Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way

Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way (YSCUW) improves lives by mobilizing resources to meet the needs of our three-county service area. The footprint of YSCUW is Yuba, Sutter and Colusa counties. In 2022, there were 28 local non-profit Partner Agencies that received allocated funds from YSCUW. YSCUW also distributed funds to 16 additional non-profit agencies.YSCUW managed charitable campaigns for more than 30 local businesses, local governments, school districts and state employees working in Yuba, Sutter and Colusa counties.YSCUW also serves as the agent and chair for the local board of the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which distributed $474,814.00 to local non-profit agencies to purchase food for local residents and also to provide emergency shelter services. YSCUW is also responsible for all local bookkeeping for this program. 13 local non-profit organizations received this funding.YSCUW serves as a major community conduit, connecting citizens in need with connections to no cost and low-cost goods and services. Nearly 500 phone calls asking for this assistance were handled through the YSCUW office in 2022 alone.YSCUW collaborates directly with individuals, non-profit and government agencies, members of the faith-based community, and local schools to help improve local social services and to address community needs.YSCUW began the Born Learning Academy, a nationally renowned program, in the Summer of 2022 at one school in the Yuba City Unified School District and continued that class in the Fall. The class is divided into six one-hour sessions over six weeks teaching parents need to be a childs first teacher starting at birth. 31 families completed the training in 2022. The course is expanding to the Marysville Joint Unified School District in 2023.