United Way of Metropolitan Dallas

Uwmd builds, leads and supports collaborative programs and initiatives that ensure more students graduate ready to succeed, enable more families to become financially stable, and give people the tools to lead healthy, productive lives. Examples include:1. The southern Dallas thrives initiative created in partnership with pepsico foundation and frito-lay north america is a set of programs that invests in the communities of southern Dallas and expands access to early education, nutrition, college and career readiness, and workforce development(continued in schedule o)resource rooms at southern Dallas high schools provide a central location for more than 4,500 students, plus parents, teachers and other community members, to access technology, books, health resources and more.southern Dallas thrives invests in childcare centers to improve the quality of early education and ensure kids thrive from a young age. In fiscal year 2022-23, 14 childcare centers participated in the program and provided 86,625 hours of childcare service.in partnership with goodr, we deploy creative solutions to support families dealing with food insecurity. In fiscal year 2022-23, 7,356 southern sector households received fresh and healthy food options, 200 families and seniors participated in grocery delivery and we dispersed more than 164,000 pounds of food to southern sector families and community-based organizations.2. Digital bridges is a targeted initiative that distributes digital technology to students and young adults across southern Dallas to enable them to access education, further their learning and stay connected in the classroom and beyond. Through our partnership with compudopt, the laptops come with two years of warranty and bilingual technical assistance. This program served 6,600 individuals in fiscal year 2022-23 and distributed 2,078 free laptops.3. Strong start includes early childhood development and parent education initiatives like healthy outcomes through prevention & early support (hopes) and Texas home visiting program to provide families with hands-on instruction, community resources and skills that empower parents, encourage healthy child development and prevent child abuse. In fiscal year 2022-23, 885 families participated in a home visiting program, 1,750 individuals attended early childhood development community events and 1,211 families received supplemental services.once upon a month is an early literacy program that delivers free age-appropriate children s books and parental reading guides to families every month, stimulating curiosity, language development and learning skills all of which set kids up for success in kindergarten. In fiscal year 2022-23 we distributed 129,696 free books to 11,276 north Texas children.4. Pathways to economic mobility helps families increase savings, improve credit scores, reduce debt, and avoid predatory lending products. In fiscal year 2022-2023, over 63,000 people accessed financial capability services through United Way, including 5,200 served through financial education and 4,100 that participated in one-on-one financial coaching. Our free tax preparation program helped almost 9,500 people obtain $13.2 million in refunds. United Way increased access to credit-building loans and college savings accounts, adding 230 capital good fund loans and 166 new dollars for college accounts. Our financial inclusion roundtable provided capability building and networking opportunities for more than 40 community organizations and financial institutions in the region.5. Pathways to work is a workforce development program, facilitated in partnership with 36 community organizations, that gives hardworking north texans the training necessary to secure jobs in it, healthcare and more. In fiscal year 2022-23, the program served 20,208 individuals, resulting in 1,870 certificates or degrees earned by participants and 2,904 job placements secured for graduates.6. Through our housing stability initiatives, we create programs and form strategic partnerships to prevent homelessness in north Texas. In fiscal year 2022-23, we advocated for affordable housing and continued our leadership of the Dallas rental assistance collaborative (drac), funded with the treasury department's emergency rental assistance program (erap), which provides rental and utility assistance to keep families in their homes during challenging economic times. We provided $3.8 million in rent and utilities assistance to families and 594 households received support through drac.7. Healthcare navigators is a collaborative program that provides a network of certified healthcare navigators for the north Texas community, delivering support for individuals and families looking to sign up for health insurance through the marketplace, medicaid or chip. Navigators work directly with clients to help them compare health plans, understand benefits and apply for subsidies to lower their monthly premiums. In fiscal year 2022-23, healthcare navigators fielded 52,133 client inquiries, 6,703 individuals received assistance as they signed up for chip/medicaid and 1,250 north texans received support to enroll in a qualified health plan.8. North Texas summer & supper council is a partnership with north Texas hunger initiative which works to improve and amplify summer meals programming to provide regular, nutritious meals to children who qualify for federally funded nutrition programs. In summer 2022, 143,000 children received regular, nutritious meals and 55.6+ million meals were served in Dallas and collin counties.9. The United Way social innovation lab is a continuum of capacity building programs for social entrepreneurs in education, income and health. The lab currently includes the incubator (early-stage), accelerator (mid-stage) and alumni programs (serving graduates of the incubator and accelerator).the social innovation incubator is an organizational and leadership development program designed for early-stage entrepreneurs who have experienced systemic racial and gender inequities. Through our 14-week program, we build up innovative startups by providing mentorship and guidance that empowers them to create a validated business plan and begin building their ventures. In fiscal year 2022-23, 19 women entrepreneurs completed the program, and we provided 600 hours of mentoring and coaching to participants.the accelerator is a rigorous, nine-month-long program designed to test the assumptions of our fellows, shape their goals and empower them to complete key milestones. The program provides social entrepreneurs with critical resources including funding, professional mentorship and powerful community connections to scale their ventures and grow their impact. The program culminates at the pitch, where finalists compete live on stage for additional seed funding. In fiscal year 2022-23, program alumni (60+ organizations) served 128,787 clients. 10 fellows participated in the program and received 1,500 hours of mentoring and coaching and $525,000 in seed funding.the alumni program provides professional development, networking and cross-collaboration opportunities to incubator and accelerator alumni so they can continue to build capacity, scale their organizations and expand their impact in education, income and health.

Distributing donor-designated contributions to nonprofit organizations:united Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Enables donors to designate their gifts to other United ways or to specific agencies. In fiscal year 2022-2023, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. Processed $2,905,821 in designations.

We collaborated with a broad spectrum of community partners to develop our aspire 2030 goals: our north star for driving transformational change and advancing racial equity in education, income, and health across north Texas through the year 2030. In education, we seek to increase by 50% the number of north Texas students reading on grade level by third grade. In income, we seek to increase the number of north Texas young adults who earn a living wage by 20%. In health, we seek to increase to 96% the number of north texans with access to affordable health care insurance. (continued in schedule o)in fiscal year 2022-23, uwmd created positive impact for more than 1.6 million north texans and invested in 144 exceptional education, income, and health organizations through our community impact grants. Education655,000 students laid the groundwork for continued educational success. Income420,000 north texans received assistance to get and keep better jobs and build savings for the future. Health498,000 neighbors gained access to the health and wellness resources they need to live longer, healthier lives.