Making Money Moves
This funding initiative is a public-private partnership committed to expanding access to high-quality out-of-school programming for all Houston-area youth.
What is the Out 2 Learn?
This free confidential helpline operated by United Way of Greater Houston, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, they 211 connected more than 1.3 million of our neighbors with help in 2024. Top calls were for utility assistance, rent and mortgage assistance, housing, public benefits assistance, and food assistance.
What is 211?
This organization was founded in 2004. They provide a holistic solution of forming men while in prison to develop the business skills and character traits necessary for entrepreneurship. Upon release they support them with wraparound services (community, employment, transportation, transition housing, and business services).
What is the Prison Entrepreneurship Program?
The CEO of United Way of Greater Houston
Who is Amanda McMillan?
In collaboration with ConocoPhillips, this initiative aims to improve students' math skills, supporting their overall academic development.
What is United Way Math?
This team has the mission of improving community well-being through data-driven decision-making and collaborative partnerships.
What is the Learning Analytics and Compliance?
This acronym represents those who are working but struggle to afford the basic necessities of life. They are often forced to make tough choices, such as deciding between quality childcare or paying the rent, which have long-term consequences, not only for their families, but for us all.
What is ALICE?
This organization envisions a healthier society marked by permanent, positive changes in attitudes and behaviors toward the LGBTQ+ communities, and the ability of all LGBTQ+ individuals to realize their fullest potential.
What is the Montrose Center?
United Way of Greater Houston serves these four counties.
What is Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Waller?
This platform is designed to equip individuals with the skills needed to thrive in high-demand, future-ready careers. The goal is to prepare 500,000 people for future-proof jobs by 2030, and offers one year of free, unlimited access to expert-led, self-paced courses and industry-recognized certificates.
What is VERIZON Skill Forward?
This funding initiative is dedicated to enhancing early education and ensuring that young children, particularly those from low-income families, are prepared for success in school and life. This team focuses on providing high-quality early childhood education, professional development for educators, and support for families.
What is Early Childhood?
They play a key role in the Integrated Client Journey (ICJ). They assist clients in defining their goals and then provide an individualized pathway to specific services and programs through referrals and utilizing relationships to make connections for specific services.
What is a Navigator?
This nationally renowned organization is the most comprehensive resource for pediatric hearing loss in Texas and the only facility in the region that offers health services and spoken language education for children with hearing loss – all under one roof.
What is the Texas Hearing Institute?
The date United Way launches the self-service model to support clients with obtaining their goals at their own pace.
When is October 31st?
This professional development program elevates data literacy and continuous quality improvement (CQI) among Greater Houston nonprofits. It cultivates a collaborative learning space where professionals harness data, evaluation, visualization, and storytelling to advance organizational effectiveness.
What is Coffee and Quality?
This initiative collaborates with a network of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and community partners to provide comprehensive services aimed at increasing income, building savings, and acquiring assets.
What is the Financial Stability (will also accept THRIVE)?
United Way of Greater Houston accepts that clients are the experts of their own lives. They are naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
What is the Coaching Mindset?
Since 1946 this organization has inspired and guided Houstonians with the tools to achieve lasting recovery. They designed a path of freedom from alcohol, drugs, and other related issues that works where others fail. They also educate, treat, and support the entire family—not just the individual—so everyone can heal. The light of hope, healing, and recovery illuminates all that they do.
What is the Council on Recovery?
This county is the largest in UWGH’s coverage area.
What is Harris?
This self-service mobile friendly platform represents the next evolution of the Integrated Client Journey (ICJ) to enhance client engagement and retention by simplifying access to services and enabling real-time progress tracking.
What is Marketplace 2.0?
The funding area was formerly known at the ICJ is a collaborative initiative designed to support individuals and families on their path to financial stability. The team comprises Navigators embedded within partner nonprofit organizations across Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, and Waller counties.
What is the Community and Partner Relations (CPR)?
Rather than having “one‐size‐fits‐all” programs, UWGH helps people build individualized paths. They assign Navigators who guide individuals/families toward stability (financial, health, etc.), helping break down barriers and coordinate services.
What is the Integrated Client Journey (or the ICJ)?
This organization was founded April 1982 with the goal to empower and transform neighbors' lives from crisis to self-sufficiency by providing healthy food, financial support, housing, medical resources, education, and job readiness.
What is West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM)?
The diverse categories of funding that United Way of Greater Houston supports.
What is healthcare, basic needs, legal, financial stability, early childhood and navigation.
The four service centers where United Way of Greater Houston operates across the region, providing access to health and human services, community support, and nonprofit resources.
What is Bay Area, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Waller?