Safe and Affordable Housing
This adjective is often used to enforce a false narrative to explain why people experiencing homelessness.
What is lazy?
You can’t live without it, but bottled versions of this cost more than soda in many low-income neighborhoods.
What is water?
This is the federal hourly minimum wage.
What is $7.25?
90% of brain development occurs by this age.
What is age 5?
Board game where players can receive help from the Community Chest.
What is Monopoly?
A child that has a stable home and remains in a school system can improve these.
What are test scores or grades?
The US federal program designed to provide food assistance to low-income individuals and families is called this.
What is SNAP or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
This document is often required for a job interview and is frequently supported by United Way job-readiness programs.
What is a resume?
Although they provide this service, early educators often can't afford it themselves due to low wages.
What is child care?
The city where United Way was founded in 1887.
What is Denver?
What is ALICE?
There is little to no access to public transportation in this type of community.
What is rural?
This is often considered the most important factor for a person to increase their income over time.
What is education?
In many U.S. states, the annual cost of this child-related expense exceeds the cost of in-state public college tuition.
What is child care?
The largest donor in United Way history, donating ~$25 million to multiple local United Ways.
Who is MacKenzie Scott?
This is the percentage of a person's income that is typically considered "affordable" when it comes to housing.
What is 30%?
This three-digit helpline number for basic needs is supported by United Way in many states.
What is 211?
This term describes the ability to understand and use various financial skills, including personal financial management and budgeting.
What is financial literacy?
United Way's signature reading initiative.
What is ReadUP?
United Way began to support relief agencies serving adults and children who were affected by this disease in the late 19th century.
What is tuberculosis?
This has long been the primary way for families to build wealth.
What is homeownership?
United Way often supports food pantries in this type of neighborhood where grocery stores are scarce.
What is a food desert?
Two-generation models target children and their caregivers/parents in low-income families in hopes of ending this.
What is the cycle of poverty or generational poverty?
Children who are not reading at grade level by this grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school.
What is third grade?
This US president made United Way the official charity of the federal government's Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) in the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?