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United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta http://www.unitedwayatlanta.org
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
100 Edgewood Avenue NE
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303Map thisUnited Way works to create opportunities for all by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life-a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. Our goal is to create lasting changes...
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2-1-1When you dial 2-1-1 from anywhere in the 404, 770 or 678 area codes, you will speak with a trained referral specialist who can help you locate programs or services. United Way 211 has metro Atlanta's most complete human services database of more than 2,000 metro area organizations.
United Way 211 can help you locate services in your community, including: child and elderly care, counseling, donate goods, emergency shelter, food and more, internships, job training, substance abuse counseling and volunteer.
United Way 211 is free, confidential, bilingual (English and Spanish) and available 24 hours a day. Though the services of the language line, United Way 211 specialists can speak with you in more than 140 languages.
Outside metro Atlanta, call: 404-614-1000
INCOME - Increasing Financial StabilityAll families should have access to the economic and employment opportunities they need to provide for their families future. In order to achieve economic and financial security, working families need predictable resources to meet their basic needs, provide for emergencies, improve quality of life, making ongoing investments in lifelong learning, and to build assets such as a home or retirement savings.
What we're doing:
United Way's Workforce Readiness Project will focus on improving the workforce system and provide better opportunities for families to obtain a steady income and become more financially stable; bring an additional $17 million into the pockets of over 80,000 hard working families through the Atlanta Prosperity Campaign; and through partnerships with community organizations keep 100,000 families housed and out of crisis.
HOMELESSNESS - Ending Chronic HomelessnessEnd chronic homelessness as we know it in our region by 2013. The Regional Commission on Homelessness has been implementing the Blueprint to "End Chronic Homeless in Metro Atlanta in 10 Years" since 2003.
Challenges:
Chronically homeless people make up 5-20 percent of the population, but consume 50 percent of the available homeless resources; providing apartments connected to services for homeless people costs 66 percent less than only sheltering them; and twenty percent of the homeless population is chronically homeless.
United Way priorities:
Providing housing connected to services for chronically homeless people; reunifying homeless individuals with their loved ones; improving the system for homeless women and children; providing comprehensive intake and assessment through Gateway 24/7 Homeless Service Center; and providing employment and other supportive services for chronically homeless individuals.
HEALTH - Improving People's HealthWe believe all individuals and families should have access to quality healthcare including medical, dental and mental health services.
Challenges:
According to Georgia State University's Georgia Health Policy Center, there are more than 1 million uninsured people in Georgia and almost half of them reside in metropolitan Atlanta; one percent of Medicaid users account for 23 percent of expenses; substance abuse is a primary cause of homelessness within major metropolitan areas; and it is estimated that 30 percent of adults in Georgia's jail have a mental illness.
United Way Priorities:
Ensure people are able to learn about priority issues and have access to preventive and primary care; ensure people have access to affordable mental health and addiction treatment; and ensure people with disabilities have the supports they need to stay in their own homes and to gain the life skills necessary to participate more fully in society.
EDUCATION - Helping Youth Achieve Their PotentialWe believe all children should have a quality education and graduate from high school prepared for college and workforce.
Challenges:
18 percent of metro Atlanta's eighth-grade students are no passing eighth-grade math (10,360 students); only 28 percent of Georgia's fourth-grade students scored at the proficient or advanced level in reading in 2007; just 16 percent of children in Georgia's working families are in the after-school programs; and the gap between parent and a young person's schedule can amount to 20-25 hours a week of unsupervised time.
United Way Priorities:
Ensure youth, particularly middle school students, participate in high-quality activities during non-school hours; provide academic support so all students advance to the next grade level; and improve conditions for parents to be more actively involved in their child's education.
EDUCATION - Helping Children Achieve Their PotentialYoung children birth-five have the right to be ready to succeed when they enter kindergarten; but, in nearly half the classrooms (46 percent) across the nation, at least one out of five kids was inadequately prepared for kindergarten when they started school last year, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
United Way Priorities:
Ensuring more opportunities for at-risk children to have access to high-quality early learning environments; enhancing the early literacy and pre-reading development of young children; identifying and promoting best practices through training and technical assistance for child care providers; and supporting parents as a child's first and most important teacher, so parents have increased knowledge and skills, as well as information and resources needed to make the best early learning choices for their families.
LIVE UNITED at Philips ArenaMonday, January 19, 2009Join United Way as we celebrate MLK Jr. Holiday at Philips Arena on January 19. Get discounted tickets for the game here. Be a part of the action as the Hawks take on the Toronto Raptors. LIVE UNITED.
Just click under Event Tools Signup for this event, for tickets and make sure to enter the promo code LIVEUNITED for your discount.
Visit our Volunteer Solutions search engineMonday, September 22, 2008 - Thursday, December 31, 2009Volunteering is a great way to get involved and see immediate results for your efforts.
You may think volunteering means picking up a paintbrush, planting trees, or working in a soup kitchen. But many nonprofits need professional services like writing a business plan, doing their books, developing a web site, board governance, or software training. United Way offers you several ways to get involved and make an impact.
Get involved today, Dial 2-1-1 or search United Way Volunteer Solutions.
United Way: A change neededAJC's coverage of the United Way’s Campaign Kick-off held on Thursday, September 4th at the Fox Theatre. The event was quite a departure from what was done in the past, including a change of time and venue. However, judging from the response of the audience it was a change well received.
Manager, Community EngagementSupport the development of multi-years plans to impact priority issues; support alignment of community engagement efforts & current UWMA focused initiatives locally & regionally; move UWMA's focused initiatives forward by working through the regional tam structure; support partnerships with communities, neighborhoods service providers, businesses & other institutions; provide technical assistance to community groups & agencies that are involved in UWMA initiatives; manage selected investments, projects & initiatives; assist the director, community engagement & investments with staffing a regional leadership entity charged with year-round oversight in achieving organizational goals & objectives; manage a portfolio of grants, including reporting, record keeping & data collection; perform other related duties as assigned.
Vice President of Operations, Community EngagementDevelop & implement strategies; execute on operating plan related to income, education, health & homelessness; champion departmental innovation & ideas; translate on the job data, knowledge & analysis into product insights & strategies; lead the community engagement team to success; recruit, manage, evaluate & coach team members; manage departmental budget; engage & build relationships with community partners; establish a comprehensive plan for a year-round customer relationship management approach; communicate & share information on operational level with team members across functional measurement & evaluation & disaster planning workflow as it relates to the operations department; coordinate with resource development on proposals, timing, reports, etc., for the four content areas; develop the organization & engage employees; works with HR to ensure training process includes all departments; perform other related duties & responsibilities as may be assigned.
