United Way Makes $2.65 Million Community Investment In City Of Fort Worth

Dallas TX

06 July, 2021

9:12 AM

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Press release from City of Fort Worth: July 1, 2021 United Way of Tarrant County announced the investment of $2.65 million in the community through its Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund, the Veterans Fund and the Women United Fund. The investment provides funding to 54 organizations to tackle ongoing social challenges related to basic needs, affordable housing/homelessness, education, health care and transportation. The funding also addresses inequities and disparities across Tarrant County. That total is in addition to the more than $5.5 million in Emergency Relief Funds invested in the community in the last year to assist those in need as a result of COVID-19. United Way of Tarrant County also allocated more than $430,000 to organizations and individuals impacted by February's Winter Storm Uri. "The Tarrant County community was greatly impacted as a result of the pandemic and winter storm," said Leah King, president and CEO of United Way of Tarrant County. "The amount of suffering and grief was overwhelming, and we are just now beginning to recover. Through generous donations by companies, foundations and individuals, United Way of Tarrant County can provide ongoing, long-term support to the community as we all strive to overcome these difficult times." Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund The Reimagine and Rebuild Tarrant County Fund was established to provide long-term assistance to the community as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund provides meals for senior citizens, students and families; assistance with rent, mortgages and utilities; and other basic needs. The fund also is used to create job development and training programs, educational programs for PreK-12 and college readiness, as well as programs for general and mental health. Recipients of funding include: AIDS Outreach Center: $90,000Alzheimer's Association North Central Texas Chapter: $45,000American Red Cross: $75,000Arlington Charities: $48,000Big Brothers Big Sisters Greater Tarrant County: $129,000Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County: $50,000Catholic Charities Fort Worth: $90,000Center for Transforming Lives: $75,000Child Care Associates: $90,000Clayton Youth: $70,000Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County: $62,500CommUnity Frontline: $12,500Community Learning Center Inc: $100,000Community Link: $15,000Como Lions Heart: $17,500DASH Network: $17,500Dental Health Arlington: $35,000Fort Worth Drowning Prevention Coalition: $15,000Girls, Inc.: $75,000Guardianship Services: $30,000Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration: $25,000Hispanic Women's Network of Texas: $7,000I Can Still Shine: $5,600Ladder Alliance: $90,000Lena Pope: $70,000Marriage Management: $17,500Meals on Wheels: $75,000Opening Doors for Women in Need: $14,000Pathfinders: $90,000Presbyterian Night Shelter: $77,000Reading Partners: $87,500Resource Recovery Council: $55,400Rosa es Rojo: $17,500SafeHaven: $129,000Salvation Army: $90,000Southwest Diabetic Foundation: $27,500Tarrant Literacy Coalition: $20,000The Women's Center: $100,000United Community Centers: $60,000 Veterans Fund United Way launched its Veterans Fund in 2013 with a generous corporate contribution by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. and an additional gift from Bell. The funding is dedicated to supporting military service members who are returning to civilian life in the Tarrant County area, including counseling, career and financial coaching, addiction treatment and other high-priority needs. This year's funding includes: 22Kill: $15,000Community Learning Center Inc.: $69,000Destiny Pointe: $12,500Lift Fund: $63,000Marriage Management: $12,000MHMR Visions: $35,000Pathfinders: $49,000Recovery Resource Council: $60,000Servolution Network: $33,500Tarrant County Veterans Court: $15,000Volunteers of America TX: $36,000 Women United Fund The Women United Fund, established in 2008, is allocated to organizations that support women and girls through services and programs that lead to a quality education, enhance job skills and extend the opportunity to change their lives in other ways. Grants from the Women United Fund were awarded to: Camp Fire: $5,000Child Care Associates: $5,000Ladder Alliance: $35,000Volunteers of America TX: $5,000 This press release was produced by City of Fort Worth. The views expressed here are the author's own.