Take Action – Resources for Times of Crisis
We’ve struggled a bit with what we can say following yet another tragedy of horrific gun violence, this time against schoolchildren in Texas. Unfortunately, we are familiar with this mix…
Show Our Caregivers You Care: United Way Launches Giving Initiative for Early Childhood Providers
Supporting Young Children
With the turn of the new year comes another surge of COVID-19 cases across the Commonwealth and the nation. During the first few days of 2022, United Way of Massachusetts…
United Way’s 2021 Highlights
As we look back at 2021, we’re grateful to everyone who has supported us in our efforts to help rebuild more equitable and more resilient communities. We began this…
Special Series: Childcare Workforce Crisis Threatens an Equitable Recovery
Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
The workforce that powers our economy is in crisis. Early education is essential infrastructure for a healthy economy. Yet over the past decade, a childcare crisis has arisen, with the…
Special Series: COVID-19 and the Workforce Crisis
Disaster Relief, Moving Families Out of Poverty
This post is part of a special series about the workforce challenges our region faces and how we’re partnering to address them. Last week’s employment data from the Massachusetts Executive Office of…
Our View: Invest ARPA Funds for An Equitable Recovery
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was passed earlier this year to help communities recover from the wide-ranging economic and health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. With an infusion of…
Haiti Earthquake Recovery – How You Can Help
Disaster Relief
This past weekend, Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that crumbled homes and buildings and killed more than 1,200 people. As relief organizations on the ground and around…
The Road Ahead: How We’re Imagining Covid Recovery
Disaster Relief, Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
While the pandemic has left no one untouched, it also put a spotlight on the alarming disparities that have always existed throughout our country. As we look toward recovery, this…
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The Covid-19 crisis has illuminated and widened existing cracks in our human services safety net and education system like no other point in time in our history. It is also a…
United Way’s COVID Response: The Local Funds
Disaster Relief
In March of 2020 when we were first sent home, the horizon of our lives shrank to the bounds of our backyards. At the same time, responding to the impacts of the pandemic had to…