Community Goals

 

Your gift to United Way can help accomplish ALL of these goals and bring about results that matter right here in Northeast Louisiana.

 

United Way Community Goals

Strengthening Families
Families enjoy healthy and supportive relationships in a secure environment where they can care for each other and maintain economic stability.

Creating Bright Futures for Children
Every child, from birth through the teen years, is provided a healthy, safe environment and the opportunity to develop to his or her full potential.

Responding to Crisis and Achieving Stability
People have the assistance they need in order to avoid and/or overcome crisis or disaster; all people in need are treated with dignity and respect.

Improving Health and Wellness
People enjoy physical and mental well being, live healthy life-styles, and have access to timely, affordable healthcare when experiencing illness, injury, or disability.

 

 

Results that matter...

 

Strengthening Families

• Seniors and people with special needs maintain quality of life and independence

• Individuals gain skills for successful employment and financial independence

• Family members have healthy, nurturing relationships within a supportive community

 

Creating Bright Futures for Children

• Children and youth are successful

• High risk and victimized youth receive help to regain stability

 

Responding to Crisis and Achieving Stability

• People have basic needs met

• Individuals and families live free of violence

• People overcome crisis and gain stability

• Prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies

 

Improving Health and Wellness

• People with alcohol, drug or tobacco addictions break their dependencies

• Teens make positive choices to abstain from premature sexual activity, reducing teen pregnancies and STDs

• Children with special needs have access to all opportunities

• Adults and children with mental or chronic illnesses are able to maintain optimum health and community living

• People have access to preventative and maintenance healthcare

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for real people right here at home.