United Way of Central Massachusetts

Community impact program - the community impact program plays a critical role in improving our community. Our work is organized around education, family stability and health, which are considered essential building blocks for a successful life. In addition, this program helps to provide services to stabilize those who are unable to meet their basic needs due to conditions that create vulnerability. United Way of Central Massachusetts staff and volunteers, through a competitive process, evaluate funding proposals, select the highest quality agency programs to fund, and monitor program results to ensure maximum community impact. During fy 2022, 100 funded programs provided services in one or more of the three basic components for a successful life: education, family stability, and health.

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.

Women's initiative community impact program - the women's initiative focuses on building, strengthening, and supporting the development of confident and safe adolescent girls, and has successfully brought about lasting change. Through educational events, grants for area programs, financial literacy education, and sponsorship of a comprehensive local needs assessment, the women's initiative of the United Way is a thriving vehicle of change for girls in Central Massachusetts. The women's initiative community impact program funded 9 community-based programs and sponsored 6 local educational events.

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. Uwcm also granted program fudning for innovative social prorgams through the worcester community challenge. 85 grants were awarded.