United Way is creating lasting change in our communities. Will you join us?
We’re improving education, financial security, access to health and basic needs for every person in central and northeastern Connecticut. But we don’t do it alone. We work with hundreds of volunteers and tens of thousands of donors, providing a platform for you to find the best way to make a difference. Join us today. Change doesn’t happen without you.
We stand with United Way of Connecticut and other Connecticut United Ways in advocating for policy change that will help our community respond, recover, reimagine and rebuild systems for a just, equitable and strong future.
ALICE families have household incomes below a basic cost-of-living threshold. The Connecticut United Ways Report is a study of financial hardships in our state.
Returning money to parents enables them to provide their children with essential items that are not covered by other programs or services.
In response to the 13 percent rise in people in our region experiencing homelessness, United Way is mobilizing people and resources through our Rapid Response Fund: Housing and Homelessness campaign. Our goal is to keep people secure or stabilize housing.
Since 2023, three organizations – Read to Grow, Reach Out and Read, and United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut / Dolly Parton Imagination Library – have joined together to pursue a vision that all of Connecticut’s children will have access to books in their homes.
The goal of Hartford Working Cities is to reduce the unemployment rates of marginalized young adults, particularly opportunity youth, in targeted neighborhoods in Hartford. The unemployment rate for young adults in our focus area is twice as high as the City of Hartford average and three-times higher than the state average.
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