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Poverty is an enormously complex challenge with root causes as diverse as its victims. To achieve our mission of ending the cycle of poverty in our community and help the 1 in 4 Bay Area families struggling to get by, we must be diligent in our ongoing research and reporting. Check out our most recent publications below.
2023 United Way Bay Area Annual Report
2022 United Way Bay Area Annual Report
2021 United Way Bay Area Annual Report
2023 United Way Bay Area Impact Report
2021 United Way Bay Area Impact Report
2020 United Way Bay Area Impact Report
2020 COVID-19 Community Relief Fund Impact Report
2020 Greater Bay Area Central Coast Wildfire Relief Fund Impact Report
United Way's 2023 Real Cost Measure
United Way's 2021 Real Cost Measure
United Way's 2019 Real Cost Measure
SparkPoint™ Supports Student Success
Supporting Whole Families: SparkPoint™ Community Schools 2021
SparkPoint™ Two Generational Programming for Families Economic Success: Lessons and Recommendations From Sparkpoint | 2021
SparkPoint™ Programming During COVID-19: An Assessment of the Health-Wealth Connection | 2020
The SparkPoint™ Difference: Student Persistence Improvement at Community Colleges | 2020
SparkPoint™ Overview | 2019
SparkPoint™ 101 Infographic | 2016
SparkPoint™ Community Schools: 2015–16 Evaluation Findings Report | 2016
SparkPoint™ Skyline College Report | 2016
SparkPoint’s™ 2-Generation Approach | 2016
SparkPoint’s™ 10 Key Findings | 2015
SparkPoint™ Bundled Services Analysis Report | 2014
MAYOR’S YOUTH JOBS+ FINAL REPORT | 2017
BAY AREA POVERTY BRIEF: JUNE | 2016
LEVERAGING TAX TIME: A TWO-GENERATION APPROACH TO POVERTY REDUCTION | 2016
SELF-SUFFICIENCY STATISTICS | 2015
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET | 2015