Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/21/2012

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Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Deployment Cycle Support Fact Sheet Sep 16, 2011 Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a comprehensive program that creates awareness for the purpose of connecting Servicemembers and their families with community support, training, services and resources. We do this by 1. Creating awareness through the Yellow Ribbon Community Campaign and synchronizing sustainable community support networks. 2. Connecting and coordinating organizations, agencies, and companies to provide resources and support to Servicemembers and their families. 3. Delivering a series of formal Yellow Ribbon Training events to Servicemembers and their families before, during and after deployment. 4. Providing an opportunity for Minnesotans to support Servicemembers and their families. Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is united to bring Servicemembers all the way home. The Yellow Ribbon Community Campaign is made up of the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network and the Yellow Ribbon Recognition Program. • Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Network: Sustainable relationship between military personnel and key community leaders, resource providers and volunteers within defined areas throughout the community that provide locally accessible resources that meet baseline needs. • Yellow Ribbon Recognition Program: Governor's recognition program to recognize communities who create action plans, throughout defined areas within the community, which demonstrate sustainable commitment to Servicemembers and Military Family Members. — Yellow Ribbon outreach is designed to increase the awareness of the challenges Servicemembers and especially, families face as a result of the deployments. Minnesota does not have a large military presence and the facilities and services that are available on active duty instillations are not available to our veterans. — To meet the needs of Servicemembers and families, many communities are organizing their efforts. —A common theme is that Minnesotans want to support the troops but don't know how. The Yellow Ribbon Outreach creates awareness and creates a network of support within the community. In so doing, all Minnesotans have the opportunity to serve. — The gateway to find your local Yellow Ribbon Network is through a Family Assistance Center. All location information is at: http: / /www b yr.org /family - assistance- centers —After September 16, 2011, 95 entities will have been proclaimed Yellow Ribbon individually or as a group. Included in that total are: 71 cities, 15 companies, and 8 counties. — December 2008 Farmington became Minnesota's first Yellow Ribbon City. — Marvin Windows and Target Corporation became Minnesota's first Yellow Ribbon Corporations in June, 2009, 3M became a Yellow Ribbon Corporation in September, 2009. — On January 5, 2010 -13 more entities became Yellow Ribbon... - Yellow Ribbon Cities: Hugo, Stillwater, Woodbury. - Yellow Ribbon Counties: Washington, Isanti. - Yellow Ribbon Churches: North Heights Lutheran Church, Arden Hills; St. John Neumann, Eagan. - Yellow Ribbon Companies: Cub, Stillwater; Disabled Veterans Rest Camp of Washington County, Hugo; Baskfield and Associates, Rogers; Faelon Partners LTD/ Today's Business Radio LLC, Golden Valley; Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, headquartered in St. Paul and on 32 public colleges and universities on 54 campuses across Minnesota. - Yellow Ribbon Campus: Rasmussen College. — July 2010, in a private Welcome Home Ceremony, Montevideo was proclaimed.