Skip to Content

United Way
of Greater Milwaukee
& Waukesha County

Menu

Stories

Please wait while we gather your results.

Gabriela Diéguez, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center

Mental Health Improvement Fund

Mental health and mental healthcare access is one of the community health areas that weighs most heavily in our area. It’s why Milwaukee Health Care Partnership members and United Way have narrowed our health focus to the new Mental Health Improvement Fund.

Safe & Stable Homes in Milwaukee

Together, Community Advocates and Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee are working to make sure families don’t experience homelessness with support from United Way’s Safe & Stable Homes initiative.

Crystal in front of Family Promise of Waukesha County

Safe & Stable Homes in Waukesha: Crystal & Family Promise

When Crystal had unexpected medical problems, the risk of homelessness for her and her three sons loomed. The Family Homelessness Prevention Program at Family Promise of Waukesha County helped Crystal stay in her home.

Domaniquia at Next Door

Reducing Barriers to Employment & Advancement: Domaniquia & Next Door

Domaniquia knew a change was needed. Through the United Way-funded Pathways Program at Next Door, Domaniquia was able to pursue her new career in early childhood education without hesitation or barriers.

Digital Skills Training at La Casa de Esperanza

Techquity: Digital Skills Training

Techquity's digital skills trainings, like “Cyber Security Basics,” held at our partner agency, La Casa de Esperanza in Waukesha, help to teach the community how to navigate the internet safely.

Jack and Anne

Teen Mental Wellness Empowering Minds: Jack & Anne

Jack knew that he needed help with his anxiety. United Way’s newest initiative, Teen Mental Wellness: Empowering Minds' goal is to elevate the mental wellness of 21,000 high school students, like Jack, by 2030.

Glendalys at Bay View Community Center

Community Fund: Glendalys & Bay View Community Center

When Glendalys lost her home, she had very few options until a friend referred her to Bay View Community Center. Their emergency food pantry provides families with resources and teaches parents how to prepare different, nutritious meals for their families.

Mikayla is a mentor through City Year Milwaukee

Community Fund: Mikayla & City Year

City Year helps students with educational curricula as well as helping them develop their social and emotional learning. Alumni like Mikalya act as tutors and mentors, ensuring that students receive equitable opportunities in education.

Carol and Larry

Community Fund: Larry, Carol, & Eras Senior Network

Eras Senior Network’s mission is to support seniors and adults with disabilities in leading meaningful lives. Larry, a volunteer through Eras Senior Network's Neighborhood Outreach Project, takes Carol and her service dog grocery shopping every other week.

Maritza at La Causa

Community Fund: Maritza & La Causa

Maritza loved La Causa’s Early Childhood Program as a kid, so she wanted to bring her children into the program too. La Causa’s mission is to provide quality, comprehensive services that nurture healthy family life and enhance community stability.

Darius Smith, Dr. Lia Knox, and Corey Fells

Racial Equity Fund: Black Space

With funding help from United Way's Racial Equity Fund, Black Space, a community organization that provides free group therapeutic experiences for Milwaukee's Black and Brown residents, has continued to normalize therapy, ensuring that voices are heard, loved, lifted, and celebrated.

Nyesha Stone, Carvd N Stone Founder

Racial Equity Fund: Carvd N Stone

With funding help from United Way's Racial Equity Fund, Nyesha Stone was able to launch a marketing campaign for her news organization, Carvd N Stone, and take steps towards helping it succeed. Dedicated to changing the narrative, Carvd N Stone focuses on positive news - and only positive news - from Black and Brown communities.

Rafael Garcia, Founder of Community First

Racial Equity Fund: Community First

Community First is committed to keeping low-to-moderate seniors and families anchored in their homes. Through United Way's Racial Equity Fund, they have been able to expand career development, fund market studies, and cover costs associated with critical housing repairs and renovations.

Maricha Harris, Dominican Center

Racial Equity Fund: Dominican Center

With funding help from United Way's Racial Equity Fund, the Dominican Center has been able to address housing concerns and revitalize Milwaukee's Amani Neighborhood.

Holly McCoy, Executive Director at Literacy Services of Wisconsin

Financial Stability: Literacy Services of Wisconsin

In downtown Waukesha, Literacy Services of Wisconsin provides reading and numeracy for adults in our community who may be struggling with low-literacy.

Chris Allen, Diverse & Resilent President and CEO

Health: Diverse & Resilient

Chris Allen, President and CEO of Diverse and Resilient, was once supported by the organization when he was a youth in the LBGTQ+ community.

Sherlean is a Graduation Plus student.

Education: Sherlean and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee

Sherlean wanted to go to college and when Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee gave her the option to go without student loans, she jumped at the chance.

Pathfinders employee

Financial Stability: Pathfinders

Pathfinders, a United Way funded organization, has a deep commitment to address the unmet housing needs that currently exist for hundreds of young people.

Kathy at Parents Place, Inc.

Education: Parents Place, Inc.

Parents Place in Waukesha recognizes the needs of families and provides support to them through some of the most challenging times.

FlexRide van.

Reducing Barriers to Employment & Advancement: FlexRide Milwaukee

FlexRide Milwaukee, operated by MobiliSE, is an on-demand program that helps individuals who are facing transportation insecurity commute to and from work.

Susie and Joaquin

Education: St. Joseph Academy

When Joaquin walks through the doors of St. Joseph Academy, both he and his mom, Susie, know that they have stability.

Waukesha South High School student

Teen Mental Wellness: Empowering Minds

Teen Mental Wellness: Empowering Minds is a unique health initiative reaching youth where they spend most of their day: school.

Maddie is a counselor at Ozaukee Family Services.

Health: Ozaukee Family Services

Anyone can benefit from the counseling at Ozaukee Family Services, from children experiencing a life change to seniors in need of assistance.

Chandra and Legal Aid Society

Safe & Stable Homes: Chandra

With help from the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Chandra's worries about a pending eviction and housing insecurity for her and her son were eased.

Education: Madeline & Susie

Through United Way partner Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ozaukee County, Little Sister Madeline has a fun and supportive mentor in her "Big," Susie.

Financial Stability: Beth & Scott

After Beth and Scott lost their Waukesha home, United Way partner American Red Cross helped them get back on their feet.

Health: Nina

After suffering with domestic violence for years, Nina and her children found support and healing at United Way partner The Women’s Center.

Reducing Barriers to Employment: Henry

With support from JobsWork MKE, a United Way partner, Henry found a job he enjoys and is well on his way to reaching his goals.

Read older Success Stories in the archive.