Texas Instruments

Presented By
James
Kalaj

Nathaniel
Smith

Vicky
Hsu

Nathan
Howe

Takaki
Shingaki

To The Dallas Chamber of Commerce for Business Gives Back Competition 2015

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Objective of Proposal .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Why (in Dallas?) ................................................................................................................................. 3
1.3 The Effects of the Proposal ................................................................................................................. 3
1.4 Summation of Proposal ....................................................................................................................... 4
2. Background ............................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Veteran and Active Duty Population in Dallas .................................................................................... 5
2.2 Income & Financial Hardships ............................................................................................................. 5
2.3 Children of Veterans and Active Duty ................................................................................................. 7
3. The Proposal ............................................................................................................................................. 8
3.1 Outline (Camps & Grants) (Nathan) .................................................................................................... 8
3.2 The Camp (Nathan) ............................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 The Grants (Vicky) ............................................................................................................................... 9
3.4 The Effects of Our Military Kids in Dallas ............................................................................................ 9
3.5 Schedule .............................................................................................................................................. 9
4. Budget and Staff (Nathan) ...................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Expenses (Nathan) ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.2 Budget (Nathaniel) ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.2.1 Texas Instruments Role ............................................................................................................. 10
4.2.2 Local Outreach ........................................................................................................................... 10
4.2.3 Volunteers .................................................................................................................................. 10
4.2.4 Budget Management ................................................................................................................. 11
4.3 Staff ................................................................................................................................................... 12
5. Target Questions & Answers................................................................................................................... 13
Liability Form............................................................................................................................................... 14
Authorization Form ..................................................................................................................................... 15
References .................................................................................................................................................. 16

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1. Introduction
1.1 Objective of Proposal
The Project Management Team for Texas Instruments Corporate Citizenship department has
designed a plan to present an initiative for the Dallas Chamber of Commerce concerning children
of veterans and active duty members in Dallas. In collaboration with the non-profit Our Military
Kids, the proposal consists of a camp and a grant system that can potentially have a significant
effect on the goodwill aspect of Dallas and its veterans.

1.2 Why (in Dallas?)

Texas Instruments (T.I.) has long been proud of its participation in corporate citizenship. We
acknowledge the importance of community, and taking care of our community is a priority. Our
award-winning Corporate Citizenship department has focused on education, environment,
giving, and volunteerism. We want to extend our reach to help the children of veterans and active
duty members in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
We have provided numerous grants to programs, leading to an increase in community
investment. Children of veterans and active duty members face emotional and behavioral
problems due to the nature of their parents deployment and health post-war. Our initiative aims
to financially aid these at-risk youth and families, as well as sponsor a camp provide support.

1.3 The Effects of the Proposal

Implementing this project will benefit both the military families and the Dallas community.
While providing these families with resources that would enhance their well-being and life at
home, the Dallas community can further prove itself to be an established and caring community
that takes care of its inhabitants. The implementation of this project will increase the goodwill of
the Dallas area.

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1.4 Summation of Proposal

The Cycle of Betterment illustrates the continuous investment Our Military Kids will bring to
the community at large. The money donated by the city of Dallas will go to the children and their
families and then reinvested into the community through programs that are already in place.
Texas Instruments hopes to support Our Military Kids with the help of both the Chamber of
Commerce and the community as a whole in order to better the lives of the young people who
call Dallas home.

The Cycle of Betterment

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2. Background
2.1 Veteran and Active Duty Population in Dallas
The national percentage of veterans with children is 30.8% according to the U.S. Department of
Veteran Affairs. As of 2013, there are 203,698 veterans living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Using the national percentage, there are an estimated 62,738 veterans that have dependent
children.
The active duty population in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is approximately 1,000, and there are
560 children of active duty members. The reserve population in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is
approximately 11,589, and there are an estimated 15,413 children of reserve members. This
totals to 15,973 total children of active duty and reserve servicemen in the local area.

