Poverty To Possibility

Poverty is a far-reaching, complex issue

It is also a lasting one. Once in the cycle of poverty, it is extremely difficult to overcome and can affect future generations.

United Way is committed to ensuring access to immediate support for families and individuals. We invest in programs across South Western Alberta to give Albertans the ability to stabilize, avoid or move out of the cycle of poverty.

United Way supports programs and services like:

Employment and skills development
Affordable housing and transportation
Food access and community food
Emergency shelters access

Priority populations:

Families and individuals struggling to maintain housing
Lone-parent families
Individuals with disabilities and their families
Aboriginal people
New Canadians

United Way Funding Priorities

Poverty is a far-reaching, complex issue, and a lasting one. Once in the cycle of poverty, it is extremely difficult to overcome and can affect future generations. United Way is committed to ensuring access to immediate support for families and individuals.

Healthy People, Strong Communities

The focus of healthy people, strong communities is to engage and mobilize residents to take collective action to improve access to, and increase the availability of resources needed to revitalize and strengthen neighborhoods.

All That Kids Can Be

Children and youth are the future of our communities. To become successful, independent adults, children and youth need a good start in life, access to early literacy and development programs, positive school experiences during the middle years and to graduate from high school.