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2018 GUIDE TO
COMMUNITY IMPACT
AND SERVICES
UNITED WAY OF
GREATER CINCINNATI
Together, we unite communities to change lives. We bring
people, organizations and resources together to create
solutions to our community’s most complex challenges. With
the help of more than 90,000 supporters, United Way is leading
the largest organized community effort to help children and
families in poverty. We lead critical initiatives and unite more
than 140 best-in-class nonprofit organizations across 10
counties and three states to do what no one can do alone. This
collective impact and community investment is how we make a
difference in our community. That’s how we Live United.
LIVE UNITED
Here’s how your investment in United Way of Greater
Cincinnati is helping thousands of people in our region:
Poverty: Children & United Way Fundraising and
Families [38.8%] Related Costs [8.7%]
Poverty: Individuals [6.8%] Reserve for Pledge
Across Incomes [2.2%] Collection Loss [5.4%]
UW Initiatives [1.5%] United Way Operating Costs
[2.9%]
place matters [2.4%]
National and State
American Red Cross, Organization Support [1.5%]
Greater Cincinnati-Dayton
Region [7.0%]
Capacity Building
& Innovative
1.5%
2.9%
Investments
[1.8%]
5.4
%
Donor Directed
8.
Investments 7 %
in Agencies,
Initiatives, and %
Other United 38.8
10.3%
Ways [10.7%]
Other Community
Investments and
Program Services .7%
10
[10.3%]
6.8
%
1.8
7%
%
2.2%
2.4%
1.5%
1
UNITED WAY INITIATIVES
We lead initiatives to make the most community impact.
We change systems and policies across government,
corporate and community organizations so they work
better for families in poverty.
UNITED WAY SUCCESS BY 6®
513-762-7100 / uwgc.org
PARTNERS: United Way and multiple others, including members of
business, government, education, health care, social services, and faith
communities.
Success By 6® is a movement to ensure that all children
age 0-6 are healthy and ready to succeed by the time they
start kindergarten. There are Success By 6® initiatives in
Hamilton, Brown and Clermont Counties and the Middletown
area in Ohio; Dearborn and Ohio Counties in Indiana; Boone,
Campbell, Grant, and Kenton Counties in Northern Kentucky.
Investment: $310,000
PARTNERS FOR A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE
513-762-7100 / competitiveworkforce.com
PARTNERS: United Way and leadership from employers, chambers
of commerce, workforce boards, educational institutions, service
providers, labor, and other community volunteers from across the tri-
state region.
PCW works to ensure employers in our tri-state region have
the talent they need to compete, and people have the skills
required to get good jobs and advance in their careers.
This work is brought to life through deep engagement and
collaboration by employers, educators, community-based
organizations, workforce investment boards, funders,
chambers of commerce, and economic developers.
Investment: $256,000
2
FREE TAX PREP
513-762-7100 / makeworkpay.com
PARTNERS: More than 460 community volunteers and a multitude of
partners including: collaborative partnership with the IRS, Ohio Benefit
Bank, and AARP; corporate partnerships with GE, Kroger, Fifth Third
Bancorp, Huntington Bank, and Union Savings; and more than 40
community partners across community, church groups, universities and
community colleges, community action agencies, financial opportunity
centers, job centers, programs serving individuals with disabilities, refugee
and immigrants, emergency assistance providers and child care centers
The EITC/Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program leverages
the power of volunteers to provide free tax preparation services
to families and individuals throughout the region; also promotes
the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, two powerful
tools for reducing poverty and increasing financial stability.
Investment: $130,000
UNITED WAY 2-1-1
2-1-1 / uwgc.org/211
PARTNERS: United Way and more than 2,000 services and resources
from providers in the Greater Cincinnati region
United Way 2-1-1 connects families and individuals to health
and human resources, for help with food, shelter, utilities,
addiction and more. 2-1-1 is free, confidential, and available
via phone or Internet, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Investment: $412,000
THE SHIFT
513-762-7100 / theshiftcincy.com
PARTNERS: United Way and Design Impact
Too often, high potential social ideas don’t move forward
because of a lack of resources. The Shift brings together the
talent and passion of our community to start up innovative
social programs and bring them to market.
Investment: $100,000
3
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
United Way is proud to serve as a community catalyst,
initial convener, strong partner, strategic investor and
avid champion for many organizations throughout our
community. Our impact includes bringing partners
together and providing startup capital and expertise to
develop solutions where there are none.
AMERICAN RED CROSS - GREATER CINCINNATI-DAYTON REGION
513-579-3000 / cincinnatiredcross.org
Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Region Chapter of the American
Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by more than
2,800 volunteers, providing disaster relief and prevention
and preparedness education encompassing 3 chapters
in 27 counties in Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky and
Southeastern Indiana.
• Greater Cincinnati-Dayton Region Red Cross is a partner
with United Way of Greater Cincinnati in the annual United
Way campaign and receives about 54 percent of its
funding from the campaign. The Red Cross provides staff
to the campaign and manages the scheduling of speakers
and displays and the packing of all campaign supplies.
• The Red Cross is the only nonprofit organization with a
charter from the U.S. Congress that mandates it to provide
immediate disaster relief and assistance to families and
communities and emergency communication to members
of the Armed Forces and their families.
• Additional health and safety services include instruction
in water safety, first aid, CPR, babysitter training and other
health topics; free disaster preparedness training for third
to fifth graders; youth leadership development programs;
and free installation of smoke alarms as part of a five-year
prevention campaign to reduce injuries and deaths from
home fires.
Investment: $4,188,000
CHILD POVERTY COLLABORATIVE
513-762-7100 / childpovertycollaborative.org
PARTNERS: dozens of business, community, religious, nonprofit,
government organizations in Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The Child Poverty Collaborative is a group of diverse
organizations and individuals who share the same goal – to
make our community a place where all children and families
can thrive and reach their goals. It is a community-driven
initiative designed to address the unacceptable rates of child
poverty in Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Investment: $750,000 since 2017
4
PLACE MATTERS
513-723-1026 / lisc.org
PARTNERS: United Way, Community Building Institute, The Greater
Cincinnati Foundation, The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank
Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, LISC of Greater Cincinnati Northern
Kentucky, NeighborWorks America, PNC Bank, and SC Ministry
Foundation
A resident-led partnership between local funders and
neighborhood nonprofits working collectively for the
transformation of communities in Greater Cincinnati. The goal
is to improve the quality of life in the community in a holistic
and comprehensive way through lead agencies that provide a
variety of programs and services. Current efforts are focused
in Avondale, Covington, Madisonville, Price Hill, Walnut Hills,
Newport and the West End. Additional support has been
provided to Bond Hill/ Roselawn, Norwood, Williamsburg and
Middletown.
