Program areas at United Way of Palm Beach County
Stabilizing families by investing in: Financial stability - Households increase income, build savings, and grow assets. Fight hunger - Households have increased access to nutritious food. Housing & homelessness - Individuals and families achieve housing stability.Helping youth succeed by investing in: Graduate & thrive - Youth gain the education, skills, and support to succeed in life. Mentoring - Youth have access to a positive, caring relationship with a nonparental adult.Empowering healthy lives by investing in: Access to care - Increase access to health insurance and comprehensive services. Special needs - Enhancing the quality of life for families with children with disabilities.Initiative led by the United Way of Palm Beach County, Inc.Hunger relief:Beginning in 2015, United Way of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, and upwards of 180 other partners have been implementing our hunger relief plan to reduce local hunger. The plan includes ten bold goals, with 4 strategy teams addressing childhood hunger, seniors, building infrastructure, and the Glades. Palm Beach County has 200,000 food insecure individuals, with 64,000 of them being children and our overarching goal is to assist individuals and families to have access to healthy, nutritious food and reduce this troubling statistic.
Support initiatives that build the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations.Nonprofit legal assistance project offers access to an attorney for any matter affecting a nonprofit organization, their board of directors, staff or clients.Agency accreditation strengthens the administrative and operational capacity of nonprofit agencies by assessing the agencies' health as well as core competencies in numerous areas including board governance, financial practices, strategic planning, fundraising, human resources and more.Continuous improvement initiative provides nonprofit agencies with capacity building support in the areas of obtaining agency accreditation, improving it infrastructure and organizational development supports.
Investing in programs and initiatives that help individuals and nonprofit organizations during a crisis.211's information, assessment and referral helpline provides guidance and support 24-hours a day, seven days a week for individuals and families facing a variety of challenges.United Way leads the County's disaster relief and recovery efforts by coordinating volunteers and donations, providing necessary funds to agencies so they can open their doors and provide services as soon as possible, as well as participating in long-term recovery efforts.
Other program costs represent the grants to partner agencies as designated by donors.