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United Way Partners for 2016-2017 Announced

United Way of Southwest Alabama’s (UWSWA) Board of Trustees met on Thursday, February 19, 2015, to approve local agencies for partnership with UWSWA for 2016-2017.

As part of its community impact model, UWSWA collaborates with health and human service organizations in Clarke, Mobile, and Washington counties to address key social issues in the areas of UWSWA’s four building blocks for a better life: health, education, financial stability, and essentials. By partnering with local agencies, United Way of Southwest Alabama furthers its vision of strengthening communities by uniting and mobilizing resources.

“Knowledgeable volunteers and experts from our community carefully screen and select the agencies we partner with, as well as the programs funded by your contributions. Their recommendations are reviewed and approved by our volunteer Board of Trustees,” says UWSWA 2014 Board of Trustees Chairman and Airbus Americas Engineering Site Director in Mobile, David Trent. “Contributions raised in our service area stay here, and decisions about which programs to invest in and which partnerships to pursue are made here in our local community. At the heart of everything here at United Way is the community and its needs.”

Every two years, area nonprofits have the opportunity to apply to become a United Way Partner Agency.  These agencies go through a comprehensive vetting process, during which the agencies are examined and their by-laws, tax forms, and audits are reviewed by a panel of community volunteers.  The agencies that applied for partnership were also visited and evaluated as part of the application process.

If accepted, these agencies can receive donations through United Way’s workplace giving campaigns and are eligible to apply for program funding. UWSWA partner agencies also become exempt from sales tax in the state of Alabama, if they are not already, potentially saving thousands of dollars each year.

We are pleased to announce that the following agencies will be United Way Partners in 2016-2017:

AIDS Alabama

Alpha Women’s Resource Center

AltaPointe Health Systems

American Red Cross Alabama Gulf Coast Chapter

Bay Area Food Bank

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama

Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Alabama

CASA Mobile

Catholic Social Services of the Greater Mobile Area

Child Day Care Association

Community Action Agency of South Alabama

Crittenton Youth Services

Dearborn YMCA

Drug Education Council

Dumas Wesley Community Center

Educational Center for Independence

Epilepsy Foundation of Alabama

Family Promise of Coastal Alabama

Franklin Primary Health Center

Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast

Gulf Regional Early Childhood Services

Home of Grace for Women

Housing First

Lifelines Counseling Services

McKemie Place

Mobile Arc

Mobile Area Education Foundation

Mobile Community Action

Mobile Preschool for the Sensory Impaired

Mulherin Custodial Home

Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy

Penelope House Family Violence Center

Regional Child Advocacy Center

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mobile

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Mobile Chapter

South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program

Southwest Alabama RSVP

St. Mary’s Home

The Arc of Clarke County

The Child Advocacy Center

The Learning Tree, Inc.

The Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama

United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile

Via Health, Fitness & Enrichment Center

Victory Health Partners

Volunteers of America Southeast

Wilmer Hall Children’s Home

YMCA of South Alabama