Our Community

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During the 2009/2010 LIVE UNITED Campaign, Orange County United Way committed funds to 90 programs dedicated to improving lives and addressing the greatest needs in our community: basic needs services for families in crisis,  educational programs and initiatives to ensure the future of our youth, and financial literacy programs and initiatives to assist the working poor.

IMPACT SNAPSHOT

Education
• Invested $900,000 into 24 Education Programs providing hope and help to 13,483 people

Income
• Invested $625,000 into 13 Financial Stability Programs providing hope and help to 9,988 people

Health
• Invested $620,000 into 10 Food Programs providing hope and help to 165,498 people
• Invested $1,195,000 into 21 Medical Care Programs providing hope and help to 33,122 people
• Invested $1,185,000 into 21 Shelter/Housing Programs providing hope and help to 6,362 people


The Need in OUR Community

• There are more than 229,000 households in OUR community that can't meet their most basic needs.
• There are more than 890,000 people at risk of hunger every month in OUR community.
• There’s an estimated 35,000 people who experience homelessness in OUR community over the course of a year, most of which are children.
• Orange County's four-year high school dropout rate rose from 9.5% to 14.3% in the last year alone.