Home > Our Work > Initiatives & Strategies
Give Get Help Volunteer

Initiatives and Strategies

United Way of Larimer County invests in strategies and initiatives as part of its work to achieve greater community impact.

 

These initiatives are additional work being done by United Way beyond traditional investments of local programs.  These are innovative initiatives developed to fill needs in our community that address long-term solutions to poverty.

 

Click here to see our Community Impact Plan.

 

Make Change NoCo – A Financial Literacy Initiative
A partnership of United Way and Larimer County Extension

Understanding personal finances is critical for people in staying out of poverty as well as overcoming it.  Financial Literacy Coordinator, Kyle Christensen, works with the school districts and local organizations that offer financial literacy programs on the importance of financial literacy.  To learn more, go to makechangenoco.com.

 

P3 (Pathways Past Poverty)

P3 Logo - Pathways Past PovertyPoverty is complex and it takes a special group of committed community members working to identify the biggest barriers people face when trying to get out of poverty. United Way of Larimer County’s P3 initiative is made up of volunteers, nonprofit partners, businesses and other community members who worked to first identify the barriers, and now, in 2011, the group is working on strategy development to tackle the barriers and find solutions.

 

Here is a snapshot of poverty in Larimer County:

  • 41,861 people live in poverty in Larimer County
  • 8,038 children live in poverty in Larimer County
  • Seniors living in poverty is growing 83.1 times faster than the nation

Source: US Census Bureau

 

WomenGive
A partnership of United Way of Larimer County and the Women’s Foundation of Colorado

WomenGive LogoWomenGive provides financial assistance for childcare for single mothers attending college. The cost of childcare is a major barrier to self-sufficiency for women and girls in Larimer County. Another part of the initiative is focused on addressing public policy for self-sufficiency of women and girls in our community and statewide in Colorado.

 

Since the program started five years ago, 46 single mothers graduated college. 

 

To learn more about WomenGive and become a member, click here.