Investment: $1,010,000
THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE
513-618-3600 / healthcollab.org
PARTNERS: United Way and multiple business, health care and social
service organizations
Brings together diverse community stakeholders in
generating measurable, sustainable health improvement
initiatives to create a healthier community.
Investment: $75,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CINCINNATI
513-985-1500 / jewishcincinnati.org
Provides capacity-building assistance to organizations that sustain
ongoing community programs and services that help vulnerable
Jewish populations in Cincinnati.
Investment: $75,000
FUNDERS RESPONSE TO THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC
interactforchange.org/frhe
A collaboration of private funders dedicated to ending the
Greater Cincinnati region's opioid and heroin epidemic.
FRHE provides financial resources and strategic support to
strengthen local communities' response to opioid misuse
and addiction. FRHE is operated by InterAct for Change, a
nonprofit subsidiary of Interact for Health.
Investment: $50,000
5
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
AGENCY PARTNERS
• United Way of Greater Cincinnati agency partners are listed
alphabetically.
• The agency overviews provide a full description of services
provided by the agency. Not all services are directly
supported by United Way investment. For more information
on specific program investments, refer to the United Way
of Greater Cincinnati website, uwgc.org
• The dollars United Way invests in each agency partner are
listed under the description.
• The counties or regions served by the agency are noted to
the left of the description.
SERVICE AREA
United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s regional service
community is comprised of Boone, Campbell, Grant, and
Kenton counties in Kentucky; Dearborn and Ohio counties in
Indiana; Brown, Clermont and Hamilton counties in Ohio; and
the Middletown area (cities of Middletown, Monroe and
Trenton and the townships of Lemon, Liberty, Madison, St.
Clair, and Wayne) in Butler County, Ohio.
7Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
Bu 4C FOR CHILDREN Br ADAMS BROWN
513-221-0033 COUNTIES ECONOMIC
C
4cforchildren.org OPPORTUNITIES, INC.
H Provides education and 800-553-7393
professional development for abcap.net
NK child care providers who help
Provides a wide range of
young children be prepared
W services and opportunities to
for school. Helps families find
reduce poverty and assist
and evaluate child care
low-to-moderate-income
options.
individuals in becoming
Investment: $581,000 self-sufficient.
Investment: $29,000
Bu AARON W. PERLMAN
CENTER H ADDICTION SERVICES
C
513-636-4601 COUNCIL
H W
cincinnatichildrens.org 513-281-7880
addictionservicescouncil.org
NK The only community and
regional resource that offers Provides public education,
W state-of-the-art, therapy- counseling, treatment,
based services and and referral information
community support focused on alcohol, tobacco, and
on the singular goal of drug-related issues. Provides
helping children with physical programs and services aimed
disabilities achieve at improving the quality of life
independence and inclusion. for the residents of Cincinnati
and surrounding areas.
Investment: $126,000
Investment: $62,000
Bu ABILITIES FIRST AMERICAN CANCER
Br
513-423-9496 SOCIETY - GREATER
W
abilitiesfirst.org Bu
CINCINNATI
Provides comprehensive C 888-618-5585
services to special needs
cancer.org
children and adults through H
an inclusion child care Dedicated to eliminating
program, pediatric therapies, NK cancer by preventing cancer
employment services, and diminishing suffering
residential care, and adult W from cancer through
day programming. research, education,
advocacy, and service.
Investment: $113,000
Investment: $138,000
8H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
NK BAWAC, INC. Bu BIG BROTHERS BIG
859-371-4410 SISTERS OF BUTLER
bawac.org COUNTY
Provides vocational 513-867-1227
rehabilitation, employment bbbsbutlercounty.com
and adult day training
Recruits, trains, screens, and
services, assisting adults
places professionally
with disabilities to achieve
supported adult volunteer
their highest level of
mentors into the lives of
employment and quality of
children, ages 7-18, who are
life.
facing adversity.
Investment: $58,000
Investment: $51,000
C BEECH ACRES
PARENTING CENTER C BIG BROTHERS BIG
H SISTERS OF GREATER
513-231-6630 DO
CINCINNATI
NK beechacres.org
H 513-421-4120
Provides families with
bigsforkids.org
parenting programs, services,
NK
and expert resources for Makes meaningful, matches
every stage of life to help between adult volunteers
each parent and child see and (“Bigs”) and children
grow into their potential. (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18,
in the Tri-State communities.
Investment: $116,000
Committed to developing
positive relationships that
DO BETHANY HOUSE have a direct and lasting effect
SERVICES, INC. on the lives of young people.
H
513-557-2873 Investment: $328,000
NK bethanyhouseservices.org
Empowers homeless and Br
BOY SCOUTS OF
at-risk families with the AMERICA -
solutions to achieve housing Bu DAN BEARD COUNCIL
stability and long-term
self-sufficiency. C 513-577-7700
danbeard.org
Investment: $87,000 H
Serves more than 30,000
NK
youth in Greater Cincinnati and
Northern Kentucky. Provides
W scouting programs to help
youth develop academic skills,
self-confidence, ethics,
leadership skills, and
citizenship skills.
Investment: $447,000
9Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS Br BROWN COUNTY
OF GREATER EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
NK
CINCINNATI CENTER
513-421-8909 937-378-6118
bgcgc.org brown.k12.oh.us
Provides youth development Provides quality services that
activities for children who support increased academic
need a safe and positive achievement of Brown County
place to spend after school students..
and evening hours. Children
Investment: $10,000
are invited in to enrich their
lives with Club membership,
exceptional staff and Br BROWN COUNTY
volunteers, high-quality HELPING HANDS
services and innovative
812-988-4882
programs, all at no cost.
Provides emergency assistance
Investment: $736,000
such as food and clothing for
families and individuals.
H BREAKTHROUGH Investment: $23,000
CINCINNATI, INC.
