North Texas Area United Way Inc

Programs: Education: north texas area united way (ntauw) is working towards individuals being prepared, inspired, and empowered to be career and college ready. One way we accomplish this is by supporting community programs that enrich educational opportunities, including those offered by boys and girls club of wichita falls, child care, inc. , communities in schools, helen farabee mhmr, iowa park recreational activity center, southside youth center, zavala and ymca. Ntauw supported education programs apply evidence-based strategies to improve kindergarten readiness, academic success and high school graduation. Ntauw designs and implements its own programs funded by grants, donations, and campaign revenue to fill in identified gaps. An example of this is the texas home visiting program (thv) that matches parents with a trained home visitor who comes to wherever you live or a convenient location. Texas home visiting uses programs that are proven to support families from pregnancy until the time your child enters kindergarten. Home visiting supports you and helps you set and reach goals for yourself and your child. Texas home visiting uses three programs that have been proven to help children and families. The programs are: nurse-family partnership, parents as teachers, and home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters. The healthy outcomes through prevention and early support (hopes) program is a new effort that is in collaboration with the texas department of family and protective services. The hopes program provides child abuse and neglect prevention services that target families with children between 0-5 years of age. Programs include a home-visiting program component, 24 hour parent talking, fatherhood engagement, as well as other services that meet the needs of wichita county.

income: north texas area united way (ntauw) is working towards families and individuals becoming financially stable and in safe and thriving neighborhoods. Ntauw is working with community partners, other funders, and employers to make significant investments around one or more of these strategies. Ntauw funds catholic charities, wichita adult literacy council. The texas resources for iraq and afghanistan deployment (triad) program, led by ntauw and funded by the dallas and bridwell foundations, provides wraparound financial resources to military families impacted by deployment to iraq and afghanistan. The volunteer income tax assistance (vita) program, led by ntauw as well, provides free tax-preparation services, access to benefits screenings, and credit reports for low-to-moderate income working families.

health: the north texas area united way (ntauw) is focusing on increasing the health of the north texas area so that all residents are mentally, physically, and socially active in a safe and secure environment. Programs and services include nutritional meals and social interaction programs through the kitchen in wichita falls and at the burkburnett senior citizens senior center. The familywize discount card program helped local families save on prescription drug expenses and our 2-1-1 call center helped over 16,000 callers with food assistance and health-related issues throughout our 11 county service-area.