2.2 Income & Financial Hardships

Veterans and active duty members face various financial issues. Unemployment is a notable
problem, and it is reflected by the 49,933 homeless veterans in America on any given night,
according to the National Coalition of Homeless Veterans. Lower incomes is also a major issue
veterans and active duty members face.
The Statistics Portal reports that the average income of a male veteran is $36,740, and for female
veterans it is $31,365. According to the U.S. Army, the average income of active duty members
can range from about $18,378 to $35,578.80 based on position and years of experience. The
national average income is $50,500. The difference between the national average and the average
of veterans and active duty members are illustrated in the charts below:

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The military does provide wide range of extra compensation, such as allowances for housing and
dependents, and other noncash benefits for active duty members. However, these financial
benefits are not simple. The compensation for children is included within the Basic Allowance of
Housing (BAH), which is a military benefit provided to active duty members who are living offbase. The rates depend on grade and whether the soldier is with or without dependents. It is
important to note that the with dependents rate covers the first dependent. This includes
spouses and children. There will not be extra compensation for added dependents.
These are the 2015 Texas BAH Rates for enlisted soldiers, taken from MilitaryRates.com:
Grade

With Dependents

Without Dependents

E1

$1602.00

$1203.00

E2

$1602.00

$1203.00

E3

$1602.00

$1203.00

E4

$1602.00

$1203.00

E5

$1779.00

$1335.00

E6

$2013.00

$1512.00

E7

$2043.00

$1614.00

E8

$2073.00

$1827.00

E9

$2124.00

$1899.00

Active duty servicemen in Dallas can earn approximately $200 to $500 in extra compensation for
dependents. Active duty servicemen who are located overseas are compensated for dependents
based on the number of dependents under the Overseas Housing Allowance benefit. However,
there are various other financial restrictions that are placed on these families.
Active duty soldiers and their families are relocated every 2 to 3 years. Consequently, it is a
struggle for spouses to maintain jobs because of this lack of permanency. Aside from this
restriction, a major challenge for non-military spouses is child care. The military spouse may
have unpredictable work hours and long absences. The non-military spouse may have to stay at
home to support their childrens daily needs.
Other restrictions may include geographic location, employer needs, and lack of transportation.
Depending on the soldiers location, that area may not have many job opportunities for their
spouse. Employers may also have bias in refraining from hiring a spouse of an active duty
member, because they will probably be only able to work for a short amount of time before they
are relocated again. The military family might only have one car due to moving across states so
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often, and there may not be other sufficient forms of transportation available to commute to
work.

2.3 Children of Veterans and Active Duty

More often than not, the children of servicemen are overlooked when providing aid for social
and emotional issues. These issues include stress of separation, emotional destabilization, and
self-esteem issues that perpetuate lower academic performance. According to Our Military Kids,
79% of children with deployed parents see an increase in stress and anxiety levels.

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3. The Proposal
3.1 Outline (Camps & Grants) (Nathan)
The nonprofit organization that we plan to partner with, Our Military Kids, already has a system
in place in Virginia that has children of veterans participating in a youth sports programs. We
plan to bring this system to Dallas with the help of Our Military Kids. Not only will we bring the
camp to Dallas, but we will also begin offering these children a chance at receiving grants. These
grants vary in purpose from fine arts to education and will allow kids to participate in programs
outside the military kids camp.

3.2 The Camp (Nathan)

These camps provide a variety of sports including basketball, cycling, football, and swimming.
These activities enable participants to meet other children who are in a similar situation as
themselves and allows them to reduce stress by enjoying themselves. Not only that, but all of
these activities are no cost to the parents! Since many veterans face difficulty finding a job, this
camp enables their children to still participate in extracurricular activities.
Once we have enough children sign up, we will
begin the summer camp. At these camps we
will use volunteers as supervisors, most of
whom will come from our company TI. We
decided a 10:1 ratio of volunteers to children
would be a reasonable number and we hope to
have the camp be used for 100 kids so they can
participate in a variety of activities.
The camp would be on weekdays during work
hours, so parents would have a free day care
service. There would be a small recurring cost
for maintenance of the basketball courts, the balls used, the swimming pool and which we
attribute to be less than $10,000 a year. The cost of food to feed 100 people would be about $5
per person per meal. Assuming 2 meals a day over 65 days, the cost would be $650 per child and
almost $65,000 total for the summer. In total the expenses would be at about $70,000 a year.
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3.3 The Grants (Vicky)

