Clubs and Organizations
July 17, 2024
Hartford, Conn. (July 17, 2024) United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut awarded nearly $1.2 million to support 37 organizations across its region. In addition to the awards, the organization is announcing the beginning of a series of design sessions that will shape their new strategic vision to end poverty in all forms in central and northeastern Connecticut.
“This is an important moment: A Centennial milestone is a call to reflect and make sure our plans are aligning around our community’s most pressing concerns. The funds awarded will ensure that critical needs will be addressed, and services will continue for the benefit of our community. Then our design sessions will be an opportunity for our community to shape how we are going to close gaps in child literacy, wages, housing and life expectancy moving forward,” shared Eric Harrison, President and CEO, United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.
The organizations receiving funds are:
American Red Cross
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Inc.
Camp Courant
Catholic Charities, Inc. – Archdiocese of Hartford
Catholic Charities & Family Services, Diocese of Norwich, Inc.
CCARC, Inc.
Center for Children’s Advocacy
COMPASS Youth Collaborative, Inc.
Community First School
Connecticut Foodshare, Inc.
ConnectiKids
Consolidated School District of New Britain
East Hartford Public Schools
Educational Resources for Children, Inc.
Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc.
Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Inc.
HARC, Inc.
Hartford HealthCare at Home
Hispanic Health Council, Inc.
Hockanum Valley Community Council
KNOX, Inc.
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford
Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain, Inc. (OIC)
Services for the Elderly of Farmington
Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern Connecticut, Inc.
The Arc of the Farmington Valley, Inc. (FAVARH)
United Way of Connecticut, Inc.
URISE Ventures Inc.
Watkinson School
Windham Area Interfaith Ministry (WAIM)
Windham Public Schools
Women’s League, Inc. Child Development Center
YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford, Inc.
YMCA of New Britain – Berlin
YWCA of New Britain, Inc.
Design sessions just started on July 16, 2024 and the opportunity to join for any organization working on child literacy, wages, housing and life expectancy is still open. “Our new model is bold and broad and allows us to reshape the traditional partnerships that have been in place with community partners,” added Harrison. In the past, United Way partnerships were limited to those that received funds; moving forward the partnerships will be based on a shared commitment to closing gaps in child literacy, wages, housing and life expectancy with the ultimate goal of ending poverty in central and northeastern Connecticut.
Organizations interested in partnering with United Way are invited to respond to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ).