United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc

United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona is building a thriving community by uniting people, ideas, and resources, serving more than 250,000 individuals locally in 2024-2025. With more than a century of service in this region, United Way of Tucson remains committed to transforming lives and driving lasting change by focusing on key issues: educational success, financial wellness, healthy living, housing stability, and homelessness. As the premier community convener, United Way fosters strategic partnerships and mobilizes resources to design impactful, innovative solutions that support community members and strengthen the local economy. By utilizing measurable results, United Way ensures data-driven decision-making and monitors both internal and external partner programs to maximize outcomes.Key 2024-2025 Results Include: *1,947 children are in early education programs actively engaged in quality improvement efforts*Children received 252,625 age-appropriate books to build their personal home libraries*849 Families received guidance for raising and nurturing their child either in the home or at community-based settings and 5,489 adults received services from Family Resource Centers*436 Individuals learned new developmentally appropriate early childhood education and systems building skills*2,335 Opportunity youth were supported to sustain their engagement in connecting education and a career pathway through the re-engagement centers* 15,960 individuals were impacted through Math Change Network collaborative efforts*13,361 Low-income working families used no-fee tax preparation services at VITA sites to receive all appropriate tax credits*1,902 household members built financial skills related to budgets and credit, debt reduction, saving strategies, and received assistance to obtain public benefits, financial education and coaching*3,767 Older adults became more active and independent through volunteering 118,106 Hours to support 29,942 other older adults and families to meet their needs*32,132 Older adults were able to stay at home because of help and support from quality programs*1,734 individuals sought more information about becoming a Direct Care Worker*1,634 Days of Caring volunteers provided over 4,823 volunteer hours to complete 95 community improvement projects impacting 78,700 individuals*112,807 individuals were helped with emergency needs, such as rental and utility assistance, food, diapers, and health and safety needs * 849 families of young children were served with classes, workshops, parent-child interactions and family support coordination/case management