Catawba County United Way Inc

Programs: Ccuw provides funding to support the income impact area through various nonprofit agencies in catawba county including adult life programs, catawba county volunteer center, eastern catawba cooperative christian ministry, exodus homes, family guidance center, and the salvation army. These agencies' eight programs are focused on promoting financial stability and independence. These programs help to increase financial stability through affordable housing, ensuring basic needs such as food and utilities are met, making adult day care services accessible, and access to 2-1-1 - a health and human services database of local resources available. Crisis financial assistance was provided to 12, 133 individuals for utilities, rent, or heating fuel in an effort to keep families intact and in their homes. 106 households that requested financial assistance received crisis financial coaching to assist them to become financially independent. 591 homeless individuals were provided shelter offering them a safe place to sleep during inclement weather and served 2 meals daily to those same individuals. Stipends were provided for 190 individuals who needed assistance with adult day services. This gave their caregivers assurance that their loved-ones were in a safe environment thys they were able to continue to work resulting in the individual avoiding institutionalization. 1103 families were served through credit counseling sessions in which many avoided foreclosures on their homes. 119 homeless recovering addicts, alcoholics, and formerly incarcerated individuals were provided a safe plaace to stay through transitional housing programs.

ccuw provides funding to support the health impact area through seven programs in six non-profit agencies in catawba county including aids leadership-foothills area alliance, catawba county dss-senior nutritional services, catawba valley chapter of the american red cross, children's advocacy & protection center, council on adolescents of catawba county, and family guidance center. This impact area is focused on improving people's health through access to preventative health care, mental health c

ccuw provides funding to support the education impact area through seven programs in seven nonprofit agencies in catawba county including bethany all-stars after school program, catawba county schools-project esteem, council on adolescents of catawba county, community ridge daycare, partnership for children, salvation army boys & girls club, and sipe's orchard home. This impact are is focused to help children and youth acheive their potential by being kindergarten ready, assisting in acedemic ac