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United Way and YOU:
focused on our Mid-South priorities
You LIVE UNITED with your neighbors, friends and family members when you help United Way of the Mid-South through
GIVING
,
ADVOCATING
and
VOLUNTEERING.
LIVING UNITED with United Way makes a vital difference for the Mid-South’s
EDUCATION
,
INCOME
and
HEALTH.
For more than a year, United Way met with local business and government leaders, volunteers, nonprofit staff, groups and concerned citizens to hear their concerns and dreams for the Mid-South.
Pairing this information with available data, United Way identified our top Mid-South priorities .
Our top local priorities
: Kindergarten readiness Third grade reading proficiency College and/or career preparedness Family sustaining employment Healthy eating and active living Reducing and eliminating domestic violence
Kindergarten readiness and third grade reading
LIVE UNITED.
Kindergarten readiness and third grade reading
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United Way’s network helps children ages 6 and younger by increasing parental involvement in day care and early education, helping more children be kindergarten-ready. Children need some basic knowledge at the kindergarten level including letters, numbers, shapes and colors.
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We are very active mentors and tutors growing the number of adults serving as to local children, focused on improving local reading scores through our Team Read, Campaign4commongood.com and Raise Your Hand, Tennessee work. It’s important for a child to read at the proper levels by the end of third grade, since this is when a child moves from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.”
Proven successes in work with children and teens
Teenagers in United Way agency network programs report: - decreased involvement with drugs and tobacco - less early unprotected sexual activity - fewer incidents of delinquent behavior Children and teens in United Way programs see: - improved grades - fewer school suspensions - higher test scores - increased school attendance - less disciplinary problems - more community involvement
College and/or career readiness and family sustaining employment
College and/or career readiness and family sustaining employment Your support of United Way helps:
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more teens receive pre-college awareness courses families find greater stability of living conditions more people overcome literacy problems so they can work people increase their skills so the working poor can find better jobs with higher wages people increase savings and asset-building skills people avoid life-crippling debts fight the region’s problems with predatory lenders
College and/or career readiness and family sustaining employment Did you know: $600 can increase the job prospects for one adult by providing one year of literacy training?
$2,000 can help a previously-unemployed woman find a career with a livable wage by providing job training for the technical field?
LIVE UNITED.
Healthy eating / active living and domestic violence prevention
Healthy eating / active living and domestic violence prevention Your support of United Way helps:
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more organizations adopt healthy living as part of their work environments (Governor’s Healthy Living plan) enjoy a happier quality of life through physical and mental therapies and appropriate exercise
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train Human Resources departments on how to properly help employees dealing with domestic violence at home ensure therapy and legal help are available for people in a domestic violence situation
Healthy eating / active living and domestic violence prevention Did you know: $96 allows a senior citizen or a person with a disability to continue living in their own home by providing one week of homemaker services?
Maintaining a community safety net
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Your support maintains our community’s safety net Your support of United Way helps maintain our community’s safety net of emergency and critical services:
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Provides sufficient food and clothing to people in need
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Secures emergency housing in the aftermath of home fires or other disasters
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Maintains the “dial 2-1-1” one-call nonprofit help and information service for our community
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Gives information and referral about crisis assistance services and nonprofit programs that can help
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Helps with access to emergency rent and utility assistance
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Assists with access to basic furniture and household items
Your support maintains our community’s safety net Did you know: Just $100 provides 5 nights of emergency housing with three meals each day for one person who has lost everything in a house fire or other disaster?
How fund distribution decisions are made:
1.) Nonprofit programs follow UW standards and practices and are required to provide outcome measurements 2.) Over 200 volunteers examine the programs 3.) Volunteers from each county allocate dollars raised in that county, according to county needs
Arkansas Crittenden AR Tunica MS Lauderdale TN Tennessee Tipton TN Shelby TN Fayette TN
United Way of the Mid-South’s 8-county service area
DeSoto MS Tate MS Mississippi
Our local nonprofit partners:
2-1-1 LINC Adult Education Council Alliance Healthcare Services* Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Inc.
American Heart Association, Shelby County Chapter American Red Cross, Mid-South Chapter The Arc Mid-South Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Memphis, Inc.
Binghampton Development Corporation Boy Scouts of America, Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America, West TN Area Council Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis BRIDGES Catholic Charities of West Tennessee, Inc.
Children & Family Services, Inc.
Coldwater Volunteer Fire Department Collierville Literacy Council DeltaArts DeSoto County Foundation for Excellence in Education DeSoto County Literacy Council, Inc.
Dewitt Community Coalition, Inc.
District One Volunteer Fire Department East Arkansas Youth Services, Inc.
Exchange Club - Carl Perkins Center Exchange Club Family Center of the Mid South Fayette Cares, Inc.
Fayette County Citizens for Progress Fayette County Commission on Aging Fayette County Schools Alumni Association Fayette Literacy Feeding Fayette (Moscow Community Food Pantry) Frayser Community Development Corporation Friends For Life Corporation Girl Scouts Heart of the South Girls Incorporated of Memphis Goodwill Homes Community Services, Inc.
Grace House of Memphis, Inc.
Harwood Center, Inc.
Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center Helen R. Tucker Adult Developmental Center Hernando DeSoto Habitat for Humanity Historic DeSoto Foundation Hope House
Our local nonprofit partners:
Impact Missions, Inc.
Independence Volunteer Fire Department Jewish Family Service Knowledge Quest, Inc.
LaGoshen Family Life Center Latino Memphis Lauderdale County Family Resource Center Le Bonheur Early Intervention and Development (LEAD) Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc.
Literacy Mid-South Lowenstein House, Inc.
Madonna Learning Center Memphis Child Advocacy Center Memphis Crisis Center Memphis Jewish Community Center Memphis Jewish Home Memphis Oral School for the Deaf Memphis Recovery Centers, Inc.
Memphis Urban League, Inc.
Meritan, Inc.
Olive Branch Community Food Ministry Poagville Volunteer Fire Department Porter-Leath Sacred Heart Southern Missions, Inc.
The Salvation Army Samaritans Search Dogs South Special Olympics, Greater Memphis SRVS Synergy Treatment Centers Tennessee Poison Center The Baddour Center The WORKS, Inc.
Tipton County Commission on Aging Tipton County Literacy Council Transformations Autism Treatment Center Tunica County Community Development Coalition, Inc.
Tunica County Literacy Council, Inc.
United Housing, Inc.
Volunteer Mid-South West Tennessee Area Health Education Center, Inc.
YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South Youth Villages YWCA of Greater Memphis