$907K in expenses

United way community services - united way 2-1-1 is a 24 hour/7-day, information and referral hotline that connects those in need to available resources in the community. It is designed to connect residents to community resources for their most critical needs, 211 has fielded almost 4,300 calls this year from residents of winnebago county. This line is free, confidential, and open 24/7 and callers can gain access to resources for rent and utility assistance, childcare, clothing food, mental health care, and more. United way's strong neighborhoods initiative: through our strong neighboorhood houses. United way supports the work of local nonprofits by providing them space for free. The organizations were strategically chosen to serve the surrounding community as a reflection of need in that area. From drug awarenexx to suicide prevention to housing acquisition supports, each nonprofit serves to enhance and build up the neighboorhoods where the houses exists.

$1.2M in expenses

United for literacy, only 32% of children can read at grade level by the end of third grade. This is a crisis that adversely affects these children's ability to succeed in school, graduate and lead successful adult lives. Our bold goal through our united for literacy initiative is to increase our counties childhood literacy rate to 75% by the year 2034. We do this in the impact areas of read alouds, increasing parent involvement, widespread book distribution, increasing community awareness about the importance of reading to children and more. This past year we reached 20,000 children, distributed 123,798 books, provided 70 literacy events for children and families, funded 11 reach out and read active clinics in 4 healthcare systems across the county.