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Mission: The mission of united way of metropolitan dallas, inc. Is to unite north texas to lift up those in need and help them thrive now and in the future. Since 2011, weve invested in more than 200 local programs that tackle issues across the areas of health, education and income; the essential components of a thriving community. We encourage north texans to get involved by giving, volunteering or advocating, and helping lift up those in need now and in the future. United, we help those who want to do good to do great.
Programs: Investing in exceptional local programs that prepare kids to graduate and succeed, help families leave poverty permanently, and enable people to live healthy, responsible lives. Using a competitive grants process, united way volunteers identify the best investments for helping people in dallas, collin, rockwall and southern denton counties change their lives forever. In fiscal year 2016-2017, united way of metropolitan dallas, inc. Invested in over 165 exceptional education, income and health programs.
distributing donor-designated contributions to service providers. United way of metropolitan dallas, inc. Enables donors to designate their gifts to other united ways or to specific agencies. In fiscal year 2016-2017, united way of metropolitan dallas, inc. Processed $21. 3 million in designations.
building and administering collaborative initiatives that prepare kids to graduate and succeed, help families leave poverty permanently, and enable people to live healthy, responsible lives. Examples include: 1. Healthy zone school recognition program, helping kids learn healthy habits that can last a lifetime. In fiscal year 2016-2017, united way and the cooper institute provided expertise, financial assistance and recognition to 94 north texas schools that created healthy environments for more than 66,000 students. They also used a competitive application process to identify 20 more north texas schools that will receive support starting in the 2017-2018 school year, expanding the initiative to help even more local students. 2. Financial stability network, in fiscal year 2016-2017, united way helped more than 12,000 individuals access over $21 million in tax refunds and savings, helped over 4,000 people find better employment, increase savings, reduce debt, and provided capacity building and networking opportunities to more than 100 organizations in the region. 3. The texas home visiting program, funded by the texas department of family and protective services (dfps), provides in-home parent education to at-risk families. Approximately 500 children and their families received home visiting program services during fiscal year 2016-2017. 4. The healthy outcomes through prevention and early intervention support (hopes) program, funded by the texas department of family and protective services (dfps), helps to prevent child abuse through an innovative family support network to educate and connect struggling families. Approximately 550 families received program services during fiscal year 2016-2017. 5. The ground floor, a mentor-driven social innovation fund and impact accelerator program that invests seed funding and resources to support innovators with social ventures focused on solutions that address challenges facing education, financial stability and health. In fiscal year 2016-2017 the program supported 9 fellows. 6. Skills to succeed, helping at-risk students gain 21st century skills needed for college and the workplace. In fiscal year 2016-2017, united way partnered with city year and the concilio to serve in 3 area high schools to coordinate parental involvement and career exploration services. United way also sponsored a two week summer camp in partnership with the dallas regional chamber as part of this program. Skills to succeed served more than 260 students and 134 parents. 7. The nonprofit infrastructure initiative, in partnership with the state fair of texas and the university of north texas at dallas, this program provided 40 hours of curriculum designed to meet the needs and gaps of selected agencies operating and serving clients in southern dallas. This capacity-building initiative served 10 organizations in fiscal year 2016-2017. 8. Dallas summer and supper council, a member-led coalition of organizations implementing summer meals and supper programs for children experiencing food insecurity. The council builds capacity and increases awareness of the issue of food insecurity and availability of area programs for the more than 30 members. 9. Just keep livn', an afterschool health and wellness program for high school students on three dallas independent school district campuses. In fiscal year 2016-2017 the program served 75 students. 10. Data driven decision making (d3) education cohort, in partnership with communities foundation of texas and the commit partnership, united way presented a 9 month initiative designed to help 16 selected education-focused nonprofits accelerate the development of enduring service solutions that have the greatest impact on students academic and social-emotional wellbeing using data as the focal point to guide programming. 11. Everfi character playbook, an online learning platform for middle schoolers that teaches character building and how to develop healthy relationships. Used in classroom or afterschool settings the program served 35 schools and more than 6,800 students across campuses in dallas, arlington, and frisco.