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More than 45,000 households in south central Indiana are in, or one emergency away from, poverty — including 30% of households with children and 43% of senior (65+) households.

Living paycheck to paycheck while hovering at or falling below the poverty line is the reality for 46 percent of families in our region.

No one can tackle these issues alone, but united we can make a meaningful impact.

Your support of United Way helps local people move from poverty to possibility. We need your help, please give today!

United Way of Monroe County is now United Way of South Central Indiana

Giving to United Way

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You Make a Difference.

With your help, United Way of Monroe County is working to create long-lasting change within our community by addressing the underlying challenges facing our families, friends, and neighbors.

Your gift to the Community Action Fund is invested in 24 local member agencies and United Way collaborative initiatives. Giving to the Community Action Fund is the best way to ensure the community's critical social service needs can be met. It also supports investments in local people so they have building blocks for opportunity.

At United Way, we believe that Education, Earnings, and Essentials are the building blocks for a better life. Through special targeted funds, you can support our work in any or all of these areas. A donation to these funds is invested in agencies and initiatives that help our community make progress toward important goals.

You can also direct your gift to member agencies and other eligible nonprofit organization in the community. Read more about the Donor Choice program. Donor designations to non-member organizations are assessed a fee, currently 12%, that covers the cost of raising, processing, verifying and distributing the funds.

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