Impact Areas

Local results through Community Impact Areas

  • United Way's Community Impact Fund provdies grants to local programs annually.
  • Donor designated funds are separate from community impact grants.
  • Agencies partnering within each impact area work as a team with trained community volunteers to award grant dollars among certified programs addressing community needs and providing short-term relief and long-term solutions.

Assuring that people facing hardship have access to resources that help meet immediate or basic needs.

  • Disaster Services - American Red Cross
  • Legal Aid Services - Blue Ridge Legal Services
  • 24 hour Crisis Service - CASA
  • Mediation Service - Community Mediation Center
  • Emergency Services - Elkton Area United Services
  • Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence - First Step
  • Chronic Care Clinic - Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic
  • Aid to Resident Adults and Children - Mercy House
  • Hispanic Immigrant Case Managment - New Bridges Immigrant Resource Center
  • English Tutoring - Skyline Literacy Coalition
  • Library Service for Print Impaired - Talking Book Center

Providing families, children and youth access to community resources needed to develop to their fullest potential, live safe and healthy lives, and contribute positively to society.

  • Community Based Mentoring - Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Hispanic Youth Mentoring - Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Professional Counseling Program - Center for Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Supervised Visitation Exchange Program - Center for Marriage and Family Counseling
  • Hand-in-Hand Resource Mothers Program - Hand-in-Hand Resource Mothers
  • Parent Education through Home Visits - Healthy Families of the Blue Ridge
  • IMPACT (Intergenerational Model: Parents and Children Together) - MTC Foundation
  • Project 4T- Teaching Teens and Tots Together - MTC Foundation
  • Youth Asset Building - Office on Children & Youth


Enriching the quality of life, improving access to health care, and reducing social isolation for older adults in our community.

  • Adult Daycare Scholarships - Generations Crossing
  • Home Adaptation for Older Adults - Rebuilding Together
  • Legal Aid for the Elderly - Blue Ridge Legal Services
  • Meals on Wheels - Valley Program for Aging Services
  • Respite Scholarships - Caregiver's Community Network

Empowering Individuals for successful employment through daycare, transportation and work training for persons with disabilities.

  • Daycare Scholarships - Harrisonburg-Rockingham Day Care Center
  • Bridging the Gap Fund - Roberta Webb ChildCare
  • Childcare Scholarships - Plains Area Daycare Childcare
  • Increasing Childcare Availability - ChildCare Connection
  • Op Shop - The ARC
  • Transportation of Persons with Disabilities - Friendship Industries
  • Mobility: Key to Independence - Way to Go, Inc.




 

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