United Way 101

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United Way 101
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So what does United Way really do?
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United Way creates opportunities for a better
tomorrow.

• Lots of organizations help people.
• But United Way is different.
• It does much more than support people who have
  pressing needs. United Way works toward making
  lasting change in our community and preventing
  some of our most challenging issues.
• United Way uses the power of caring to advance
  the common good, both for those who live here
  today and those will call metro Atlanta home in
  the future.

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You can see it in our mission.

• United Way is working to advance the common good
  by focusing on education, income and health.
  These are the building blocks for a good lifea
  quality education that leads to a stable job,
  enough income to support a family through
  retirement, and good health.
• Our goal is to create lasting changes that
  prevent problems before they happen. We invite
  you to be a part of these changes. Together,
  united, we can inspire hope and create
  opportunities for a better tomorrow.

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You can see it in our vision.

• United Way is how our community comes together to
  address the major issues we face today. United
  Way is how people in our community show they care
  about each other. How all people can show they
  care about EVERYONE else. United Way of
  Metropolitan Atlanta constantly seeks to use the
  power of caring to advance the common good, both
  for those who live here today and those will call
  metro Atlanta home in the future.

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How is lasting change possible? The power of unity

• Underneath everything we are,
• underneath everything we do, we are
• all people. Connected, interdependent,
• united. And when we reach out a hand to
• one, we influence the condition of all.
• LIVE UNITED is about the power of
• unity.
• No one else brings together so many
• people and resources to do the work that
• none of us can do alone.

WHEN WE
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• The United Way Community Impact
• Fund supports programs that make
• measurable improvements in metro
• Atlanta.
• A unique giving option in
• philanthropy, the Community Impact
• Fund is a powerful way to make a
• lasting difference on the issues
• that are important to all of us.
• When we combine our resources, we
• are creating opportunities for a better
• life for all.

Community Impact Fund
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So what is the work of United Way?
United Way is creating opportunities for a better
life for all by focusing on the building blocks
for a good life. Education, Income and Health

Education Helping Children Youth Achieve Their
Potential
Income Promoting Financial Stability and
Independence
Health Improving Peoples Health

• School readiness
• Academic achievement
• Involved parents

• Maximized income
• Increased savings
• Financial assets for long-term stability

• Healthy children and youth
• Healthy parents and families
• Healthy seniors

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Education

• We are helping children and youth achieve their
  potential by focusing on school readiness,
  academic completion and parental involvement.
  United Way is working to make sure young people
  are fully prepared to enter college, work and
  successful adulthood.
• 43,678 children have been screened and supported
  in building basic literacy
• skills.
• 16,835 youth achieved or maintained satisfactory
  academic performance.
• 9,861 parents were actively involved in
  school-based activities.

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Meet Chanda
Chanda Caston and her family moved to Atlanta
after Hurricane Katrina. She was 12 years old and
didnt know anyone at her new school. Chanda
joined the After-School All-Stars and quickly
excelled and made new friends. Chanda was named
After-School All-Star of the Year. After-School
All-Stars is a free, comprehensive after-school
program for middle school students. The program
helps students physically, academically and
emotionally by providing support around academic
retention, cultural enrichment, sports and
recreation, and career development. United Way
supports programs that provide high-quality
educational experiences for children and youth.
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Income

• We are promoting financial stability leading
  toward independence by focusing on maximizing
  income, increasing savings and building financial
  assets.
• United Way supported employment programs that
  helped 3,663
• individuals obtain jobs industries ranging
  from building
• maintenance, to data processing to entry-level
  nursing. The
• average starting pay of participants ranged
  from 8.18/hr to 15/hr.
• Through access to free tax preparation services,
  hard-working
• families claimed 79 million in Earned Income
  Tax Credits, which
• helped them reduce debt and build for the
  future.

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• The Project HOPE campaign provided foreclosure
  counseling to more than 2,000 families, and
  another 1,783 families facing economic
  crisis obtained financial assistance that enabled
  them to remain in their homes.
• The Regional Commission on Homelessness is
  helping end chronic homelessness in our
  community. Together, the community has
  provided more than 1,200 supportive housing
  units, including more than 500 for women and
  children, created 600 new jobs and reunited
  more than 2,400 homeless individuals with family
  or other support systems.

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Meet Cheryl

• Cheryl was on welfare, and as she put it, When
  you cant get your finances together, your whole
  life is out of whack and out of control.
• The DeKalb First Accounts Initiative, supported
  by United Way, helped Cheryl find a way to stop
  depending on public assistance and begin living a
  better life.
• By setting aside just a portion of her income
  each month, Cheryl has been able to make
  investments and create savings.
• Supporting programs that encourage financial
  stability is just one of the ways United Way
  makes our community stronger.

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Health

• We are improving peoples health by focusing on
  healthy children and youth, healthy parents and
  families, and healthy seniors.

• 6,512 participants successfully completed
  substance abuse or
• mental health treatment.
• 15,039 seniors continued living safely and
  independently in their
• own homes.

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Meet Helena
Helena Allen spends an hour and a half on Mondays
and Fridays making her rounds. She checks on 12
of her neighbors, and they check on her. Helena
delivers meals as a volunteer for United
Way-funded Douglas Senior Services.Helena and
other volunteers deliver 175 meals each day to
homebound seniors. Helena volunteers because she
likes to stay active and she loves the seniors
she visits. Supporting seniors and encouraging
community involvement are just two ways United
Way makes our community stronger.
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United Way takes the leadAddressing community
need

• United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta has been
  designated as the lead organization for long-term
  recovery after a major disaster in metro Atlanta.
  
• United Way is still supporting those displaced
  by Hurricane Katrina. We are currently focusing
  on the Building Community Resiliency program,
  which trains hurricane evacuees to help other
  evacuees integrate into new communities.
• In the aftermath of the tornado and storms that
  struck metro Atlanta in March, United Way of
  Metropolitan Atlanta has gathered community
  organizations, government agencies, neighborhood
  associations and concerned businesses to provide
  support for long-term recovery.

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• Need help?
• United Way 2-1-1 is the nation's first
  three-digit telephone information and referral
  service. Dial 2-1-1 to get help, get answers and
  get it done.
• When Parnesias business started to go under, she
  found herself struggling to take care of herself
  and her son. She called United Way 2-1-1 and
  found the assistance she needed to pay her bills.

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Whether you need help or want to help others

• United Way 2-1-1 can connect you to
• thousands of resources for information,
• counseling and assistance in our
• community.
• United Way 2-1-1 also makes it easy to
• help others by volunteering, or by
• donating furniture, appliances or
• clothing.
• Dial 2-1-1 or visit Volunteer Solutions
• online at
• unitedwayatlanta.org/volunteer.

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Help us advance the common good.
Be a champion for change. This is the power that
we all have.

• United Way mobilizes our community.
• In ways no other organization can.
• To address major issues.
• And create lasting change.
• Together, we are inspiring hope and creating
  opportunities for a better life for all.

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• Underneath everything we are, underneath
  everything we do, we are all people. Connected,
  interdependent, united. And when we reach out a
  hand to one, we influence the condition of all.
  Thats what it means to LIVE UNITED.
• To learn more, visit LIVEUNITEDAtlanta.org.

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