UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS

UWM PROMOTES ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AS WELL AS DENTAL AND EYE CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDERINSURED OR LACK INSURANCE AT ALL. UNITED WAY PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS HELPED OVER 4,400 PEOPLE ACCESS HEALTH CARE, PROVIDING 3,107 ADULT AND CHILD PATIENT VISITS FOR DENTAL CARE AND 2,756 ADULT PATIENT VISITS FOR EYE CARE.

UWM SERVES AS LEAD U.S. HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (HUD) AGENCY FOR THE MIDLANDS AREA CONSORTIUM FOR THE HOMELESS (MACH) WHICH IS THE HUD DESIGNATED HOMELESS CONTINUUM OF CARE COVERING 13 COUNTIES STRETCHING FROM YORK, THROUGH THE MIDLANDS TO AIKEN. AS A TEAM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THE MIDLANDS. MACH MEMBER AGENCIES AND OTHER PARTNERS PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES, SHELTER AND HOUSING THAT ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY'S HOMELESS FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, YOUTH AND VETERANS TO STABILITY. THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUE, DIVERSITY OF THE POPULATIONS AND SHIFTING RESOURCES AND PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKE COORDINATION KEY TO COMMUNITY SUCCESS. SINCE 2006, UWM HAS LED MACH'S EFFORTS TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HUD TO SUPPORT HOMELESS HOUSING PROGRAMS. TO DATE, OVER $49 MILLION IN FEDERAL RESOURCES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE MIDLANDS THROUGH THIS WORK LEVERAGING AN ESTIMATED $154 MILLION IN MATCHING RESOURCES.UWM MANAGES EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM (EFSP) FUNDS FOR FOUR OF OUR COUNTIES. EFSP FUNDS ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT SHELTERING, FOOD, AND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN FOUR OF UWM'S COUNTIES. THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING EFSP FUNDS: $8,531 FOR FAIRFIELD COUNTY; $85,906 FOR LEXINGTON COUNTY; $12,124 FOR NEWBERRY COUNTY; $135,615 FOR RICHLAND COUNTY.UWM'S WHOLE FAMILY STRATEGY EXPANDS AGENCIES' LONG-TERM CASE MANAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES REFERRED BY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOUSING OR ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. ASSISTANCE INCLUDES RESOURCE NAVIGATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, AND WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILIES. 438 FAMILIES CONSISTING OF 1,084 CHILDREN WERE REFERRED FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS 4 COUNTIES TO RECEIVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL STABILITY SERVICES FROM WHOLE FAMILY SUPPORTED PARTNERS.UWM IS MAXIMIZING THE IMPACT OF A GIFT FROM MACKENZIE SCOTT BY AWARDING FUNDS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE MIDLANDS AND ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE. TO DATE, UWM HAS INVESTED $4 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES, LEVERAGING MORE THAN $67 MILLION IN TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. THIS REPRESENTS NEARLY 377 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE MIDLANDS.