According to a new report from United Way and its research partner United For ALICE, 75,317 or 47% of Lane County households are struggling to make ends meet. This number is up from 46% from last year’s report, with nearly 2,000 more households in our community experiencing financial insecurity than last year.
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Learn about Ride United, an innovative partnership between United Way, local food pantries, and DoorDash that is increasing food access around Lane County.
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Last Thursday, the McKenzie Little Eagles Child Care center hosted an open house, offering community members and prospective parents the chance to tour their new facility in Blue River. For a community that’s weathered devastating challenges the last few years, the center offers more than simply child care - it stands as a symbol of resilience and hope.
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We believe that community-wide problems require collaborative, community-wide solutions.
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Kids and families in Lane County face countless challenges each day. From food insecurity to an ongoing pandemic; from a youth mental health crisis to systemic barriers for people of color, it’s important to recognize that all of these challenges are interconnected..
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On November 12th 2020 the Lane Equity Coalition and the Integration Network for Immigrants of Lane County held their second event in an online series, Keeping Our Neighbors Healthy: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Lane County's Immigrant Communities. This event focused on how the greater Lane County Community can continue to work together to strengthen supports for immigrant and refugee communities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“As a partnership committed to improving the health of all people in Lane County, it seems critical to discuss how immigrants in particular are impacted by this unprecedented public health and economic crisis so that we as a community can be responsive,” shared our Director of Health Senna Towner, regarding the recent event hosted on this topic.
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United Way of Lane County announces funding of over $447,000 in grants to support initiatives led by and serving BIPOC, rural and low-income communities so they can recover and rebuild from the continued impacts of the pandemic.
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Our President and CEO, Noreen Dunnells sits down with two of the volunteers from our COVID-19 Community Response Fund grant review panel. They reflect on their experiences being a part of the investment process and share how we move forward to help Lane County recover and reimagine a brighter, more equitable future.
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