United Way of the Wabash Valley today announced a new grant opportunity issued from their Youth Success Impact Council aimed at assisting school-aged children from grades K-12 who are having issues regarding attendance or staying engaged while in class. The Youth Success Council believes that all Wabash Valley youth should gain the knowledge, skills, and […]

Education has long been one of the pillars of United Way, specifically with their Success By 6 Impact Council, an initiative that focuses on the benefit of early childhood education in our community. United Way believes in the children of our community and that any investment in them, their future, and specifically their education is […]

The Wabash Valley COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund was developed by the United Way of the Wabash Valley and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation in order to quickly and effectively grant resources to community-based organizations to meet the emerging needs in our community resulting from the COIVD-19 pandemic.  Today they are announcing a new opportunity available […]

Resource Drive Ambassador Nathan Vooys Stresses Support Needed Now More Than Ever The United Way of the Wabash Valley has officially kicked off its 2020 Annual Community Resource Drive.  Today’s kickoff marks the start of their annual effort to shine a light on our community’s most daunting social issues while raising needed funds to address […]

The Wabash Valley COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund has awarded a total of $343,000 to four organizations as part of the second tier of large-scale grants.  Different from the weekly rounds of short-term small-scale grants of up to $5,000, these awards are intended to assist local organizations in helping a broader amount of individuals and families […]

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded over $89 million for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) implementation grants to 89 organizations across 38 states.  United Way of the Wabash Valley was awarded $1 million over the next three years to expand service delivery for substance use […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley (UWWV) today announced the first grant opportunity issued from their newly formed Financial Management Impact Council.  The council is part of the United Way’s transition, which started over a year ago, to a collective impact focus on the root causes of generational poverty within their 6-county service area of […]

Back-to-school costs can be challenging, but for families struggling financially, they can be crippling. Struggling families could be faced with the question of choosing between buying school supplies or putting food on the table.  United Way of the Wabash Valley is partnering with local school corporations to help ease the cost for families in our […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation announced today that they have now granted over half a million dollars of relief funding from the Wabash Valley COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. This week, the fund allocated an additional $31,500; bringing the total community investment from the Emergency Relief Fund to $514,899. […]