UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC

Alice - alice is asset limited, income constrained, employed. Alice data sheds light on a population in texas that is employed yet still struggles to make ends meet. United ways of texas is working to reshape the dialogue on financial hardship by highlighting alice data in communities across texas, bringing resources and tools to help inform alice conversations, and using alice data as a tool to ignite converations with policymakers and elected officials.

Start smart texas - start smart texas is a partnership between united ways of texas and texas pbs that provides technical assistance and supports to community-based collaboratives that helps to support every child succeeding in school and in life. Start smart texas work includes providing learning opportunities for community partners, managing a texting platform for parents with young children, identifying parent and caregiver engagement tools, and convening state partners to align efforts and strategies. Start smart texas is a state-level partner of the national campaign for grade-level reading.

Texas non-profit impact project - united ways of texas and the onestar foundation have partnered to launch a statewide initiative focused on supporting the state's nonprofit sector. Work includes bringing awareness of the sector and its impact on texas through research, surveys, social media and promotion, as well as policy and advocacy to support texas nonprofits.

Texas works - texas works is a bipartisan statewide coalition focused on advancing policies that ensure every texan has the opportunity to gain the skills needed to obtain and sustain family- sustaining employment, which will ensure employers have access to works that are educated, communities and local economies are stronger, and that texas families can lead a successful and self-sufficient life. United ways of texas facilitates the coalition focused on these strategies and works towards strengthening support services and other safety net programs that support pathways to career.

Additional various programs supporting the organization's mission in education, income and health. Which includes: advocacy- includes building capacity, as well as developing opportunities and resources for community volunteers and local nonprofits, including united ways to engage in effective advocacy; developing a state legislative agenda that reflects the diverse needs of the uwt communities at the texas capitol.