513-979-0345 Br BROWN COUNTY SENIOR
breakthroughcincinnati.org
CITIZENS COUNCIL
Provides a four-year
937-378-6603
college-preparatory summer
learning program for Provides services such as
high-need and high-potential transportation and home care to
middle school students and individuals who are over 60
inspires and trains college years old and have limitations
students as the next due to chronic conditions,
generation of teachers. increasing their capacity to live
independently.
Investment: $28,000
Investment: $72,000
NK BRIGHTON
Br CANCER FAMILY CARE, INC.
CENTER, INC.
513-731-3346
859-491-8303 Bu
cancerfamilycare.org
brightoncenter.com
C Provides therapeutic counseling
Creates opportunities for
and other support services to
individuals and families to H help children and adults cope
reach self-sufficiency
with the effects of a cancer
through family support NK
diagnosis in the family.
services, education,
employment, and leadership W Investment: $221,000
in Northern Kentucky.
Investment: $1,315,000
10H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
H CARACOLE, INC. H CENTER FOR ADDICTION
513-761-1480 TREATMENT
caracole.org 513-381-6672
Provides affordable housing catsober.org
and case management Serves individuals with
services for individuals and addictions to alcohol, drugs,
families living with HIV/AIDS. and gambling through
Investment: $83,000 inpatient and outpatient
treatment, detox, family
education and counselling
NK CATHOLIC CHARITIES and aftercare services.
DIOCESE OF COVINGTON
Investment: $97,000
859-581-8974
covingtoncharities.org
H CENTER FOR
Provides a broad range of
EMPLOYMENT
counseling, parent support,
and community development
OPPORTUNITIES
services to individuals, 513-357-2000
children and families in ceoworks.org
Northern Kentucky.
Offers comprehensive
Investment: $209,000 employment services for
people with criminal records
including life skill education,
Br CATHOLIC CHARITIES
short-term paid transitional
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO employment, full-time job
Bu
513-241-7745 placement and post-
C ccswoh.org placement services.
Provides a broad range of Investment: $69,000
H
services to individuals,
children and families in CENTER FOR GREAT
W NK
southwestern Ohio, including
NEIGHBORHOODS OF
mental health counseling,
parent education, and
COVINGTON
emergency assistance. 859-491-2220
greatneighborhoods.org
Investment: $589,000
Helps Covington residents
improve their urban
neighborhoods and quality of
life through community
organizing, housing and
neighborhood development,
youth development, and
community arts.
Investment: $152,000
11Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H CENTRAL CLINIC Bu CENTRAL
513-558-5823 CONNECTIONS
W
centralclinic.org 513-423-1734
Provides outpatient centralconnections.org
behavioral health services to Serves the needs of adults
children and adults, including over age 50 by providing
diagnosis, treatment, crisis nutritious meals, health and
intervention, and prevention wellness programming,
programs, including after transportation services and
school and community social activities.
learning center programming.
Investment: $107,000
Investment: $571,000
12H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
Br CHILD FOCUS, INC. H CHILDREN, INC.
513-752-1555 859-431-2075
C NK
child-focus.org childreninc.org
Provides early care and Provides high quality early
education, prevention and learning experiences,
treatment programs to school-age services, parent
improve coping mechanisms, engagement, and advocacy
provide support, promote supports to improve
school readiness and success educational outcomes and
and encourage growth and promote self-sufficiency for
self-sufficiency for the children and families.
children, families and adults
Investment: $1,086,000
in our community.
Investment: $400,000
Mae was diagnosed with a rare developmental disorder.
Her parents found transformative help at Redwood,
which provides enriching educational, therapeutic, and
vocational services. After spinal surgery, the staff helped
her walk and run within just months. Mae’s parents say
Redwood has given them a place to belong.
13Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H THE CHILDREN'S HOME H CINCINNATI AREA
OF CINCINNATI, OHIO SENIOR SERVICES, INC.
513-272-2800 513-721-4330
thechildrenshomecinti.org cass50.org
Improves the lives of Promotes the independence
children and families facing of older adults through a wide
social, emotional and array of services including
learning challenges in the protective services, case
areas of early childhood, management, nutritious
special education for meals and health and
developmental disabilities, wellness activities.
parenting education, and
Investment: $276,000
behavioral health treatment.
Investment: $1,035,000
H CINCINNATI ARTS &
TECHNOLOGY CENTER
NK CHILDREN'S LAW
513-562-5500
CENTER cincinnatiartsand
859-431-3313 technologycenter.org
childrenslawky.org Provides high school
Provides individual legal students who are at risk of
advocacy to children and dropping out of school the
youth, and through public motivation to stay in school
policy work, training and and advance to higher
education, impact litigation, learning. Provides arts
and juvenile defender support education, elective credits for
services, seeks to improve graduation, college readiness
the systems that serve them. activities, career preparation
and access to pathways for
Investment: $18,000
employment.
Investment: $52,000
H CHURCHES ACTIVE IN
NORTHSIDE
Br CINCINNATI
513-591-2246
ASSOCIATION FOR THE
cainministry.org Bu
BLIND AND VISUALLY
Provides nutritious food,
C IMPAIRED
crisis assistance, resources,
and compassion in a way that 513-221-8558
H
respects human dignity and cincyblind.org
builds a more vibrant NK Provides comprehensive
community. vision rehabilitation services
W for people of all ages who are
Investment: $25,000
blind or visually impaired.
Investment: $226,000
14H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
DO CINCINNATI EARLY H CINCINNATI YOUTH
LEARNING CENTERS, INC. COLLABORATIVE
H
513-961-2696 513-475-4165
celcinc.org cycyouth.org
Provides award-winning child Provides a range of services
care to children 3 months designed to keep kids in
to12 years to promote school, prepared for college
optimal development. Offers and career, and on the
low teacher/child ratios, pathway to success including
degreed teachers and mentorship, academic
family-centered practice. planning, coaching, and
support with internship/
Investment: $386,000
co-op searches and
placement.
H CINCINNATI UNION
Investment: $74,000
BETHEL
513-768-6907
H CINCINNATI-HAMILTON
cubcincy.org
COUNTY COMMUNITY
Provides affordable housing,
ACTION AGENCY
supporting services, and
education programs that 513-569-1840
assist urban women, children, cincy-caa.org
families and communities to Helps to reduce poverty,
realize their greatest increase self-sufficiency and
potential. improve the community by
Investment: $199,000 providing resources to create
healthier, better lives and
achieve their full potential.
