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United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County unites the community to identify and solve our most critical issues. We are dedicated to improving people's lives and creating community-level change. Our work includes leading cross-sector collaborations, advocating for public policy changes and investing in programs that prevent problems from happening in the first place for those in need. Our strategy for improving quality of life and advancing the greater good involves focusing in four impact areas: 1.)

Ready Children - preparing children for kindergarten; 2.) Successful Students - empowering students to graduate and reach their full potential; 3.) Strong Individuals and Families - helping individuals and families become self-sufficient 4.) Safety Net - addressing urgent and essential needs for those in crisis.

Help Me Grow (HMG) Bexar County is a free, family information and referral line designed to promote the optimal development of young children by:

• Linking families to information and community resources related to child development and parenting
• Providing Developmental Screening and connection to appropriate services and interventions
• Providing personalized care coordination
• Creating and facilitating partnerships within the community to improve the availability and quality of services for families.

The Program Director, under the direction of the Vice President of Ready Children, is part of a collaborative team responsible for planning and implementing UWSA’s Ready Children Impact Area’s strategies and contributes his/her expertise in early childhood to carry out the goals of the organization. The Help Me Grow Program Director is responsible for planning, developing, refining, coordinating the implementation of, and collaboratively evaluating Help Me Grow (HMG).

The Program Director holds the overall coordination responsibility of all HMG components and strategies, and has primary responsibility for community collaboration, sustainability, fiscal management, policy advocacy and HMG system infrastructure development. This position is a supervisory role, providing oversight for the Care Coordinator.

• Provide strategic direction for the ongoing development and implementation of HMG Bexar County, including establishing priorities, guiding program operations, coordinating system infrastructure, supporting policy and procedure development, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and funder expectations.
• Collaborate with UWSA staff and interagency partners to plan and coordinate future initiatives, strengthen agency teams and partnerships, align service delivery, support seamless cross-program referrals, and integrate HMG across UWSA departments, impact areas, and initiatives.
• Manage the HMG budget and monitor program expenditures.
• Lead program evaluation and continuous quality improvement by maintaining and analyzing program and community data, assessing service effectiveness and emerging trends, recommending program, policy, and advocacy improvements, and drafting required quarterly, annual, and cross-initiative reports.
• Supervise and support team of HMG Care Coordinators. Ensure that staff are developed and coached to ensure professional growth to strengthen team and organizational capacity, and advocate for access to appropriate professional development opportunities. Ensure compliance with grant deliverables and conduct annual performance evaluations.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with Ready Children Impact Area partners, Ready
  
  KidSA Coalition, Early Matters, 2-1-1, Dual Generation Initiative, HOPES, Family Resource Center, MIECHV, SMVF, Help Me Grow partners, healthcare providers, and other community…