UNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY BOLD GOALS

For most of its history, United Way worked to improve lives by mobilizing the financial resources of businesses, individuals and foundations in support of direct service programs – the foundation of our work, now and into the future. However, despite the money raised and all of the services provided, many problems in our community continued and some even grew worse.
 
To address these larger, systematic issues, United Way saw a need to deal with the conditions that created them in the first place. Doing so called for a change in how United Way does its work; a change that requires focusing collective action on establishing goals, identifying strategies and measurements and mobilizing the resources- people and financial – to find and deliver solutions to the problems keeping our community from being even stronger.

EDUCATION

EDUCATION: COMMUNITY BOLD GOALS

  • Increase school readiness

  • Increase positive family engagement

  • Reduce non-academic barriers to success

  • Increase academic achievement and career readiness for youth

EDUCATION: COMMUNITY IMPACTS

  • Young children are entering the school prepared to succeed and young adults are prepared to transition to adulthood and independence

FINANCIAL STABILITY

FINANCIAL STABILITY: COMMUNITY BOLD GOALS

  • Individuals and families will achieve financial stability

  • Increase community workforce skills & competencies

  • Increase accessible, safe, permanent, affordable housing

  • People in crisis have access to emergency food & shelter

  • The community prepared to respond to disasters and emergencies

FINANCIAL STABILITY: COMMUNITY IMPACTS

  • Households are stable and have access to resources

HEALTH

HEALTH: COMMUNITY BOLD GOALS

  • Elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, have access to support services in order to complete independent activities of daily living

  • Increase awareness, education and treatment for those in need of addiction and mental health services

  • People who seek care, get care

  • People maintain healthy nutrition and physical fitness

HEALTH: COMMUNITY IMPACTS

  • Individuals and families are mentally and physically healthy and have access to services