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United Way of Champaign County's Community Report documents, in one location, an overview of data representing the human condition in our local community. 

Last year 211 team members fielded more than 20 million calls nationally, connecting struggling people with essential resources to solve their health care, housing, and food problems. From the first hello, 211 team members offered comfort and hope.

As one 211 specialist, Mercy Magu, said:

“People who contact 211 want someone who can listen to them, provide them with resources, and assist them to keep hope alive.”

In his 1963 book “Strength to Love,” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: “The ultimate measure of a man is … where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

Following a year of great unrest and strife, it’s critical that we take the time to learn with and from each other. Join thousands of your neighbors across Illinois for the United Way of Illinois Equity Challenge. We’ll learn about inequality and systemic racism in 21 weekly lessons.

The self-guided learning journey examines the history and impact of racism, and how it has shaped people’s lives. The experience will deepen understanding and help launch what we hope will be a lifelong commitment to improving equity and inclusion.

The 2020 Census is still happening. Have you completed yours?

Filling out the census is an important civic responsibility and a great way to support our community. That’s why United Way of Champaign County is participating in a national initiative called United We Count, United We Vote, a non-partisan effort to increase participation in the census and voting.

We have heavy hearts. Our country and community are grieving.  Most of us can’t begin to imagine the pain that the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others have felt as a result of injustice and systemic racism.  It is racism that inhibits the ability to create community change. 

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Who is ALICE?

ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, is a new way of defining and understanding the struggles of households that earn above the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford a bare-bones household budget.

For far too many families, the cost of living outpaces what they earn. These households struggle to manage even their most basic needs - housing, food, transportation, child care, health care, and necessary technology.

Hot off the press - we are pleased to present our 2019 Annual Report!

At United Way, we are passionate about creating long-term social change that produces healthy, well-educated and financially stable individuals and families.

The accomplishments outlined in our Annual Report are a credit to you – our loyal supporters. Without your support, none of this work would be possible. Thank you. 

The 2019 Annual Report covers our work and our supporters from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019, Campaign Year 2018).