Having an income that can support you and a family through retirement is key to maintaining a good quality of life. Financial stability is something that is often taken for granted.
United Way is helping families in the Cedar Valley become financially stable and independent by
- Increasing income by helping hardworking people obtain job training and family-sustaining wages
- Encouraging savings as a financial safety net
In the Cedar Valley, 1 in 5 children in our community live in poverty ($26,200 for a family of 4). Families earning the median household income of $50,916 spend 15% of their income on child care if they have a baby at a licensed child care facility. Nearly half of the students in our community receive free or reduced lunches. 50.2% of rental households in the Cedar Valley spend 30% or more of their household income on housing and utilities.
We are working to make families financially independent. Cedar Valley United Way is providing the following funding grants in the income area:
2022-2024 FINANCIAL STABILITY GRANTS:
Achieving Financial Stability:
Immigration Legal Services | $25,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque
House of Hope | $20,000
Christian Community Development
Adult Education and Advancement* | $5,000
Commonbond Communities
Permanent Housing | $20,000
Community Housing Initiatives
SOAR Program | $22,000
Community Housing Initiatives
Removing Childcare as a Barrier to Work for Low-Income Families | $40,500
Grin and Grow Ltd.
Homebuyer Education and Financial Counseling | $8,000
Habitat for Humanity
Solutions to Systemic Poverty through Legal Assistance | $11,478.31
Iowa Legal Aid
Financial Stewardship Mentoring Program | $13,000
The Job Foundation
Refugee Services | $20,000
Operation Threshold
Junkman-Knoebel Transitional Housing | $26,000
Pathways Behavioral Services
Pathway of Hope | $5,000
The Salvation Army
Language, Advocacy, Resources and Support | $5,000
YWCA of Black Hawk County
Summer Daze Child Care | $20,000
YWCA of Black Hawk County
Y's Kids Before and After School Care | $30,000
YWCA of Black Hawk County
Workforce Development:
Adult Education and Advancement* | $5,000
CommonBond Communities
Family Literacy Program | $35,000
Hawkeye Community College
One City Momentum | $15,000
One City United
TOTAL FINANCIAL STABILITY GRANTS | $320,978.31
* Denotes program covers more than one focus-area