FINANCIAL STABILITY
United Way Helps Americans Achieve Financial Stability
As many as one-third of working Americans do not earn enough money to meet their basic needs. Wages have not kept pace with the rising cost of housing, healthcare, and education and currently, 40 million Americans are working in low-paying jobs without basic health and retirement benefits. For families walking a financial tightrope, unable to save for college, a home, or retirement, United Way is here to help.
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Our Goal
In 2008, United Way Worldwide initiated an ambitious 10-year plan to cut in half the number of lower-income families who are financially unstable. With your help, we believe that we can help 1.9 million working families get on the road to economic independence.
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Our Strategy
To address the obstacles that prevent hard working families from getting ahead financially, we launched the Financial Stability Partnership™, an initiative that promotes community-change strategies to help families meet their basic needs, while gaining the financial capability to plan for, and accomplish, their long-term financial goals.
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Over 300 United Ways and their local community partners are engaged in activities and initiatives to help build the financial stability of families in their communities.
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How You Can Help
Become an AmeriCorps Member to volunteer your time and talents to our Financial Readiness and Education for Everyone AmeriCorps Program or designate your donations to help support the program.
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Financial readiness and education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty in our community. United Way is working to support the education of all young adults and adults in our communities.
Our financial readiness and education for everyone program aims to provide financial literacy tutoring to students in sixth through twelfth grade and adults through service sites in Clarendon, Lee, and Sumter Counties.
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Individuals commit to a one-year term of service by becoming a member of the AmeriCorps Program engaging in small group and one-on-one mentoring. The program aims to educate our youth and adults about budgeting, banking, loans, tax preparation and many other financial education topics.