H CINCINNATI WORKS
Such services include early
513-744-9675 childhood education (Head
cincinnatiworks.org Start), career and job
Offers support services and services, and
partners with job seekers and entrepreneurship/ small
employers to eliminate business support.
barriers to attaining Investment: $52,000
long-term employment and,
ultimately, self-sufficiency.
Investment: $368,000
15Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
Br CINCYSMILES C CLERMONT SENIOR
FOUNDATION SERVICES, INC.
Bu
513-363-5200 513-724-1255
C cincysmiles.org clermontseniors.com
Works to ensure access to Provides and coordinates
H
oral health education, disease in-home and community-
W prevention and treatment based services including
services with a special adult day care,
emphasis on those who are transportation, meals on
at risk due to poverty. wheels, home care, home
repair, and senior centers to
Investment: $103,000
help senior citizens live
independently.
DO
CLEARINGHOUSE
Investment: $138,000
812-926-1198
dearbornclearinghouse.com
Bu COMMUNITY-BUILDING
Provides food, clothing, rent
INSTITUTE
and utility assistance to W
financially challenged
MIDDLETOWN, INC.
families in the community. 513-425-7866
cbimiddletown.org
Investment: $11,000
Provides sustainable
programs aimed at
C CLERMONT COUNTY
addressing kindergarten
COMMUNITY readiness, third grade
SERVICES, INC. reading, college and career
513-732-2277 preparedness, and family
cccsi.org self-sufficiency.
Delivers services that address Investment: $212,000
essential health, housing and
prevention needs with CORPORATION FOR
Br
emphasis on adults and
OHIO APPALACHIAN
families with low- to
moderate-incomes.
DEVELOPMENT (COAD)
740-594-8499
Investment: $164,000
coadinc.org
Works to improve the quality
of life for residents in
Appalachian Ohio through
community development,
early care and education, and
senior programs.
Investment: $27,000
16H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
NK COVINGTON PARTNERS H CWFF CHILD
859-392-3182 DEVELOPMENT CENTER
mycovingtonpartners.org 513-569-5662
Brings together key
Provides high quality early
community stakeholders
childhood education services
including students, families,
to infants, toddlers and
partner organizations and
preschoolers.
Covington Independent
Public School staff to help Investment: $69,000
youth of Covington achieve
success. Program areas THE DAD INITIATIVE, INC.
H
include out-of school time
513-760-6275
serves, prevention,
dadinitiative.com
mentoring, wellness, and
family engagement. Provides mentoring and travel
opportunities to teen boys in
Investment: $92,000
poverty.
Investment: $46,000
H
CRADLE CINCINNATI
(AT CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER) NK DCCH CENTER FOR
513-803-4822
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
cradlecincinnati.org 859-331-2040
dcchcenter.org
An organization dedicated to
decreasing infant mortality in Provides outpatient therapy
Hamilton County by and counseling, residential
addressing women’s, treatment, foster care, adoption
pregnancy and infant health. and training services to
children, families and residents
Investment: $69,000
of Northern Kentucky.
Investment: $74,000
H CROSSROAD HEALTH
CENTER
DO DEARBORN COUNTY -
513-381-2247
crossroadhc.org
RETIRED SENIOR
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Provides comprehensive
primary health care for 812-539-4005
infants to adults, provided in myrsvp.org
an atmosphere of dignity and Utilizes the skills, knowledge
respect regardless of an and service of older adults
individual’s ability to pay. through promotion of
Investment: $120,000 volunteerism in agencies that
strive to improve the health,
safety, education and quality of
life of all generations in
Dearborn County.
Investment: $10,000
17Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H EASTER SEALS H FamiliesFORWARD
TRISTATE 513-721-7044
NK
513-281-2316 familiesforward.net
easterseals.com/gc Serves as a neighborhood-
Provides services to break based resource center for
down employment barriers schools, students and their
for people with disabilities, families, and the community.
people facing disadvantages, Current programs serve Bond
and veterans. Hill Academy, Carson School,
Hays-Porter School, and
Investment: $276,000
Withrow University High
School.
Bu ENVISION PARTNERSHIPS Investment: $428,000
513-868-2100
envisionpartnerships.org
H FAMILY INDEPENDENCE
Provides school and INITIATIVE
community-based high risk NK
859-525-3200
behavior programming,
fii.org
conflict mediation, court
referred diversion Provides a community-focused
programming, and other and technology-based
creative character-building approach that trusts and
modules aimed at bolstering invests in the initiative and
skills of youth. capacity of low-income
families, allowing them to
Investment: $39,000
move themselves out of
poverty.
Bu EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS
Investment: $92,000
513-636-2830
C
everychildsucceeds.org
H FAMILY NURTURING
H Provides intensive home
CENTER
visitation for first-time, NK
NK high-risk mothers and their 859-525-3200
infants for three years, with familynurture.org
goals to strengthen the Provides a range of education,
parent-child relationship, prevention and treatment
encourage health promotion programs to help create a
and promote an optimal world where children live free
environment for learning and from all forms of abuse and
emotional growth. violence.
Investment: $2,208,000 Investment: $128,000
18H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
Bu FAMILY SERVICE OF Br GIRL SCOUTS OF
MIDDLETOWN WESTERN OHIO
Bu
513-423-4637 888-350-5090
fsmiddletown.org C gswo.org
Provides an array of services Girl Scouting programs build
DO
including food, shelter, and girls of courage, confidence
utilities assistance to help H and character who make the
stabilize the lives of families world a better place.
and individuals as a step W Investment: $353,000
toward achieving self-
sufficiency.
H GRAD CINCINNATI, INC.
Investment: $95,000
513-363-3240
gradcincinnati.org
C FREESTORE FOODBANK
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513-482-4500
DO help students within the
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Cincinnati Public Schools
H Responds to the issue of district achieve in the
poverty and food insecurity classroom, grow as
NK by providing food distribution individuals and citizens,
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W
including emergency and enter and complete a
clothing, housing services, college education.
SNAP assistance, job
Investment: $78,000
training, and Medicaid
outreach.
