United Way of Greater Plymouth County focuses on the vital and interconnected needs of:
Education – Helping our children through early learning opportunities to be ready for school, helping our youth to be successful in school and safe through after school initiatives and mentoring in order to ensure their graduation from high school and success in higher education and gainful employment.
Health – Promoting the physical health and healthy living of our neighbors through access to health care services and preventative health education as well as treatment interventions to reduce child abuse, mental illness, substance addictions and domestic violence.
Financial Stability - Providing for the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing for our families and our most vulnerable neighbors as well as affording pathways for them to sustainable employment and decent, affordable housing.
LIVE UNITED Community Recovery Focus Areas:
• Feeding Our Families (Health)
• Preventing Evictions & Ending Homelessness (Financial Stability)
• Accessing Affordable Health Services (Health)
• Returning to Learning for Our Children & Youth (Education)
• Aspiring to Hire for Our Recently Unemployed (Financial Stability)
United Way Funded Initiatives
2021 - 2022
39 funded initiatives at 22 agencies
American Credit Counseling Service Inc.
• Free One on One Counseling (financial literacy)
BAMSI
• Brown Bag Program at Dorn Davies Senior Center
• Helpline
• Whitman Counseling Center
Boys & Girls Club of Metro South
• Supporting Academic Success During and After School
• Urban Farming to Combat Food Insecurity for Children and Families
Brockton Area Arc
• Physical & Nutritional Health and Wellness
Brockton Day Nursery
• Provision of Home Health Care for Underinsured/Uninsured Elders
Catholic Charities South
• Brockton Food Pantry
Family & Community Resources
• Comprehensive Mental Health Services
• Community Collaboration to Promote Health Equity & Well-Being
Father Bill's & MainSpring
• Pathways to Good Health and Stable Housing for Our Neighbors Experiencing Homelessness: Wraparound Stabilization Services at Montello Welcome Home Again and Jack's Place
• Emergency Shelters/Triage Centers: Meeting Basic Needs and Rapidly Ending the Homelessness of our Most Vulnerable Neighbors
Health Imperatives
• Penelope's Place Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter
• Healthy Plymouth and South Shore
• Plymouth Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program
High Point Treatment Center
Initiative Site: Prevention Services
• 5th Annual Youth Substance Use Prevention Conference
Initiative Site: South Shore Resource & Advocacy Center (Southeast Family Services)
• Preventing Evictions & Homelessness
Massasoit Community College
• Health Care Careers Initiative
• Expanding Healthy Food Access Resources at Massasoit
Old Colony Y
• Returning to Learning for Our Children & Youth
• Preventing Evictions & Homelessness
• Feeding our Families
• Accessing Affordable Healthcare Services
• Aspiring to Hire the Recently Unemployed
Quincy College
• Scholarship Fund
• HiSET- Bridges to College Program
Raising A Reader Massachusetts
• Raising A Reader Brockton
Road to Responsibility
• Access to Psychiatric Services for Individuals with Disabilities
• Great Places to Work
School on Wheels
• Pathways to Success for Students Impacted by Homelessness & COVID-19
South Shore Conservatory
• ImagineARTS - Integrated Literacy Program
The Arc of Plymouth and Upper Cape
• Arc/Algonquin Heights Food Pantry
• Bridging Abilities Through Technology
The Arc of the South Shore
• Health Matters: Improving the Physical and Mental Health of Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
The Charity Guild
• Emergency Food Pantry
The Salvation Army of Brockton
• Emergency Housing Assistance