United Way of the Piedmont

Connect, engage, and inspire people to transform our community.

• About Us
  Education
  Target Issue: Many children do not enter kindergarten ready to learn.
  
  Intended Results:
  
  Increase access to quality, affordable early care and education for children birth through kindergarten.
  Improve family and caregiver ability to support social and language development in young children.
  Enhance the community’s ability to identify children with developmental vulnerabilities and offer early intervention.
  Indicator: increase % of children assessed as proficient on standardized kindergarten readiness assessment.
  
  Financial Stability
  Target Issue: The safety net of emergency services available in our community is difficult to navigate and has limited capacity.
  
  Intended Results:
  
  Increase availability of services that provide assistance for basic needs for people in crisis.
  Improve coordination of services among agencies providing emergency assistance
  
  Health
  Target Issue: Many people in our community do not live in safe environments.
  
  Intended Results:
  
  Strengthen community efforts to prevent violence and abuse.
  Maximize likelihood of recovery among victims of violence or abuse.
• Our Impact
  Transformation is possible when we harness and unite our collective wisdom, resources and manpower to address the complex issues facing our community. United Way of the Piedmont creates high leverage collective impact to address the issues of behavioral health and poverty.