Bu GREAT MIAMI
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VALLEY YMCA
513-887-0001
NK GIRL SCOUTS OF gmvymca.org
KENTUCKY’S
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WILDERNESS ROAD activities and programs that
COUNCIL contribute to the physical,
859-293-2621 mental, social, and spiritual
gskentucky.org well-being for people of all
ages and abilities.
Provides leadership
development programs for Investment: $32,000
girls 5-17 years old, building
girls of courage, confidence
and character who make the
world a better place.
Investment: $24,000
19Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H GREAT OAKS HEALTH Br HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONS ACCESS NOW
Bu
ACADEMY 513-707-5697
513-961-4220 C healthcareaccessnow.org
greatoaks.com/hpa
H Aims to improve the overall
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low-income adults in NK Cincinnati's most vulnerable
Hamilton County with career residents, addressing health
advancement services and W disparities and extreme
access to postsecondary healthcare costs. Programs
education to help families include chronic disease care
achieve economic stability coordination, pregnancy care
and self-sufficiency. coordination, and community
health worker job training.
Investment: $78,000
Investment: $60,000
H GREATER CINCINNATI
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Br HEALTH CAREERS
SERVICES COLLABORATIVE OF
Bu
513-354-5200 GREATER CINCINNATI
gcbhs.com C 513- 569-1233
Works to ensure people with competitiveworkforce.com
H
mental illness, addictions, Meets regional healthcare
and related challenges lead NK talent supply chain needs
healthy and productive lives through the training and
by providing holistic, W career advancement of
comprehensive services. unemployed, underemployed
Investment: $990,000 and incumbent workers.
Investment: $60,000
H GREATER CINCINNATI
MICROENTERPRISE NK HEALTHPOINT FAMILY
W
INITIATIVE CARE
513-569-4816 859-655-6100
gcmi.org healthpointfc.org
Provides entrepreneurship Provides access to quality,
education, small business affordable adult and pediatric
training, business coaching, medical, dental, behavioral
access to capital and health, obstetrics, and
supportive resources to low gynecology services.
and moderate income
Investment: $60,000
individuals or business
owners.
Investment: $44,000
20H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
H HEALTHY HOMES DO HIGHPOINT HEALTH
BLOCK BY BLOCK 812-537-1010
513-254-0612 myhph.org
healthyhomesbbb.org
Assists patients and their
Builds a neighborhood-based families by providing a wide
network of community variety of health care services
members who perform including access to health
door-to-door personal insurance and other health-
outreach to support the related programs.
needs and hopes of
Investment: $11,000
households with children
under the age of six and
pregnant women. NK HOLLY HILL CHILD &
Investment: $46,000 FAMILY SERVICES
859-635-0500
Br HEARING SPEECH & hollyhill-ky.org
DEAF CENTER OF Provides residential treatment,
Bu therapy services, case
GREATER CINCINNATI
management and supervised
C 513-221-0527
visitation with the goal of
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H
strengthening the lives of
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NK loss, speech disorders and
Investment: $46,000
deafness through exams,
W hearing aids, lip reading,
speech/stuttering therapy, DO HOOSIER HILLS
literacy skills, sign language LITERACY LEAGUE
interpreting, ADA 812-584-8516
consultation, and advocacy. hoosierhillsliteracyleague.net
Investment: $92,000
Improves individual and family
literacy through tutoring.
DO HEART HOUSE, INC. Investment: $11,000
812-926-4890
Provides shelter, financial Bu HOPE HOUSE RESCUE
assistance, counseling, and MISSION
employment skills training to W
513-217-5056
help families and individuals
hhmission.org
become financially
independent. Provides short-term shelter,
food and clothing for homeless
Investment: $11,000
men, women and children;
utilizes education, job
placement, case management,
and rehabilitation to change
lives.
Investment: $34,000
21Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H HOUSING H HYDE PARK CENTER
OPPORTUNITIES MADE FOR OLDER ADULTS
EQUAL (HOME) 513-321-6816
513-721-4663 hpcenter.org
homecincy.org Provides services to support
Works to eliminate unlawful independent living:
discrimination in housing by protection from abuse and
advocating and enforcing neglect, supportive services,
housing regulations for all transportation, congregate
protected classes to promote meals, health and wellness,
stable, integrated socialization, recreation,
communities. education, and volunteer
opportunities.
Investment: $74,000
Investment: $49,000
22H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
H INTERFAITH H JEWISH FAMILY
HOSPITALITY SERVICE OF THE
NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI AREA
CINCINNATI, INC. 513-469-1188
513-471-1100 jfscinti.org
ihncincinnati.org Provides professional social
Provides homeless families services to families and
emergency shelter and individuals in their times of
hospitality through interfaith need including but not limited
communities and works with to: aging and caregiver
families to find and retain services, adoption services,
stable housing. education and mentoring, and
emergency assistance.
Investment: $48,000
Investment: $313,000
Samuel’s mom calls him Sammy. They live in Westwood,
OH. Sammy is going to a highquality preschool with help
from Cincinnati Preschool Promise.
23Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H KENNEDY HEIGHTS NK LIFE LEARNING
MONTESSORI CENTER CENTER
513-631-8135 859-431-0100
kennedyheightsmontessori.org nkyllc.org
Provides a cost-efficient, Delivers a holistic, integrated
multicultural learning continuum of learning and
environment for both children care to help "at-risk" citizens
and their parents following reach their highest potential.
the montessori education The Center focuses on all five
model. domains of life: emotional,
financial, physical, spiritual
Investment: $18,000
and relational.
LEGAL AID OF THE Investment: $184,000
NK
BLUEGRASS
859-431-8200 Bu LIFESPAN, INC.
lablaw.org 513-868-3210
W
lifespanohio.org
Provides legal help in
consumer, family, housing, Strengthening families and
public benefits, domestic individuals in Butler and
violence, elder law, etc., to Warren Counties who seek to
low-income persons and improve their quality of life
vulnerable population groups through services such as
in Northern Kentucky counseling and education,
counties. guardianship, community
support services like the
Investment: $209,000
payee bill-paying program,
and a range of services for
Br LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF older adults.
GREATER CINCINNATI Investment: $23,000
Bu
513-241-9400
lascinti.org
C
DO LIFETIME RESOURCES,
Provides legal help to INC.
