United Way of the Laurel Highlands

Campaign Video: https://youtu.be/ll8zgpEfBDA

Our Mission:

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community. We are an independent, volunteer-driven, community leading organization responsible for creating, expanding and accelerating positive social change in Cambria and Somerset Counties.

In addition to supporting essential health and human services, we engage in three social change initiatives:

Social Change Initiatives

Early Childhood Development
Parental Engagement
Youth Drug & Alcohol Prevention
Our Goals

The United Way of the Laurel Highlands funds 24 diverse Partner Agencies that solve complex social problems and provide needed services in Cambria and Somerset Counties. Specific evidence-based programming introduced and/or expanded in Cambria and Somerset Counties to address the Social Change Initiatives are; The Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Botvin LifeSkills Training.

Preparing all children socially, emotionally and academically for kindergarten
Increasing parental knowledge of child development and care
Preventing substance abuse among our youth
Through our Enhanced Community Impact Model, we leverage the local leadership from our staff, board, committees and 24 Partner Agencies to evaluate, measure and report on the work we fund. Our annual campaign generates nearly $1 million that we distributed as grants to our partners. Each year, our Community Impact Panel Volunteers evaluate grant proposals from our Partner Agencies to thoughtfully invest in programs that create meaningful change and demonstrate results.

Specific evidence-based programming introduced and/or expanded in Cambria and Somerset Counties to address the Social Change Initiatives are; The Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Botvin LifeSkills Training.