Celebrating Community Leaders

Click buttons below to learn about all the programs we fund in education, financial stability and health.

In honor of Black History Month, we celebrate some of our agency partners led by Black CEOs, dedicated to serving the Black community through vital programs in education, financial stability and health. These organizations play a crucial role in strengthening families and uplifting our community.

Learn more about their impactful programs funded by United Way Miami below.

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BELAFONTE TACOLCY

Tacolcy Teen Council: Equips youth in Liberty City with the skills needed to navigate, pursue and complete post-secondary education as well as lead them to select career paths that will provide long-term sustainable success.

Henderson Baby Closet: Henderson’s Baby Closet helps low-income families, and those experiencing hardships, with essential baby items to safely and adequately care for their children. The program provides a unique opportunity to earn coupons, which can be redeemed for clothing, a car seat and baby supplies. Parents receive coupons for learning about nutrition and parenting, keeping prenatal and child appointments, childbirth classes and keeping their children’s immunizations up to date. Parents can also earn coupons by continuing their education.
tacolcy.org

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MIAMI
Community Based Mentoring: Provides struggling youth with crucial guidance and support through quality, safe mentoring friendships that positively impact academic achievement, school attendance, behavior and social relationships, while reducing risky behaviors.

School to Work: Provides students at-risk of not graduating with exposure to workplace environments and matches them with mentors to help them stay in school and make a successful transition to the workforce.
bbbsmiami.org

CENTER FOR FAMILY & CHILD ENRICHMENT
Providing Educational Alternative for Kids: A year-round intensive tutoring and mentoring program for elementary school-aged children at or below grade level in reading and exhibiting behavior problems. The program targets children at risk of abuse and neglect in foster care or whose families are under court supervision.
cfcecares.org

GREATER MIAMI SERVICE CORPS
Greater Miami Service Corps: Provides young people, ages 18 – 24 years old, many who have experienced difficult life challenges, an opportunity to reconnect to positive pathways through services including paid and unpaid work experience, life skills training and counseling.
gmscmiami.org

NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, INC
Project Get Involved: Mentors at-risk students at Brownsville Middle School to improve school engagement through increased attendance, improved effort and conduct grades and reduction in course failures through the nationally recognized comprehensive student engagement intervention program, Check & Connect.
newhorizonscmhc.org

OVERTOWN YOUTH CENTER
OYC College and Career Readiness: Provides College and Career Readiness (CCR) programming to youth grades 9-12 through out-of-school services (e.g., after school, summer, weekends, teacher planning days). CCR sessions focus on exposing students to a variety of college and career options, participating in college tours, ACT/SAT test preparation, college searches, FAFSA application assistance, practicing job readiness skills, engaging in industry-specific training/internship programs with community partners, paid job placement opportunities, and civic engagement initiatives.

OYC/Youth Development Program/EWRS: Serves low-income at-risk students eligible for Title I services at three partner schools through a holistic approach (year-round, in/after-school services) providing daily monitoring and intervention to help increase school engagement and performance.

Youth Development Program: Provides in-school, after-school and summer services focused on achievements in attendance, grades, behavior, academic skills, test scores, character building and motivation to learn.

Healthy Lifestyles Program: Provides youth with healthy lifestyle options through a healthy living curriculum including culinary courses, organized sports, dance and active play, to better equip them to perform well in school and ultimately in life.
overtownyouth.org

SANT LA HAITIAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
Work Readiness and Workforce Development for Low-Skilled Workers: Provides workforce development services to the Haitian community leading to employment security and self-sufficiency.

Building a Culture of Health in the Haitian Community: Provides recruitment and one-on-one counseling to help Haitian immigrants enroll in and renew public health insurance for children and families (e.g. marketplace insurance, Medicaid, Kidcare, etc.) as well as a link to a medical home for preventive health care services.
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THE FAMILY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Walking Tall Youth Leadership Development Program: Prepares youth to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a structured series of activities and experiences that help them obtain social, emotional, ethical, physical and cognitive competencies.

FCAA “Healthy Kids Miami”: Provides physical assessments, education and awareness activities to instill lifelong healthy eating and wellness habits in children. fcaafamily.org

URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI
Achievement Matters: Improves student achievement levels, test-taking skills, and strengthens the social skills of Black American and other youth of color, in the Miami-Dade County Public School system.

Achievement Matters – SAT/ACT Test Camps: Provides students with support they need to successfully complete high school and attain a post-secondary education with preparation activities including high school graduation planning, financial aid and scholarship application assistance, college tours, college entrance and standardized test prep.
miamiurbanleague.org

YWCA SOUTH FLORIDA
YWCA Early Childhood Program: Provides high-quality early care and education to children ages 0 to 5 years from multicultural and socio-economically diverse communities.

YWCA Afterschool Program: Helps youth develop vital skills and enhance their personal character through positive social interactions, anger management, conflict resolution, self-esteem enhancement, basic life skills preparation, community and multi-cultural projects, and positive family activities.

Economic Empowerment Program: Provides financial education, access to banking products and asset-building initiatives to help individuals and families improve their financial stability.
ywcasouthflorida.org

February 22, 2024