How
is United Way Helping Local Minority Populations?
Our commitment is to impact our community short-term and long-term.
United Way funded programs and
initiatives are having a powerful impact in our minority communities.
• United Way is Helping Improve
Neighborhoods
Example: Our Building Stronger
Neighborhoods and Communities Portfolio Council is making lasting
change in the Summit Lake neighborhood. Summit Lake was identified by the
Summit County Quality of Life Project as a target community because of its
low home ownership, high crime rates, low levels of education, high
instance of single parent families and high unemployment. Through
grassroots efforts, United Way, East Akron Community House, the Urban
League and other organizations and religious leaders are increasing
opportunities for home ownership, instilling community pride, creating job
training opportunities and much more.
• United Way is Helping Ex-Felons
Re-Enter Society
With the help of our Increasing Self Sufficiency Portfolio Council,
programs are being provided to assist convicted felons with re-entry to
society. The programs help them obtain job skills and counseling and
interview skills, reducing the likelihood of additional criminal behavior.
Major partners in this effort are the Urban League, Goodwill Industries
and Mature Services.
The following percentages illustrate an
overview of United Way services provided to individuals identified as
members of racial minorities*:
• 44% of clients using vocational
programs provided by Mature Services, Goodwill Industries and the Urban
League
• 64.8% of those using neighborhood
organization services provided by EACH, YMCA and the Urban League
• 51.5% of recipients of crisis
intervention services provided by Battered Women’s Shelter, ACCESS,
YWCA and Legacy III
• 70% of recipients of emergency
assistance services
• 17% of people seeking Family Planning
Services at Planned Parenthood
• 37.5% of the children receiving
funded day care
• 38% of recipients of financial
assistance for medical care
• 60% of the individuals receiving
alcohol/drug abuse prevention and treatment
• 77% of the individuals receiving
legal services
* These figures only reflect clients
specifically identified as belonging to a minority, many services are
provided without knowledge of ethnicity.
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