UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND

Togethernow (tn): united way serves as host and fiscal agent for togethernow (tn) whose goal is to improve the health and economic well-being of individuals and families in monroe county, especially those who are vulnerable or impacted by poverty. By connecting a diverse network of committed providers with community members, they have established an accessible network of education, health, and human services using their information-sharing platform, mywayfinder.

Rochester-monroe anti-poverty initiative: united way is the fiduciary agency for the rochester-monroe anti-poverty initiative (rmapi), a multisector community collaborative with a goal to improve quality of life by reducing poverty and increasing selfsufficiency. To do this, rmapi is focused on increasing income, making basic needs more affordable and accessible, and lowering concentrations of poverty. Rmapi focuses on creating systemwide changes to create longterm improvements and reduce poverty. The initiative has set out to address two main areas: the accessibility and affordability of basic needs, and helping people find and keep jobs through effective workforce development strategies.

Grants: grant expenditures include amounts to fund the following programs: summer learning programs; project uplift to provide direct support to low-income individiuals through a network of human serivce providers; a mobility management pilot program focusing on increasing medicaid eligible patient engagement; livable communities work with aging alliance; and stable housing support.

Roc the day: roc the day is an annual 24-hour online event established by united way that provides donors an opportunity to select from over 600 eligible not-for-profit organizations in the nine-county greater rochester area. United way powers the roc the day website, convenes community partners, recruits local not-for-profits to participate and processes the donations during the event. Roc the day is open to any eligible not-for-profit in the nine-county greater rochester region, serving a variety of sectors including animals, arts and culture, environment, human services, health, education, religion and community development.

Donor advised funds: united way offers a donor advised fund program (donor advised funds) that allows donors to combine the most favorable tax benefits with the flexibility to support their favorite charity at any time. Distributions can be made with the approval of united way to any organization that qualifies for tax deductibility under the internal revenue code.