United Way of Greater Charlottesville

**Our Story** Since our founding in 1943, whatever the challenge, the United Way of Greater Charlottesville brings people together to listen, learn, understand, and solve problems head-on. While the needs of our community have changed over time, our role as the convener, collaborator, and doer has remained the same. **Our Mission** United Way of Greater Charlottesville connects our community, enabling individuals and families to achieve their potential. **Our Vision** A strong, equitable community where every person can thrive. **Our Approach** Our three impact areas **–** early childcare and education, financial support and services, and community involvement **–** inform our mission, vision, and work. **Our Impact Areas** **Financial Stability** We focus our work on increasing opportunities for families, individuals, and small businesses to become financially secure and independent. We aim to help ALICE families and individuals who are on the path to becoming financially stable, but struggle to break the cycle of choosing which life essentials to pay for due to lack of income. We offer personalized and holistic programs and resources that address specific obstacles and barriers faced on this journey. [View Financial Services & Supports](https://unitedwaycville.org/supports-services/financial/) ****School Readiness**** Through this impact area, we focus our work on providing families with high-quality care and education so that all children have the chance to arrive at school ready to reach their full potential. Our goal is to close the opportunity gap experienced by children from ALICE families by offering accessible, appropriate, and effective services, programs, and resources related to early childcare and education, focusing specifically on children from birth to five years old. [View Childcare & Early Education Services & Supports](https://unitedwaycville.org/supports-services/childcare-education/) ****Connected Community**** We lead collaborative systems-building through the establishment and facilitation of community-wide task forces, coalitions, forums, and social equity initiatives. [View Ways to Get Involved](https://unitedwaycville.org/get-involved/)