek to transform the current system of care for our most vulnerable citizens. 

For the past year, over 250 participants representing more than 100 private, public and civic organizations, as well as parents and individuals challenged by special needs, have come together monthly to discuss experiences, concerns, ideas, and potential solutions to address the critical gaps and barriers to meaningful inclusion within the greater community.  A business plan was presented at the 2015 Town Hall which was the product of a year-long collaborative Community Needs Assessment on Special Needs and Disability.  With a thorough understanding of the landscape of special needs service, we can collectively reframe the system that keeps individuals with special needs and disabilities isolated, unfulfilled and unproductive and create a model community that will be emulated and replicated. 

Thank You for Supporting Giving Tuesday

We seriously have the GREATEST supporters in the world!! Thank you so much for your generosity and support this #GivingTuesday. Together, we EXCEEDED our goal and raised over $2500 thanks to a match made by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation!! A very special thank you to Max Tucci who hosted the Facebook Fundraiser page for us!! What a phenomenal success! Thank you all for helping us make a difference.

Incubator of not-for-profit special needs programs

Your gift today helps us raise funds for our incubator of not-for-profit special needs programs. We are establishing a collaborative fund that will be supported by like-minded funders to provide financial and administrative assistance to innovative and emerging programs that address the gaps identified through community needs assessments and conversations.

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Help Raise Funds for our Unicorn Village Academy Scholarship Fund

Your gift today helps us raise funds for our Unicorn Village Academy Scholarship Fund. We manage a scholarship fund to help students develop a passionate interest in an area where they can find success upon completion of high school at the Unicorn Village Academy, a community based life-skills, academic, and career academy for neurodiverse youth.

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WE DID IT!!!

Thanks to your generous support, we reached our goal of $1000!!! That is AMAZING!! We are so lucky to have supporters like you.

Every dollar counts. Help us continue to make a difference for individuals with neurodiversity. #GivingTuesday is still going strong! Can we hit $1500 by midnight?

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Help Fund an Early Start Denver Model Parent Training Scholarship

Your gift today helps us raise funds for an Early Start Denver Model Parent Training Scholarship. We manage a scholarship fund to help parents implement the teaching of crucial developmental skills in a child’s everyday routines.

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Help Support Community Conversations

Your gift today helps us raise funds for our Community Conversations. These are a regular convening of representatives from the public and private sector who have an interest in special needs services and supports to encourage cooperation, collaboration and coordination of efforts to create a comprehensive continuum of care.

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Greg Wants You to Donate on Giving Tuesday

Our President Gregory Fried encourages you to participate in #GivingTuesday!

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Help Max Raise $1000

Help Max Tucci raise $1000 for Unicorn Children's Foundation in honor of #GivingTuesday!!

Today, the Gates Foundation will match donations to this fundraiser up to $1,000. Facebook is waiving all fees.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/10211006420260316/

Creating Compassionate Children

Your gift today helps us raise funds for our Creating Compassionate Children Campaign™. This is a distribution of a character development curriculum designed to help students create a culture of understanding, acceptance, inclusion, and respect by encouraging meaningful change in preschool and elementary school classrooms. In doing so, we can foster caring peer support and eliminate bullying.

http://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/event/givingtuesday

Gates Foundation Will Match!

Thank you to Max Tucci for creating this amazing fundraising page for us for #GivingTuesday!!

Today, the Gates Foundation will match donations to this fundraiser up to $1,000. Facebook is waiving all fees.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/10211006420260316/

It's Giving Tuesday... Do You C.A.R.E.?

• Connect the community

• Advocate for special needs

• Resources for families

• Everyone can make a difference

1 out of 6 of your neighbors, employees, family members or friends has been devastated by the news that their child has special needs and their hopes and dreams are forever altered. These families struggle in their search to find help and these children are isolated from the larger community. Your gift today can help rebuild dreams and hopes by connecting families to resources and assuring that no child remains voiceless and alone.

I’ve joined the global giving movement #GivingTuesday! Join me by uploading #UNselfies and using the hashtag #GivingTuesday to let us know how YOU'RE giving this year!

http://www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org/event/givingtuesday

#ucfoundation #givingtuesday #neurodiversity #unselfie #unselfies #givingback #philanthropy

Special Needs Advisory Coalition Community Conversation: Health & Social/Recreational Panel

Thank you to everyone who attended our Special Needs Advisory Coalition Community Conversation: Health & Social/Recreational Panels yesterday afternoon!

Thanks for the Shout Out C.C. Chapman!

Our ‪#‎GreatGive15‬ memes got a shout out on this national blog!!

http://www.cc-chapman.com/2015/savvy-nonprofits-use-content-marketing-to-raise-millions-during-give-local-america-2015/

That's a Wrap!!

Thank you to everyone who donated and shared our posts. We truly appreciate every single one of you. Thank you for believing in us.

#GreatGive15

The Final Hour

We are in the final hour of #GreatGive15!!!

Get your last minute donations in: https://greatgiveflorida.org/#npo/the-unicorn-childrens-foundation-inc