UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC

Youthconnect program - youthconnect worcester provides high quality, year-round, neighborhood-based youth development opportunities for recreation, education, and culture to isolated and under-served worcester youth aged 5-24. Focusing on the middle school-aged youth residing in worcester's most at risk neighborhoods, we do this through the establishment of a seamless, inclusive youth-serving consortium. Modeled on best practices and utilizing a common system of measures to drive efficient use of resources, the prgram is built on a framework that delivers positive outcomes in the areas of health, education, and family stability. Partners include: boys and girls club of worcester, friendly house, girls inc. Of worcester, ymca of central ma, y.o.u. Inc., ywca of central ma, and worcester youth center.youth center.

United way of central ma (uwcm) operates its community services and labor community services programs, supports the mass 211 state wide informaiton and referral hotline, and serves as fiscal sponsor for the worcester education collaborative, investing in girls alliance, worcester healthy babies collaborative, and amor para puerto rico. In addition, uwcm granted additional funds for saftey net and refugee assistance programs through its community support campaign. The community services' wooserves program provided volunteer opportuniites for youth aged 13 to 18. 55 students participated donating 1,348 service hours for 51 projects at 11 nonprofit partners agencies.the community services' day of caring enlisted over 1200 volunteers working on 62 project at 31 nonprofit partner agencies in 7 towns in central massachusetts.during fy 2024, uwcm established the massachusetts farm resiliency fund collaboration of the massachusetts department of agricultural resources, massachusetts governor's office, community involved in sustaining agriculture, local community leaders and the united way of central massachusetts. Over $3.2m was raised to support local farmers suffering losses from severe storms. Over 230 farms received grants totaling the $3.2m. The grantees completed an application process and provided documentation of weather -related losses. The applications were reviewed and approved by the collaboration's review committee.