2-1-1
 For every day needs and in times of disaster, 2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember phone number that connects Bay Area residents with community services.  United Way’s introduction of 2-1-1 in San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties is part of a regional plan to establish integrated 2-1-1 service throughout the Bay Area.  Learn more at www.211bayarea.org.

Born Learning
Children are constantly learning, right from birth. Their early years are the foundation for growth and development, and what they learn during those years depends on the experiences they have each and every day. United Way partnered with the Ad Council and Civitas to create Born Learning, an innovative public engagement campaign that helps parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children.
Click to read more about Born Learning.

Earn it! Keep it! Save It!
Earn It! Keep It! Save It! Bay Area is a United Way-led coalition that provides low-income families with free tax return preparation, assistance with filing tax credit claims, and asset building information. For more information visit www.EarnItKeepItSaveIt.org.

Girls Justice Initiative
This project is a partnership with the San Francisco Juvenile Probation department. The goal of the Girls Justice Initiative is to connect young women who are detained in the San Francisco juvenile justice system with the intensive case management and gender-specific support services they need to get their lives back on track and exit the justice system for good. Click to read more about the Girls Justice Initiative.

Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY)
HEY was started by United Way of the Bay Area in 1999 as a community-based, collaborative response to the challenges facing youth who emancipate, or age out, of the foster care system.. HEY advocates for better education, healthcare, employment and housing for emancipated youth.  Click to read more about Honoring Emancipated Youth.

Jobs For Youth
Jobs For Youth (JFY) was created to mine the wealth of opportunities in the private sector that are yet to be tapped by San Francisco’s youth employment system. This United Way community project was created in partnership with the City of San Francisco and supports our goal of increasing opportunities for young people.
Learn more at  www.jobsforyouth.net

Raising A Reader
Raising A Reader (RAR) is an early literacy program that encourages caregivers to share books with young children daily so that important reading skills and a love of reading are developed during infant and pre-schools years. At the core of RAR is a "take-home" book bag program, which provides preschool students and their families with bright red bags filled with high-quality children's books. Click to read more about Raising A Reader.

Ready to Respond
Ready to Respond is a partnership with the Volunteer Centers of the Bay Area.  It aims to strengthen, increase and diversify volunteer action after a disaster in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties, Ready to Respond has been the Bay Area’s leader for mobilizing and deploying spontaneous volunteers in response to disasters since 1994. Learn more about Ready to Respond.

Success by 6®
Success by 6® is a United Way initiative designed to ensure that all Bay Area children enter kindergarten healthy and ready to learn. United Way supports early childhood development through literacy programs for kids and their families, professional development for early childhood teachers and center directors, and advocates for policies that include better compensation and improved quality of the child care workforce. Click to read more about Success by 6®.

Week of Caring
Week of Caring is a week-long volunteer program that connects volunteers from Bay Area businesses to hundreds of projects at local nonprofits. Week of Caring is a longstanding partnership between United Way of the Bay Area and The Volunteer Centers of the Bay Area. Read more at www.weekofcaring.org.

Working for Quality Childcare
Working for Quality Child Care (W4QCC) promotes public policies and grassroots leadership to support a well-trained and adequately compensated child-care workforce as the most promising means of improving child care quality. In 2003, W4QCC launched the Child Development Corps, a leadership group representing 12 counties in California and 2,000 teachers and providers. Click to read more about Working for Quality Childcare.

Asian Pacific Fund
The Asian Pacific Fund was established by United Way in 1993 to foster Asian American philanthropy and to meet the needs of our local Asian community through grants and services. Click to read more at www.asianpacificfund.org.

The Latino Community Foundation
United Way and National Concilio of America established the Latino Foundation in 1989 to improve the quality of life for Latinos through education, giving and leadership development. Click to visit www.latinocf.org.

Horizons Foundation
Horizons Foundation is a social justice philanthropic organization serving the entire spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Its mission is to meet the needs, advance the rights, and celebrate the lives of LGBT people and communities in the Bay Area. Read more at www.horizonsfoundation.org.

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Founded in 1999 by UWBA, Out & Equal is a national organization devoted to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the workplace.  Its mission is to educate and empower organizations, human resource professionals, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and individual employees through programs and services that result in equal policies, opportunities, practices, and benefits in the workplace regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, or characteristics.
 Read more at www.outandequal.org.