United Way Of Asheville & Buncombe County Inc

Programs: United way is committed to reducing the impact of poverty by improving the education, income and health (eih) of our community. One way we do this is to make grants to high-quality programs in our community. Grant recipients are chosen via a competitive grants process. All funded programs provide reports on the results of their work and how they've improved the lives of those they serve. During fiscal year 2016-2017, 77 programs were funded and 54,593 positive client results were achieved. In addition to our grants process, our middle school success initiative uses a community school strategy to connect and coordinate the services of nonprofits and city/council schools, with the goal of making sure every young person has an equal opportunity to reach his or her full potential graduating from high school ready for college, career and community. In addition to the grant process outlined above, united way of abc sends donor designated dollars and donations made to the combined federal campaign directly to the selected 501(c)(3) organizations.

nc 2-1-1 is a free and confidential information and referral line for people in need of all kinds of health and human services. It can be accessed online as well as by phone and is available to callers of many languages. Our referral specialists are highly trained and are available to callers 24/7/365. Listening closely to caller needs, our referral specialists are able to connect people to health and human service organizations in their community. In addition, our specialists follow up with callers to ensure that their needs have been met and identify if others have arisen. United way's nc 2-1-1 - asheville call center serves a sixteen county region and is part of the statewide system known as nc 2-1- 1. During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, nc 2-1-1's referral specialists answered over 126,000 calls. Almost 42,000 of those calls were handled by the asheville call center.

hands on asheville-buncombe is the volunteer center of united way. We make it easy for individuals, families and groups to lend a hand in meaningful service to our community. Volunteers can call or use our online database to find opportunities that fit their interests, skills and availability (with united way and with local nonprofit agencies). Hands on also coordinates volunteer experiences for groups and employers looking for ways to engage their workforce in service. In fiscal year 2016-2017, 2,032 individuals gave 12,330 hours of service to the community after using our services. In addition, we made 1,090 referrals to community nonprofit partners in need of volunteer assistance.