United Way of Greater Waterburyinc

Other programs: the United Way works collaboratively with community partners to help solve community problems. The United Way provides leadership, convenes and facilitates community conversations and/or initiatives on priority issues. The United Way provides staff leadership and serves as fiduciary for several partnerships (1) the waterbury campership program which enables needy children to attend summer camp, and (2) bridge to success a cradle to career intitiative. The unted Way also takes a lead role in special basic need initiatives that address immediate community needs such as holiday addistance program - a collaboration with local food pantries.

Allocations and funded agency relations - the United Way allcates/invests funds in local health and human service programs adn initiatives that help people in need. Through the outcome measurement initiative the United Way assists its funded progrmas in develping and implementing a system to measure the impact of their services on their clients. Using the outcome measurment data, the United Way communicates the value of these services more effectively, while providing individual progrmas with a tool to improve their effectiveness. Our community partners include dozens of local non-profit agencies adn collaboratives such as the food resorce committee which works to address local nunger issues, bridge to success whose focus is on postitive youth development, and the continuum of care/can who are working to end chronic homelessness.

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