LIVE UNITED 2020
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF FAMILIES HAD ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE, KIDS RECEIVED A QUALITY EDUCATION AND INDIVIDUALS HAD THE JOBS THEY NEEDED TO BECOME FINANCIALLY STABLE? HOW WOULD THEIR LIVES BE DIFFERENT? HOW WOULD OUR COMMUNITIES CHANGE?
Now imagine if we had the ability to make this a reality. With LIVE UNITED 2020 we can.
LIVE UNITED 2020 is United Way of Metropolitan Chicago’s decade long vision to transform communities of greatest need throughout our region.
In conjunction with United Way World Wide, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago has embarked on a bold journey; one that links solid, research-based community strategies to the resources needed to implement them. By connecting families to the building blocks of economic stability: Income, Education and Health, United Way will ensure people have the tools they need to thrive.
United Way’s work goes well beyond our historical role of funding strong non-profit partners. Today we are mobilizing all our assets; funding, volunteers, legislative advocacy, technology, in-kind resources and corporate partnerships to deliver transformative, measurable results.
OUR LIVE UNITED 2020 GOALS ARE AMBITIOUS.
Almost 2 million people currently reside in our United Way Partner Communities, and more than half of them live in poverty. For those in or near poverty, United Way’s transformational 10-year commitment will:
- INCOME: Advance economic stability for 100,000 households
- EDUCATION: Help 50,000 underperforming middle school kids enter high school ready to succeed
- HEALTH: Connect over 200,000 people with available, preventative health services
Across the six-county region, we will continue to answer the immediate crisis needs of 1 million people every year.
Changing the lives of more than one million people across our region; generating a ripple effect of economic growth and stability.
Accomplishing our goals will take a broad movement of people, together leveraging our time, our collective voice and our resources. Together we have the opportunity to change the lives of more than one million people across our region; generating a ripple effect of economic growth and stability.
LIVE UNITED. LIVE UNITED 2020.