Career Connections, a joint initiative between the Beacon Council’s One Community One Goal, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and our United Way, host a series of engaging career exploration panels and Q&As with executives and entrepreneurs in Miami-Dade to inspire high school students.
AMIkids, a long-held United Way partner, is dedicated to help our community’s young people discover the potential within them. Learn how their Path to Success program is providing at-risk youth with experimental education opportunities in a marine environment, with the ultimate goal of reducing recidivism.
Children born into low-income families begin life at a significant disadvantage as compared to children from higher-income families. With nearly 30% of infants in Miami-Dade living in poverty, we are working to level the playing field for all children through our Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program because one’s zip code shouldn’t predetermine one’s future.
Getting all children off to a strong start, with a high-quality early education that focuses on science, can level the playing field of low-income infant ...
When Jorge expanded his family to include a second foster child, he and his partner were confronted with a wide range of new challenges. Learn how a United Way funded program helped prepare the youngest member of his growing family for kindergarten and beyond.
This school year, help low-income families prepare their children for the upcoming school year by organizing a Back-to-School Supplies Drive with this handy, innovative toolkit.
Our United Way opened a state-of-the-art, early care and education center for the residents of the new Lotus Village, focused on nurturing children’s healing, learning, and development on every level.
Our United Way Youth Institute students visited Dominican Republic and received an enlightening, multicultural experience, giving them a new perspective and appreciation of life.
Legislature passed what is arguably the most important early learning policy bill since the School Readiness program began nearly two decades ago.
Our United Way Youth Institute hosted a panel discussion as part of a year-long student program that focuses on empowering at-risk, local youth to become successful in their careers, life-long community advocates, global citizens and agents of change.