The grants to children pay for fees associated with athletic, fine arts, and tutoring programs. Our
Military Kids grants keep military children engaged in activities of their choosing, helping to
relieve the stress of separation from a parent by providing a positive distraction, minimizing
emotional destabilization, building self-esteem, and enabling academic achievement.

3.4 The Effects of Our Military Kids in Dallas

This plans objective is to positively increase the well-being of the children of veterans and
active duty members, financially aid these children to participate in extracurricular activities, and
provide a support system for these children and families in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

3.5 Schedule
These camps will be run during weekdays over the summer. In total it will run about 65 days,
from June to August. The camp will run about 10 hours a day, from 7 am - 5pm. It will begin at
the beginning of the summer through the end. This allows the parents of the children to still
work, while their children are being cared for. This care center is crucial to enabling the parents
to work without having to pay for an expensive day care service.

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4. Budget and Staff (Nathan)

The costs of creating the camp for 100 kids to participate in a variety of activities during
weekdays.

4.1 Expenses (Nathan)

There would be a small recurring cost for maintenance of the basketball courts, the balls used,
the swimming pool and other utilities of around $5,000 a year. The cost of food to feed 100
people would be about $5 per person per meal. Assuming 2 meals a day over 65 days, the cost
would be almost $65,000 for the summer. In total we estimate $70,000 to run the camp, but we
hope this is mostly paid through food donations.

4.2 Budget (Nathaniel)

Like all effective nonprofit programs there must be an effective source of financing in place. Our
military kids operates primarily from donations. Similarly this program seeks to finance itself
through donations as well. Dallas is a huge center for giving with tens of thousands of people
who actively give to charity. In north Texas Giving day in 2014 nonprofits received over $26
million in just 18 hours. It is therefore not unreasonable that through a strong outreach and fund
raising effort the goal of $100,000 can be reached.
4.2.1 Texas Instruments Role
Texas Instruments runs a match donations program through the T.I. Foundation for its
employees. The Texas Instruments foundation also provides grants in the tens of thousands of
dollars for community programs which Our Military Kids will attempt to benefit from. Through
the match donation program Texas Instruments employees donated nearly $5.7 million. Texas
Instruments will encourage the nearly ten thousand employees employed in Dallas to donate
their money to Our Military Kids and will match those donations.
4.2.2 Local Outreach
Our Military Kids will expand its local presence by having volunteers wearing Our Military
Kids shirts attend and solicit local events and organizations respectively. Events to have booths
at and attended include: Plano Balloon Festival, North Texas Giving Day, as well as any other
events and conventions. Organizations to be solicited are primarily Military Affiliated
Organizations and Churches. These volunteers will also encourage people to join Our Military
Kids social media pages to increase their visibility.
4.2.3 Volunteers
Volunteers will be drawn from Texas Instruments, local Veterans Associations, as well as
anyone else willing to help. T.I. employees donated nearly 61,000 hours of their time in 2013
and that number continues to grow. It is therefore not unreasonable that we can draw at least the
ten necessary volunteers for the program from Texas Instruments. Volunteers for the outreach
program will be given training as to what Our Military Kids stands for as an organization as well
as how the program operates. This is in order to ensure the outreach is done in a knowledgeable
fashion.

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4.2.4 Budget Management

Our Military Kids will set up two accounts to send all donations and other funding too. This
prevents any unnecessary accounting costs. Money from the first account will be utilized to run
the camps. Once it has reached $70,000 or our partners have negated the need for more cash
flows to run the camp, the remaining funds will be sent to the second account to finance grants.

