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Since 1924, United Way for Greater Austin has been dedicated to providing families and individuals in need with the tools and resources needed to thrive.

What We Do

United Way for Greater Austin brings people, ideas and resources together to fight poverty in our community. Together with community leaders and partners, we’re leading the charge to create sustainable and lasting solutions to poverty and the cycle that holds people in it.

Our Focus

Fighting the Cycle of Poverty

Our Community Investment
We’re investing millions of dollars into the community to support proven strategies focused on three key areas of greatest impact: caring for immediate needs, confronting stubborn challenges and convening community resources for change.

Caring for Immediate Needs

2-1-1 Navigation Center
Everyday challenges can be paralyzing for those who are experiencing financial vulnerability, so our 2-1-1 Navigation Center staff answer their calls every day to connect them with resources that can help. Last year, our staff answered more than 300,000 calls for help with needs such as rent assistance, healthcare services and access to food or transportation.

Confronting Stubborn Challenges

Success By 6 and 2-Gen Programs
Through our Success By 6 initiative, we work with community partners to help prepare young children for success in school and beyond.In order to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, we support families living in low-income households by providing services to parents and children simultaneously through our 2-Gen program.

Convening for Change

A Dedicated Collective
By bringing together the best of Austin’s talent, corporate and non-profit partners and valuable resources, our work and programs are creating a collective dedicated to making the greatest impact while improving life for everyone in Greater Austin.

Our Impact in 2017

$ 999 +

invested directly into the community

999

calls for assistance answered

999

volunteers provided

999

hours of service

999

children & families impacted through Success by 6 and
2-Gen programs

Newsroom

Incoming, United Way for Greater Austin Welcomes A New Class of Board Members
  • 4 Feb, 2019

Incoming, United Way for Greater Austin Welcomes A New Class of Board Members

AUSTIN, Texas – 2019 is off to a great start for United Way for Greater Austin. United Way is excited to announce the addition of six new Board Members; Kristie Gonzales, Kristin Marcum, Scott Rust, Amy Simmons, Charles Thornburgh and Jeffrey Verno...

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42 Percent Of Households In Austin Are Struggling To Pay Their Bills, Report Says
  • 29 Jan, 2019

42 Percent Of Households In Austin Are Struggling To Pay Their Bills, Report Says

A new report says a third of households in Travis County struggle to make ends meet; in Austin, that number was higher, at 42 percent. Travis County's cost of living was significantly higher than the statewide average, according to the analysis by...

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United Way for Greater Austin Hosts Film Screening of No Small Matter Documentary
  • 18 Jan, 2019

United Way for Greater Austin Hosts Film Screening of No Small Matter Documentary

AUSTIN, Texas – In a 2017 poll by the First Five Years Fund, more than 90 percent of Americans agree that our elected leaders should work together to make quality early childhood education more accessible and affordable to low- and middle-income fa...

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Where Hope Takes Root
  • 18 Jan, 2019

Where Hope Takes Root

More than 70,000 children in Central Texas live in poverty and face challenges that stand in the way of learning, like hunger, trauma, homelessness, poverty and poor health. Without community support, they are more at risk for missing school, droppin...

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