More than 1 in 6 children in Sacramento live in poverty, and Yolo County is now the most impoverished county in California.
Public Policy Institute of California
United Way California Capital Region has been a driving force in our community for over 100 years. We actively partner with our communities to tackle the most pressing challenges head-on. Since 1923, our United Way has raised more than $500 million to fight poverty in the region and help families succeed.
As we celebrate this momentous milestone, we have found one place in each community where we can reach the most families in need – school.
School is the starting point for ending family poverty because education is the great equalizer. It opens the door to jobs, resources and skills that help people not just survive, but thrive.
Our work provides a continuum of services aimed at ending poverty for local families, including education. From providing books to preschoolers for their own home library and kindergarten readiness for those who didn’t have the opportunity to attend preschool to a reading tutoring program for grade-schoolers and helping emancipated foster youth with financial literacy and support, your local United Way is dedicated to improving the opportunities for under-resourced children to ensure they have the educational foundation to succeed as adults.
Invest in our Next 100 Years
Donovhan worked one-on-one with a trusted tutor to help with his reading skills. With weekly tutoring sessions, he advanced two reading levels and is now reading at grade-level thanks to United Way’s Literacy Tutoring program – a tutoring program that help keeps kids on track.