H
low-income families in
812-539-2102
Southwest Ohio, focusing on
W lifetime-resources.org
family and economic stability,
child welfare, housing, Provides services and
consumer, and employment- supports to older adults,
related issues. individuals with disabilities,
and their caregivers to help
Investment: $415,000
people maintain their
independence.
Investment: $23,000
24H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
H LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & Bu MADISONVILLE
FAMILY SERVICES EDUCATION AND
W
513-221-3350 ASSISTANCE CENTER
lys.org (MEAC)
Provides early childhood 513-271-5501
services, behavioral health meaccincinnati.org
and psychiatric services,
Offers help and hope to
home-based services to
neighborhood in crisis by
families, services to youth
meeting their basic needs
engaged with the juvenile
and providing education that
justice system, community
enables them to navigate
residential treatment
their way out of poverty.
facilities, foster care and
Services include after-school
adoption, independent living
programming, emergency
services, and opportunities
assistance (food and
through education.
clothing), and employment
Investment: $239,000 supports.
Investment: $64,000
Br THE LITERACY
COUNCIL OF MAYERSON JCC
C H
CLERMONT & BROWN
513-761-7500
COUNTIES W
mayersonjcc.org
513-831-7323
Provides educational,
clermontbrownliteracy.org
recreational, cultural, and
Teaches adults reading, social programs for people of
writing, spelling, and all ages and faiths.
comprehension skills, as well Nutritional and transportation
as English as a second services are provided to
language. Matches student people 60+ years.
learners one-on-one with
Investment: $69,000
trained volunteer tutors.
Provides literacy education in
the community.
Investment: $14,000
25Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H MENTAL HEALTH DO NEW HORIZONS
AMERICA OF REHABILITATION, INC.
NK
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 812-934-4528
W & SOUTHWEST OHIO nhrinc.org
859-431-1077 Provides training, day
mhankyswoh.org programs, job placement
services, and residential
Provides pro-bono
supports to adults with
counseling, DUI screenings,
mental/physical disabilities
education, mental health
in Southeast Indiana.
information and referrals,
representative payee Investment: $10,000
services, support groups;
consumer-led support NK NEW PERCEPTIONS,
services, and supported
INC.
employment for people with
mental illness, and CIT 859-344-9322
training. newperceptions.org
Investment: $88,000 Provides developmental
educational services and
physical, occupational and
H MORTAR speech therapy for children
513-888-GROW with disabilities. Provides
wearemortar.com sheltered workshop and
supported employment for
Provides entrepreneurship
adults with developmental
education, small business
disabilities.
training, business coaching,
investor networking, and Investment: $184,000
supportive resources to low
and moderate income
NK NORTHERN KENTUCKY
individuals in redeveloping
neighborhoods.
COMMUNITY ACTION
COMMISSION, INC.
Investment: $69,000
859-581-6607
nkcac.org
DO NEW HOPE SERVICES, INC.
Provides early childhood
812-288-8248
education, senior recreation
newhopeservices.org
centers, affordable housing,
Provides housing and employment training,
individualized support healthcare enrollment, and
services to people with assistance with utilities, food,
developmental disabilities and prescription drugs.
and their caregivers, as well
Investment: $92,000
as family planning, WIC,
financial assistance, and
parenting education to
families in poverty.
Investment: $10,000
26H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
NK NORTHERN KENTUCKY Br PEOPLE WORKING
EDUCATION COUNCIL COOPERATIVELY, INC.
Bu
859-282-9214 513-351-7921
nkypartners.org C pwchomerepairs.org
Collaborative organization Provides critical home repairs
H
aligning all education and home modifications to
initiatives in NKY, including NK low-income homeowners and
teacher quality, career and weatherization services to
college readiness, literacy, W homeowners and some
service learning, and lifelong renters in 13 counties
learning programs. throughout Greater
Cincinnati.
Investment: $46,000
Investment: $109,000
DO ONE COMMUNITY, ONE
FAMILY H PER SCHOLAS
877-967-OCOF 513-357-2006
onecommunityonefamily.org perscholas.org
Provides peer support and Provides Information
parent empowerment for Technology skills training and
youth with emotional/ job placement for individuals
behavioral issues, and in poverty.
assistance to regional care Investment: $58,000
providers in implementing
evidence based programs
H POWER INSPIRES
and quality improvement
procedures.
PROGRESS
513-221-7020
Investment: $18,000
powerinspiresprogress.com
Provides job training and
H PARTNERS FOR
empowerment through the
ACHIEVING SCHOOL social enterprise Venice on
SUCCESS (AT UC) Vine, which includes a
513-556-3611 restaurant and catering
uc.edu/cechpass business.
Provides university- Investment: $40,000
community partnerships and
outreach programs that
promote and enhance
positive educational
outcomes for students,
including first generation
college students and former
foster youth.
Investment: $34,000
27Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
Br PRO SENIORS, INC. H PROKIDS
513-345-4160 513-281-2000
Bu
proseniors.org prokids.org
C Advocates for Ohioans age Provides intensive court
60 and older. Provides legal assisted advocates who act
H
advice and representation. on behalf of abused and
Assists with questions or neglected children in the
W
problems about long-term protection system.
care. Provides community
Investment: $101,000
education, exploitation
intervention, and volunteer
opportunities.
Investment: $106,000
28H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
NK REDWOOD H ROSEMARY'S BABIES CO.
859-331-0880 513-813-TEEN
redwoodnky.org rosemarysbabies.co
Assists children and adults Provides peer support,
with disabilities to function mentoring/coaching, and life
to their highest potential in skills education to teen
family and community parents.
through educational,
Investment: $28,000
therapeutic and vocational
programs and life
experiences.
Investment: $446,000
William is a regular at the United Way Agency Center in
Lawrenceburg, IN. The office has become a resource for
basic needs: phone calls, bus routes, and more. William
says United Way is like his family.
29Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
DO SAFE PASSAGE, INC. Bu THE SALVATION ARMY
812-933-1990 OF MIDDLETOWN
safepassageinc.org 513-423-9452
Provides shelter, court facebook.com/samiddletown
advocacy, counseling, peer
Provides a wide range
support, case management
of programs, including
and life skills training to
emergency assistance and
victims of domestic violence,
shelter, youth development,
as well as education and
adult day care, disaster
prevention advocacy in the
services, child care, and
community.
transitional and senior
Investment: $13,000 housing.
