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.

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 by 2018 we can help 1.9 million working families get on the road to economic independence.
 

Our Strategy

To address the obstacles that prevent hard working families from getting ahead financially, we are focused on initiatives to help families meet their basic needs, while gaining the financial capability to plan for, and accomplish, their long-term financial goals. 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.
 

Our Focus Areas:

• Family-sustaining employment

• Affordable housing

• Savings and assets

• Manageable expenses

• Income Supports

 

Our Action Plan 

United Way of Adams County has assembled an Income Leadership Delegation of experts in the field. These professionals research and develop new programs and partnerships aimed at helping families live well by making good choices to safeguard their income and work toward financial self-sufficiency.