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When you give to United Way, your donation
helps people right here in Greater Baltimore.
Anne Arundel County
Pioneer City was one of our first
partners in our Neighbors United
initiative, a resident-led approach
to grassroots organizing that
drives meaningful change in
under-resourced neighborhoods.
Residents there led a project that
increased safety in their
community.
Baltimore City
Our Family Centers in Benjamin Franklin
and Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood
high schools provide free, high-quality
childcare for parenting students so they
don’t have to choose between caring
for their children and graduating. These
Centers also offer many supportive
services and resources for students
and their families.
Baltimore County
Through our STEP (Strategic
Targeted Eviction Prevention)
Harford County
program, launched at the start of the
Our eviction prevention and family
pandemic, we provided more than
support program in Harford County
$100 million in past-due rent and
has served 182 families since
utilities to keep more than nearly
inception, including 350 school-age
15,000 people housed in Baltimore
children. 96.7% of families remained
County and across Central Maryland.
housed during program and 99.7% of
children have avoided a disruptive
school transfer.
Carroll County
Help our neighbors
In Carroll County, many people are trying
and neighborhoods
to make ends meet. Through our
partnership with the Westminster
Howard County
Rescue Mission and Carroll County
The United Way Neighborhood Zone
Public Schools, we provide food and
in Columbia is a resource hub for
household goods directly in rural
residents, providing assistance with
communities, where transportation is
housing, food, job support,
often a significant barrier to accessing
counseling, and reduced cost
resources. We respond by partnering
childcare at its Family Center for
with local organizations there to provide
eligible parents who live or work in
regular food distribution events to help
Howard County.
feed those in need.
Keep it local.
with your support today:
uwcm.org/donate.
