To increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another and to improve their community.

United Way provides the donor access to the broadest network of people, expertise and resources to improve lives in Central Alabama. Our strategy for improving our community includes: • Provide unmatched scale of resources through our partner network • Managing direct programs for immediate or unmet needs • Solving complex problems through Bold Goals, a collective impact model aligning partners and resources to address community issues

• More than 200 partners help provide a diverse support network • 15+ internal programs for veterans, seniors, childhood education and more • Community leaders, partners and action networks work to improve key metrics in health, education and financial stability

• We track outcomes through our Bold Goals Coalition and internal programs • Partner agencies also report back on outcomes • We have 500 volunteers review our partner agencies each year to track progress

In 2018, 2,421 seniors were served through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) 196,303 meals were delivered to homebound seniors and those with disabilities through Meals on Wheels (increase of 27,034 from 2017) 12,155 qualified individuals were assisted with health and dental care through HealthPLUS and DentalPLUS Alabama 1,126 children in Central Alabama benefitted from 14 summer feeding sites 954 children benefitted from enhanced learning interventions and technical assistance in 29 Success by 6 classrooms 252 new families and 302 children were served by Help Me Grow 3,560 tax returns were prepared through the Free Tax Preparation program $2. 5 million in assets were acquired through the IDA program 39,200 calls were received by the 2-1-1 call center 555 veterans served through Priority Veteran 6,394 calls were received by 1-800-AGE-LINE