Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, good health, and the security of having all basic needs met. That’s why United Way’s work is focused on the building blocks for a good life

Your support of United Way is also an investment in these community priorities:                                                                          

Education 

Fostering Successful Children & Youth
Ensuring they are ready to succeed in school and life by:

• Increasing access to positive development opportunities for children and youth
• Increasing academic success for children and youth
• Increasing the percent of children entering Kindergarten ready for school

Promoting Financial Stability & Independence
Helping lower-income individuals and families transition out of poverty by:

• Increasing income capabilities
• Gaining and sustaining savings and assets

Improving People's Health

Improving the health status of uninsured and under-insured people by:

• Increasing access to physical, mental and dental services/benefits for uninsured or underinsured people

Basic Needs 

Ensuring a Strong Network of Basic Human Services
United Way of Greater Duluth provides vital ongoing operating support to organizations and programs ensuring a strong network of basic human services to meet people's emergency and transitional needs for survival and stabilization by:

• Meeting people's emergency and transitional need for food, shelter, housing, safety and clothing