Program areas at United Way of Clallam County
Agency funding: we partner with businesses, non-profits, governments, and individuals to raise funds supporting health and human service needs in our County. Voluntary board and community members determine the most critical and emerging needs. Funds raised are distributed to non-profit health and human service agencies as allocated by the board and directed by the donors. Funded agencies are required to document outcomes and are monitored by the United Way board.
Scholarships
Community solutions: to make a significant difference in our community, United Way engages in strategic community building. This work is called community solutions. We identify our County's most significant problems, and convene people, organizations, government and resources to strategically address the problem. 1) the access to health care coalition works to help all people access health care including primary, specialty, behavioral health and dental care; 2) 211 access to help - a simple phone number connects people to health and human resources in our County; 3) the Clallam County literacy council works to expand literacy resources, provide free adult tutoring, encourage families to read to their children, and gets books into the hands of disadvantaged children. 4) early learning/great beginnings - with a goal to ensure that all Clallam County children begin school ready to learn. These funds will be awarded to agencies providing parenting education and information, training for childcare providers, and literacy development. United Way also works closely with other agencies on community initiatives - the homeless task force, the regional early learning coalition, a utility assistance work group, the back to school community-wide drive for school supplies;prevention works; focusing on ending child abuse and neglect; and other community collaborations which emerge to address short or long term problems.
Clallam County foundation - helps to strengthen local non-profit agencies and helps people give to the community. With the onset of covid-19, United Way of Clallam County, has also accepted donations and disbursed grants to local non-profits that have been inpacted, to help them continue operations.