Community Impact
The United Way partners with 25 not-for-profit agencies, one nonfunded affiliate, and three broad-based initiatives to impact important community needs in three key focus areas. The impact focus areas are:
Building Successful Families, Children and Youth
Creating a Healthier Community
Fostering Self Sufficiency
The Community Impact Fund encourages collaboration between Partner Agencies and other community organizations to address a community need.
Community Impact Fund Recipients:
Wednesdays at Liberty Hall: A Community Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health Promoting Healthy Choices, Voices, and Relationships," is the implementation of a citywide prevention education program building on the strengths of the community and the power of teens through learning opportunities that promote positive development while enhancing the teen connection to their community.
Wednesdays at Liberty Hall was created to address the community need for safe, structured, and supervised activities for teens grades 7-9th downtown on early release Wednesdays. This program is managed by GaDuGi SafeCenter, a United Way Partner Agency.
Skill Builders Program: A series of programs on a variety of topics designed to assist widows and widowers with daily living. Program session content includes teaching skills such as cooking for one, car repairs and financial changes. More importantly, Skill Builders provides emotional and grief support. This program is managed by Douglas County Visiting Nurses, Rehabilitation and Hospice Care, a United Way Partner Agency.