Investment: $62,000
DO THE SALVATION ARMY
INDIANA DIVISION SANTA MARIA
H
800-589-1037 COMMUNITY SERVICES
salvationarmyindiana.org
513-557-2700
Provides for emergency santamaria-cincy.org
needs, such as food, clothing,
Builds vibrant neighborhoods
emergency lodging, rent or
by strengthening parenting
utility assistance, and other
skills, improving health care
critical needs.
access for medically
Investment: $11,000 underserved, and supporting
comprehensive community
development and affordable
C THE SALVATION ARMY
housing initiatives. Also
OF GREATER CINCINNATI provides early childhood
H
513-762-5600 education, employment
NK swo.salvationarmy.org/ assistance, youth
southwestohio development, and financial
coaching.
Provides family counseling,
emergency assistance, Investment: $966,000
homeless shelter, camp
programs, adult day care,
H SEVEN HILLS
early childhood education,
emergency disaster
NEIGHBORHOOD
services, human trafficking HOUSES
intervention, and youth 513-407-5362
programs. 7hillsnh.com
Investment: $303,000 Provides youth development
activities, senior supports,
emergency assistance, and
Victims of Crime advocacy.
Investment: $69,000
30H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
Bu SHARED HARVEST Br SOUTHERN HILLS
FOODBANK, INC. CAREER & TECHNICAL
W
513-874-0114 CENTER
sharedharvest.org 937-378-6131
Distributes surplus food shctc.k12.oh.us
donations to 100+ charities Provides drop-out prevention
in five Ohio counties, programs for youth, child
providing meals or groceries care for teen parents,
to needy families, and to five pregnancy prevention, and
foodbanks serving 34 health awareness counseling.
counties.
Investment: $12,000
Investment: $23,000
ST. JOSEPH
Bu SOJOURNER H
ORPHANAGE
RECOVERY SERVICES
513-741-3100
513-896-3497
sjokids.org
sojournerrecovery.org
Provides foster/adoption
Provides a full continuum of
placement, outpatient
care for drug and alcohol
behavioral health treatment,
addiction treatment and
day treatment, and crisis
prevention services for
stabilization for children who
adolescents and adults
have been abused and/or are
regardless of ability to pay.
experiencing mental and
Investment: $26,000 behavioral health issues.
Investment: $92,000
DO SOUTHEASTERN
INDIANA ECONOMIC Bu STARFIRE COUNCIL OF
OPPORTUNITY GREATER CINCINNATI, INC.
CORPORATION (SIEOC) C
513-281-2100
812-926-1585 H starfirecouncil.org
sieoc.org
Provides individualized social
W
As the Community Action and service learning activities
Agency serving Southeast for teens and adults with
Indiana, educates consumers developmental disabilities;
in their move towards greater improves the community
self-sufficiency through inclusion and quality of life of
programs that include individuals and provides
education, healthcare access, respite for their families.
childcare, employment, and
Investment: $69,000
housing assistance.
Investment: $18,000
31Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
C STEPPING STONES, Br TALBERT HOUSE
INC. 513-751-7747
H Bu
513-831-4660 talberthouse.org
steppingstonesohio.org C Operates substance abuse,
Provides year-round social mental health, community
H
opportunities for children and corrections, and welfare-to-
adults with disabilities to work programs with a
W
increase independence and continuum of care that
promote inclusion. includes prevention,
assessment, treatment, and
Investment: $167,000
reintegration services.
Investment: $335,000
H STRATEGIES TO END
HOMELESSNESS
C TEEN CHALLENGE
513-263-2780
strategiestoend
CINCINNATI
H
homelessness.org 513-248-0452
Helps homeless individuals teenchallengecincinnati.org
and families access Provides drug and alcohol
emergency shelter in our rehabilitation services to
community through one 18-to-35-year-olds in a
central point, alleviating the residential and boarding
difficulties of navigating a school environment.
complicated system.
Investment: $23,000
Investment: $276,000
H TENDER MERCIES, INC.
Bu SUPPORTS TO
513-721-8666
ENCOURAGE LOW tendermerciesinc.org
INCOME FAMILIES
Provides housing and
(SELF) individualized support
513-868-9300 services to homeless persons
selfhelps.org with histories of emotional
and/or mental disabilities.
Helps Butler County
individuals and families Investment: $97,000
achieve and sustain
self-sufficiency through
programs and services
supporting job search and
employment, education and
financial asset development.
Investment: $38,000
32H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
Br TRISTATE VETERANS H URBAN MINORITY
COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ALCOHOLISM & DRUG
Bu
513-845-6822 ABUSE OUTREACH
C tristatevca.org PROGRAM (UMADAOP)
Provides a Welcome Center 513-541-7099
DO
for Veterans in Processing, cincyumadaop.org
H and coordinates referrals and Provides culturally competent
programming between 150
addiction prevention and
NK veteran services treatment, HIV/AIDS
organizations.
education, alternative school
W
Investment: $46,000 placement, violence
prevention education, and
UNITED MINISTRIES prisoner re-entry relapse
NK
prevention to minority youth.
859-727-0300
umnky.org Investment: $69,000
Assists families and
individuals in Northern NK VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
Kentucky who are facing a MID-STATES, INC.
financial crisis by providing
502-636-0771
the basic necessity of food,
voamid.org
assisting with rent and utility
payment and helping to Provides individualized
develop and implement a housing and supports to
plan for achieving stability. veterans and people with
developmental disabilities,
Investment: $12,000
HIV, or substance abuse
disorder.
H URBAN LEAGUE OF
Investment: $87,000
GREATER
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
NK WELCOME HOUSE OF
513-281-9955
NORTHERN KENTUCKY,
gcul.org
INC.
Eliminates the barriers of
859-431-8717
racism for African-Americans
welcomehouseky.org
through four program
priorities: adult workforce Collaborates with the
development; youth community to provide a
workforce development; continuum of quality services
health education and for individuals who are
awareness; leadership homeless or at risk of
training, and community becoming homeless,
policing. including street outreach,
shelter, and public benefit
Investment: $653,000
access assistance.
