PARTNERSHIPS
our impact:
Through strategic partnerships, United Way of El Paso County supports El Pasoans in the areas of education, health, basic needs, and financial stability while also providing opportunities to further engage with the community.
These partnerships are formed with both local and national agencies, allowing us to further our impact on the community.
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collaborations
Education
Parents as Teachers
The United Way Parents as Teachers program is a free, evidence-based program that supports parents and caregivers of children between the ages of 0 and 5 in becoming their child’s first and best teacher. Parent Educators conduct home visits focused on providing parents with guidance about child development through educational and fun activities. The program focuses on ensuring children meet important developmental milestones to improve school readiness. Participants also gain access to a supportive network, unique events, resources and more. The PAT program is a part of the HOPES collaborative led by El Paso Center for Children and partly supported by AmeriCorps service members as a part of a OneStar Foundation grant.
Education
Borderland Out-of-School Time Network (BOOST)
United Way is the proud backbone organization to the Paso del Norte Health Foundation's Healthy Kids Initiative. The goal of the Healthy Kids Initiative is to improve a range of health outcomes by engaging disconnected youth in the Paso del Norte region in high quality out-of-school time programs. United Way serves as an intermediary and convenes programs and partners through the BOOST Network. The network is made up of program providers from organizations committed to improving out-of-school and afterschool programs.
Education
Grade-Level Reading Initiative: Book Nook
Our United Way, through our Grade-Level Reading Initiative, partnered with Sunland Park Mall to open the Book Nook—a place for children and their families to gather and read, complete activities, and spend quality time together. On the first Fridays of every month, our Parents as Teachers program will host special events, arts and crafts, and other activities to help parents engage with their children.
Health
SingleCare
United Way partners with SingleCare to help El Pasoans throughout the community save on their prescription medications. SingleCare’s prescription savings card program can help reduce the cost of prescriptions regardless if the individual is insured or uninsured, helping them to obtain medications that may have otherwise been too expensive to purchase.
Health
Enroll El Paso
United Way serves as the leader for the community-wide coalition of partners offering El Pasoans with help enrolling or automatically re-enrolling in quality, affordable medical insurance through the Medical Insurance Marketplace. These organizations, including faith-based organizations, nonprofits, hospitals and more, support El Pasoans through the application process via one-on-one assistance.
Financial Stability
MyFreeTaxes
MyFreeTaxes is a free, online program that helps individuals complete their taxes. MyFreeTaxes offers step-by-step assistance throughout the entire process as well as online and over-the-phone support from a certified tax professional. MyFreeTaxes, in collaboration with United Way and H&R Block, helps individuals in the El Paso community save their hard-earned money when filing simple taxes.
Financial Stability
Caring Homes Initiative
MyFreeTaxes is a free, online program that helps individuals complete their taxes. MyFreeTaxes offers step-by-step assistance throughout the entire process as well as online and over-the-phone support from a certified tax professional. MyFreeTaxes, in collaboration with United Way and H&R Block, helps individuals in the El Paso community save their hard-earned money when filing simple taxes.
LED BY OUR UNITED WAY
collaborations:
Education
The United Way Parents as Teachers program is a free, evidence-based program that supports parents and caregivers of children between the ages of 0 and 5 in becoming their child’s first and best teacher. Parent Educators conduct home visits focused on providing parents with guidance about child development through educational and fun activities. The program focuses on ensuring children meet important developmental milestones to improve school readiness. Participants also gain access to a supportive network, unique events, resources and more. The PAT program is a part of the HOPES collaborative led by El Paso Center for Children and partly funded through the OneStar Foundation as an AmeriCorps program. It is the only AmeriCorps Parents as Teachers program in the nation.
Education
United Way is the proud backbone organization to the Paso del Norte Health Foundation's Healthy Kids Initiative. The goal of the Healthy Kids Initiative is to improve a range of health outcomes by engaging disconnected youth in the Paso del Norte region in high quality out-of-school time programs. United Way serves as an intermediary and convenes programs and partners through the BOOST Network. The network is made up of program providers from organizations committed to improving out-of-school and afterschool programs.
Education
Grade-Level Reading Initiative: Book Nook
Our United Way, through our Grade-Level Reading Initiative, partnered with Sunland Park Mall to open the Book Nook—a place for children and their families to gather and read, complete activities, and spend quality time together. On the first Fridays of every month, our Parents as Teachers program will host special events, arts and crafts, and other activities to help parents engage with their children.
Health
SingleCare
United Way partners with SingleCare to help El Pasoans throughout the community save on their prescription medications. SingleCare’s prescription savings card program can help reduce the cost of prescriptions regardless if the individual is insured or uninsured, helping them to obtain medications that may have otherwise been too expensive to purchase.
Health
Enroll El Paso
United Way serves as the leader for the community-wide coalition of partners offering El Pasoans with help enrolling or automatically re-enrolling in quality, affordable medical insurance through the Medical Insurance Marketplace. These organizations, including faith-based organizations, nonprofits, hospitals and more, support El Pasoans through the application process via one-on-one assistance.
Financial Stability
MyFreeTaxes
MyFreeTaxes is a free, online program that helps individuals complete their taxes. MyFreeTaxes offers step-by-step assistance throughout the entire process as well as online and over-the-phone support from a certified tax professional. MyFreeTaxes, in collaboration with United Way and H&R Block, helps individuals in the El Paso community save their hard-earned money when filing simple taxes.
Financial Stability
Caring Homes Initiative
The Caring Homes Initiative supports small, minority-owned home-based childcare businesses by building capacity, creating bridges between young families and childcare resources, and fostering more resilient and successful El Paso families. Business owners enrolled in the program work to obtain the proper licensing and certifications needed to succeed, create goals, and develop their financial and digital literacy skills. Valuable benchmarks and progress reports help ensure business owners find success through the program.
Engagement
VolunteerElPaso is an online database that connects El Pasoans looking to volunteer with opportunities and needs throughout the community. In recent years, the database has helped build the capacity of local food banks, organizations, and shelters to support them with COVID-19 efforts, migrant services, and other critical response efforts. VolunteerElPaso.org serves as the bridge between individuals looking to contribute to the community and organizations in need of volunteer support.
Engagement
The REALIZE Board Training Program prepares future or current board members throughout the community to successfully lead a nonprofit board. The program is comprised of courses focused on helping board members learn about financial documents, facilitating dialogue between board members, working with CEOs, and more. This includes the Lunch & Learn series, which offers a four-course curriculum, broken down into modules, to help support professionals better serve on nonprofit boards. In addition, members of our Young Leaders Society have the opportunity to participate in the REALIZE by YLS cohort, a four-course training program to help them learn more about serving on nonprofit boards and make connections with local nonprofits. The REALIZE Board Training Program is provided by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation in collaboration with United Way.
our sincerest
APPRECIATION
Our sincerest gratitude goes out to all our community partners who make this crucial work possible.
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