Optimistic
Revenues:
Donation:
Partners: (Food)

Total:

Expenses:
100,000 Camp:
+25,000
Food
Miscellaneous:
Grants:
$125,000 Total:

65,000
5,000
+55,000
$125,000

Impact on over 230 local children and families

Expected
Revenues:
Donation:

Total:

Expenses:
100,000 Camp:
Food
Miscellaneous
Grants:
=$100,000 Total:
Impact on over 170 local children and families

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65,000
5,000
+30,000
$100,000

Pessimistic
Revenues:
Donation:

Expenses:
50,000
Camp:
Food
Miscellaneous:
Grants:

Total:

$50,000 Total:

46,000
+4,000
$50,000

Impact on 70 local children and families

4.3 Staff
Assuming we got the 100 kids at the camp, which is our goal, we would want about 10
volunteers to manage the camps for a ratio of 10:1 children to supervisors. Any extra volunteers
would be helpful to provide transportation in case of any parents who are unable to find a mode
of transportation for their kids. The volunteers will be trained by TI employees who already run a
separate summer camp and have experience in caring for children. In total we will have at least
10 supervisors for the camp, but we plan to have more.

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5. Target Questions & Answers

Who exactly will the camps and grants be available too?
All children grades K-12 who have military parents. The Dallas branch of Our Military
Kids will be inclusive.
If Our Military Kids has already been active in all 50 states, why do you need to implement
a branch in Dallas?
Our Military Kids has been successful on a broad, national level. However, a local branch
that could provide all donations to children in our own community would be much more
impactful in the Dallas area.
Will the summer camp be limited to only 100 kids?
The 100 kids is simply a goal to begin implementation of the camp and not a limit. We
hope to eventually reach out to hundreds if not thousands of local military children that
want to be a part of the Our Military Kids family.
How does the grant program fit into the $100,000 goal?
We will work with local businesses in order to get most of the food and equipment costs
provided through donations. This will allow for the Dallas branch of Our Military Kids to
fund the grant program with all of the money that remains. To clarify, the goal is simply
to jumpstart the program and get Our Military Kids noticed and children involved.

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Liability Form
I, _______________, the guardian of ____________, give permission for my child to participate
in the summer camp at Texas Instruments facilities.
I hereby agree and understand that Texas Instruments faces no fiscal or any other responsibility,
for any harm that comes to the child through my childs disobedience or failure to follow the
rules. I hereby release Texas Instruments from any obligations towards my child for his or her
personal misconduct. I also realize that any problems my child causes regarding any other
children will be my responsibility.
I understand that Texas Instruments will do the best to care for my child, but if an incident were
to occur that my child causes, I will take full responsibility for his or her actions.
I, the Parent or Guardian, have read and agree to the terms and conditions that are listed above.

Signature: __________________________

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Date: ______________

Authorization Form
Please authorize initiation of the Our Military Kids Project in Dallas with the form below.
Authorization
The Dallas Chamber of Commerce hereby authorizes Texas Instruments to initiate the Our
Military Kids for Dallas Project, as presented in April of 2015. The Chamber of Commerce also
agrees to provide funding for the project by January 1st, 2016, including their half of the cost
Notarized Authorization Signatures
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
________________________
Printed Name

____________________________
Signature

__________
Date

Texas Instruments
James Kalaj

__4/26/15__
Date

Nathaniel Smith

__4/26/15__
Date

Nathan Howe

__4/26/15__
Date

Takaki Shingaki

__4/26/15__
Date

Vicky Hsu

__4/26/15__
Date

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References
http://www.va.gov/SURVIVORS/docs/NVSSurveyFinalWeightedReport.pdf
http://nchv.org/index.php/news/media/background_and_statistics/
http://www.goarmy.com/benefits/money/basic-pay-active-duty-soldiers.html
http://www.militaryrates.com/military-pay-bah-rates?state=TEXAS&mha=TX277
http://ourmilitarykids.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Survey-Report-2014-October.pdf

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