United Way Of The Dutchess-Orange Region Inc

Financial stability - uwdor builds sustainable financial independence by stabilizing families during short-term crises and increasing long-term wealth for the 100,000 alice and low-income households in our area. Key programs provide comprehensive crisis support including securing housing assistance, utility and prescription payments, transportation, legal aid, and individualized case management. Households are also empowered with financial literacy tools, including free tax preparation services to maximize returns and savings.

Education - uwdor empowers youth to succeed academically and personally by increasing opportunities for positive development and literacy services, ultimately ensuring participating youth achieve grade-level reading proficiency and demonstrate positive social-emotional development. Key services for students include literacy instruction, homework support, safe afterschool programming, mentorship, leadership development, and integrated mental health support and case management. Uwdor also fosters economic mobility by driving lifelong learning and workforce development for adults and families by providing comprehensive access to services like workforce training, paid internships, career exploration, college readiness coaching, confidence-building tools, stipends, and peer learning.

Donor directed gifts- grants to 501(c)(3) charities directed by the organization's donors. Program services includes increasing access to eviction prevention services to support community members affected by the housing crisis as well as critical funding needed to aid low income households experiencing a financial crisis and derailing a more protracted financial stability issue. Additionally purchases were made and donations secured to further our robust essential item program which provides necessities to individuals experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and other urgent situations. We provided substantive food access programming, such as connecting households to food access services and increasing the capacity of local food pantries. Through 211 we were able to connect community members with essential wraparound support as well as increase peoples' access to tax returns through our cash coalition.