United Way Campaign

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Your United Way Impact Fund contribution stays right here in Allegheny County working to meet the most critical needs in our community by helping:
 Families gain self-sufficiency
 People in a crisis with emergency needs like food and utility assistance
 Kids who are at risk academically do better in school
 People with disabilities and their families achieve their best possible independence
 Frail seniors stay safe in their homes
 Support local disaster relief and the community safety net

Your United Way Impact Fund contribution is used to support only the most efficient and effective human service programs and agencies. Through a rigorous funding process, local agencies demonstrate that they’re meeting the most critical needs in our community. And donors have a greater level of assurance
that their contributions are going to the people who need it most.

United Way of Allegheny County is exploring practical ways to maximize your United Way Impact Fund
contribution. We are in a unique position to help agencies take a holistic approach to services–working
together to consolidate services, addressing each aspect of a client’s issue as a whole.

The United Way Impact Fund supports meaningful collaborations among agencies that not only create organizational efficiencies and savings, but also significantly improve services to those in need.

United Way convenes the community around issues such as ways to help youth with disabilities and their families challenged by the loss of resources that occurs once the child turns 21. 21 and Able, a United Way initiative, is bringing attention to this issue and working to ensure that each individual receives the support they need to live their life to its fullest potential.

Since 2002, United Way has reduced its fundraising and management costs by over 42%. Our local United Way’s 2011 overhead was 11.2%, nearly one third of the national recommended standard of 35% cited by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. Over eighty-eight cents of every one dollar goes directly to those in need. United Way of Allegheny County has earned Charity Navigator’s highest rating – 4 stars – FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR!

your dollars at work

$1 a week

• One frail senior is living safely in her home for the next six months.
• One struggling family gets emergency food assistance for six months.
• You’re helping a child in an at-risk community with curriculum-based after-school programs,
  community enrichment and academic support for most of the school year.

$3 a week

• You’re helping a neighbor on the road to employment with three full months of support, counseling, training and transportation.
• You’re providing six weeks of close work between students, agencies and school systems so the
  students who are most likely to drop out actually stay in school and graduate.
• With your help, a struggling families are getting access to tax preparation and securing critical
  EITC benefits.

$5 a week

• Thanks to your support of home safety checks and hot meals, two more seniors can live
  independently.
• Thanks to your support, two newly vulnerable families have access to child care, food and shelter.
• Thanks to you, an at-risk student who might have fallen through the cracks is advancing a grade level by participating in afterschool and summer programs, community mentors and support structured on academic strengths.

$10 a week

• Each week, you’re giving a full day’s support to two of our community’s most at-risk students to stay in school, recover credits and graduate from high school with profi ciency.
• Thanks to you, six at-risk children and their parents are learning the value of education, through
  supports, training and kindergarten registration efforts over six months.
• Two hard-to-employ adults have safe, affordable housing for six months while gaining specifi c skills and job training.