Talk:USA Cares

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Justlettersandnumbers in topic Updating the USA Cares page

Updating the USA Cares page

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I work at USA Cares and noticed our wikipedia page is extremely out of date. I am reaching out to those who have recently edited our page to see if you would read through, suggest edits, and possibly post updated information about our organization. Here is the updated content if anyone would be willing to participate! Thank you in advance. :)

USA Cares is a ... non-profit organization and support system helping post-9/11 veterans and their families. Between 2011-2021, USA Cares provided $9,348,429.36 in financial assistance to military households with 17,442 bills essential to their health and well-being. Based on 2021 audited financial statements, USA Cares functional allocation for programs and services is 85.42%. <redacted>

History

<redacted> The organization became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and changed its name to USA Cares. Since its inception, USA Cares has assisted more than 100,000 veterans and service members in all 50 states and several U.S. territories.

Programs

Military Assistance Response Program

With a goal to create stability and help reduce potential factors that lead to veteran suicide, this program assists ... facing temporary hardships such as eviction, auto repossession, utility and phone shut off, and inability to feed their families. Financial assistance is given in the form of a grant that does not need to be repaid and is issued directly to the service provider. The objective of the early intervention is to proactively prevent further financial distress, homelessness, and other risk[s].

Career Transition Program

This program helps prepare transitioning military service members ...

CSP Corporate Fellowship

<redacted> This course is designed for loan officers, realtors and other housing professionals working with military borrowers. The course explains military ranks, pay scales and terms so that housing professionals can better service military borrowers.

National Spokesman

Bryan Anderson serves as USA Cares’ national spokesman. The author, actor, motivational speaker, athlete and Army Veteran lost both his legs and left hand in an IED explosion in Baghdad, Iraq in 2005. He was awarded a Purple Heart and continues to share his story to help inspire others.

Chapters Program

To expand its national presence, USA Cares started its chapters program. There are currently 22 chapters in 17 states and are working on starting new chapters every day.

Ratings and Recognition

USA Cares was recognized in Newsweek’s 20th Anniversary of 9/11 article as one of only six well-regarded nonprofits serving post 9/11 military families. In 2022, the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance reviewed USA Cares and determined it met all 20 of their Standards for Charity Accountability. That same year, USA Cares received Candid’s (formerly Guidestar) Platinum Seal of Transparency as well as a four-star rating from Charity Navigator. USA Cares was named one of Louisville Business First’s 2022 Best Places to Work in Greater Louisville organization. TBCUSAC (talk) 17:15, 1 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

For Ratings & Recognition section:
https://www.newsweek.com/2021/09/17/how-you-can-still-help-9-11-victims-eight-charities-that-provide-ongoing-support-1627547.html
https://give.org/charity-reviews/national/Veterans-and-Military/USA-Cares-in-Louisville-ky-856
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/050588761
https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2022/06/06/best-places-to-work-in-greater-louisville.html TBCUSAC (talk) 17:33, 1 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
  Not done: Sorry, but the content you propose is promotional in tone, is totally devoid of citations to independent reliable sources, and contains substantial copyright violations from https://usacares.org/programs/ or some similar source (which I'll remove in a moment). It cannot be published in this project. Wikipedia is not a website host but an encyclopaedia, and does not tolerate promotion of any kind – even for charitable enterprises.
If there are errors or omissions of basic verifiable fact in the page, please mention them here, together with the independent sources that confirm what you're saying. This process is gravely back-logged, so you may need to wait quite a while for any response. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:27, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply