Program areas at United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
Fund grants, donor designations, and volunteer connection:united Way funds local health and human service agencies through a competitive grant process to achieve measurable outcomes in The areas of health, education, and financial stability. Knowledgeable volunteers study The community needs and make tough decisions on how best to meet The needs and fill gaps with grants from United Way funds. In fiscal year 2023, these programs served thousands of children and adults in The Dayton region. Volunteer connection is a volunteer referral and resource center that provides opportunities for individuals of all ages to make an impact in The community. In fiscal year 2023, volunteer connection engaged volunteers in days of service and other opportunities.
During fiscal year 2023, The United Way of The Greater Dayton Area, through The children's defense fund freedom schools program, served students at three sites throughout montgomery county, Ohio. During The summer break from school, The freedom schools program provides reading and learning enrichment and plays a much needed role in helping to curb summer learning loss and close achievement gaps.
United Way's helplink 2-1-1 is a free and confidential information and referral service provided 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year. Helplink 2-1-1 maintains The region's most comprehensive database of health and human services and is connected with services throughout The state and county. Helplink offers information, referrals, advocacy and schedules appointments for The earned income tax credit program and conducts outreach to dislocated workers and their families. Helplink 2-1-1 provides an after-hour answering service for nonprofit and government agencies and case consultation service for faith based organizations. In fiscal year 2023, helplink 2-1-1 received 59,750 calls and provided 55,720 referrals for various needs. Also through our searchable database online we received 10,120 online site visits with 4,002 searches for resources. Our top 3 requests for assistance fell into these three categories; rent payment assistance 14,720, electric service payment assistance 5,924,and food pantries 5,040. Gas service payment assistance was The 4th category with 2,658. Also established a data dashboard through 211 counts to show The minimum needs in our 12 county Area: montgomery, greene, preble, butler, warren, clinton, clark, champaign, madison, muskingum, morgan, and perry counties to their respective communities by zip code, county.
Preble and greene county program services
Quarterly invoicing for The administration of health insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance for The nonprofit group alliance.