economic stability - united way of greater atlanta
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FayetteFayette
FultonFulton(North)(North)
FultonFulton(South)(South)
HenryHenry
PauldingPaulding
ButtsButts
CherokeeCherokee
ClaytonClayton
CobbCobb
DouglasDouglas
DeKalbDeKalb
GwinnettGwinnett
CowetaCoweta
Rockdale Rockdale
Focused on Child Well-BeingWhen we launched
the Child Well-Being
Movement in 2017,
almost 500,000
children were growing
up in communities
with low Child
Well-Being Scores
- without sufficient
opportunities,
resources and social
supports to reach
their full potential.
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ECONOMIC STABILITYBRIGHTER FUTURE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STRONG LEARNERS
Levels of Child Well-Being
Very Low Average Very High
Our goal is to make sure Greater Atlanta’s children and their families grow up in thriving communities.
Using research, data and over 100 years of grantmaking experience, we have identified four investment priorities that offer the highest potential to impact communities with low child well-being and the region overall.
Data Driven Investing Data guides the work of United Way to assess gaps in services and understand the unique needs of our region as a whole and within each zip code.
Connecting United Way networks with hundreds of nonprofits, county and local governments, businesses and community leaders, assuring they're connecting, coordinating, and aligning.
Engagement & Fundraising We engage businesses, individual donors and volunteers, community leaders, foundations and government to drive investments of time, talent and funds in child well-being.
What United Way Uniquely Does
Our StrategyWe engaged a robust data analytics team to develop
predictive tools and identify where our investments could
have the biggest impact. We identified the measures that
would be key to improving the overall Child Well-Being
Score.
Our GoalTo raise the overall Child Well-Being Score across Greater
Atlanta’s 13-county region, improving the lives of more
than 250,000 children by 2027.
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Economic Stability is a regional investment priority aligned with our child well-being efforts to improve job skills and addresses other factors like health costs, housing or financial education that will ensure families are able to convert increased income into wealth.
ECONOMIC STABILITY
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StrategiesWe are investing in five strategies that offer the highest potential to improve economic stability and improve overall child well-being across the Greater Atlanta region:
14,270 Served
SECURE HOUSING & BASIC NEEDS Ensure children and their families have the food, shelter, transportation and technology that are fundamental to achieving educational outcomes, healthy lives and reaching economic stability.
11,158Served
ACCESS TO CHILDCARE & AFTERSCHOOLIncrease access to quality early learning and youth enrichment programs that are flexible, affordable and accommodate parents’ work and training schedules.
2,725Served
CLOSE THE SKILLS GAPCreate easy access to job readiness programs, increase opportunities for hands-on work experience, and provide financial support to secure credentials in high demand careers for low-wage workers and opportunity youth.
BUILD WEALTHProvide supports so that families build financial literacy skills, improve credit scores, access financial products and attain assets that create economic mobility for themselves and the next generation.
14,410Served
MANAGE HEALTHProvide access to health services so that individuals are better able to manage their health, work consistently and live independently.
3,805Served
Improve family financial stability by 10%
10%
4%
74%
Our Goal
74% of hiring managers say that there is a
growing gap between the skills needed for
jobs of tomorrow and the talent available.
*US Chamber of Commerce 2020 talent report
Children who grow up in poverty have
a 4 percent chance of moving into the
middle class.
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COMMUNITY OF INVESTORS IN ECONOMIC STABILITY
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United Way is not tackling this issue alone. Government, corporate and philanthropic resources can make more strategic and effective investments when they work together.
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Some of the Partners in Economic Stability
View the full list at unitedwayatlanta.org/agency-partners.
• Atlanta Technical College• Atlanta Urban League• Atlanta CareerRise• Catholic Charities• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau• Covenant House• Gateway• Georgia Gwinnett College
• Goodwill of North Georgia• International Rescue Committee• North Fulton Community Charities• Salvation Army• St. Vincent de Paul• Veterans Empowerment Organization• Wellspring Living
Your dollars allow us to leverage this power to make a
bigger, lasting impact.
Current investments in Economic Stability total $2.9M
annually. In order to reach our goal, we need to be
investing $5.2M a year. annual investment needed
$5.2M
County & CityGovernment State of Georgia Federal Government United Way and donors
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“Well-being in our community is strongly linked to our fellow citizens getting and holding jobs that pay a living wage. When the skills of the workforce are misaligned with the needs of employers, this link is broken. That’s why we’re creating employer-driven partnerships and redesigning the way workers access training.” John Helton, Atlanta CareerRise