Investment: $152,000
33Agency Partners, continued
Br Brown County C Clermont County
Bu Butler County DO Dearborn and Ohio Counties
H WESLEY COMMUNITY H WORKING IN
SERVICES NEIGHBORHOODS
513-661-2777 (WIN)
wesleycs.org 513-541-4109
Provides seniors living at wincincy.org
home with services that Leads the fight against
include meals on wheels, pet foreclosures in our
food, medical transportation, community by providing
and homemaker/ counseling and advocacy and
housecleaning services. partnering with mortgage
Investment: $46,000 lenders and servicers to help
families keep their homes.
WOMEN HELPING Investment: $69,000
H
WOMEN
513-381-5610 C YMCA OF GREATER
womenhelpingwomen.org CINCINNATI
H
Provides crisis intervention, 513-651-2100
advocacy and support NK myy.org
services for survivors of Provides safe, enriching and
gender based violence; developmentally-appropriate
school prevention programs; programs to assist children
professional training and and youth in developing
community education. positive character traits such
Investment: $101,000 as caring, honesty, respect,
and responsibility for
themselves and others.
NK WOMEN'S CRISIS Includes camps, mentoring,
CENTER and fitness.
859-491-3335 Investment: $552,000
wccky.org
Provides 24-hour hotline, DO YOUTH
crisis intervention, ENCOURAGEMENT
counseling, hospital and SERVICES, INC.
court advocacy, and shelter
812-926-0110
for survivors of domestic
yeshome.org
violence and sexual assault,
and prevention education. Provides a safe, structured
and nurturing environment
Investment: $230,000
for abused, neglected and
abandoned children ages
6-18 in a residential group
home setting.
Investment: $12,000
34H Hamilton County W Warren County
NK Boone, Campbell, Kenton, and Grant Counties
Br YWCA OF GREATER Bu YWCA OF HAMILTON,
CINCINNATI OHIO
C
513-241-7090 513-856-9800
H ywcacincinnati.org ywcahamilton.com
Focuses on women and Provides the only
NK
families. Provides domestic professionally staffed
W violence shelter and support protective shelters in Butler
services, literacy education, County for domestic violence
job-readiness/training, early victims and their children,
childhood education, health providing 24-hour crisis and
and wellness programming, support services. Provides
and advocacy/community youth development for girls,
education regarding racism advocacy against racial and
and family/partner violence. economic injustice.
Investment: $782,000 Investment: $18,000
35INVESTMENTS
United Way of Greater Cincinnati invests in Capacity Building &
Innovation, Research and Database Support, and Public Policy
& Advocacy.
CAPACITY BUILDING & Matter, factsmatter.info and
INNOVATION the bi-annual State of the
Community Report. Our
Investing only in direct
technology, data
services is not enough to
management and technical
foster lasting change in our
assistance enables us to
region. United Way has a key
track individual and program
role in supporting learning,
results over time so we can
development and innovation
achieve strong impact in our
to find solutions to complex
community.
problems. We work with
world-class partners such Investment: $445,300
as Design Impact, bringing
human-centered design
innovation to the social
sector, and Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical
PUBLIC POLICY &
Center, experts in the Model
for Improvement. We also
ADVOCACY
We believe in creating a
help organizations gain
community where everyone
expertise and resources to
has an opportunity to thrive
bring big ideas to life. In
and we’re committed to
2018, we are focused on
helping children and families
connecting with black-led
in our region move out of
organizations that bring an
poverty. We know these
important perspective and
goals cannot be
experience to our
accomplished with only
community.
private funds. Government
Investment: $1,105,200 support is critical. That’s
why United Way works
directly with elected and
appointed officials on the
federal, state and local levels
to address long-term and
RESEARCH &
systemic issues that impact
DATABASE SUPPORT health, education and
United Way invests in financial stability.
community research and
Investment: $355,000
data management so we
know what works and what
doesn’t. We partner with the
Institute for Policy Research
of the University of
Cincinnati to track regional
progress through Facts
36SERVICES
NEED HELP? CALL 2-1-1 TO CONNECT TO SERVICES
United Way 211 is here to help – 24 hours a day, seven
days a week – wherever life takes you. Dial 2-1-1 to speak
to a trained professional who can connect you to essential
community services. There's 411 for information and 911 for
emergencies, but you can call 211 when you need help and
don't know where to turn.
CALL: 2-1-1 OR 513-721-7900
TTY: 513-762-7250
Serving Hamilton, Clermont, Brown and Butler Counties in Ohio;
Boone, Kenton, Campbell and Grant in Kentucky; and Dearborn,
Ohio, Ripley, Jefferson and Switzerland Counties in Indiana.
Find help online! View our database of service providers
in the United Way of Greater Cincinnati service area at
referweb.net/uwgc.
UNITED WAY VOLUNTEER CONNECTION
Hundreds of volunteer opportunities are available via United
Way Volunteer Connection, whether it's helping children
achieve their highest potential, helping families build
financial stability, or helping someone achieve maximum
independence and better health. When you volunteer, you see
first-hand how United Way of Greater Cincinnati is helping to
improve lives and create lasting change in our community.
We have ways for everyone to get involved! To make your
volunteer connection:
• Call United Way 211 (dial 2-1-1)
• Visit volunteeruwgc.org
• Email us at volunteer@uwgc.org
37FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
WHAT DOES UNITED WAY DO?
In short, United Way helps people. We bring together people
and resources to improve the lives of all in our region.
WHO OVERSEES UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI?
United Way is a volunteer-led organization. We are governed
by a local Board of Directors who represent every sector and
region served. The Board develops strategic direction, sets
policies and ensures capable staffing. A staff team of 130
works hand-in-hand with the board and dozens of other
leadership and community volunteers.
WHY SHOULD I GIVE TO UNITED WAY?
United Way is a change agent, working to create long-term
solutions to the challenges facing our community AND
addressing immediate needs. Your gift is combined with
thousands of others and invested in initiatives and programs
essential to achieving the region’s Bold Goals in Education,
Income and Health.
HOW DO I KNOW UNITED WAY USES THE FUNDS
RESPONSIBLY?
We are audited each year by an independent accounting firm
to ensure we are in compliance with generally accepted
accounting procedures, regulations and laws. We strive to
meet the philanthropic goals of our donors and offer a donor
satisfaction guarantee. We are a long-standing member of
the Better Business Bureau.
HOW CAN I GIVE?
You can donate online at any time at uwgc.org or make a gift
during your company’s annual United Way campaign.
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