Helping People in Crisis - The vision of the Helping People in Crisis Focus Area is to ensure that all of our community's residents can meet their basic needs for food, clothing, safe shelter and emergency assistance.
With your investment, United Way is changing lives:
- 290 homeless youth and adults secured safe, affordable and permanent housing.
- 39,559 food boxes containing a 3-4 day supply of food were distributed to vulnerable individuals needing emergency food assistance.
Through this focus area, United Way invests your dollars in programs that focus on:
- Financial/emergency assistance
- Food
- Shelter
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville invests $974,380 in programs that help people in crisis in our community. Listed below are the programs that have received funding in from July 2006 to June 2007.
- American Red Cross, Crisis LINC
- American Red Cross, Disaster Services
- Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, Greater Charlotte Hot Lunch Cooperative
- Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc, Loaves and Fishes
- Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc, North Nashville Outreach Program-Assumption St. Vincent
- Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc, North Nashville Outreach-Food
- Family and Children's Service, Crisis Line at Family and Children's Service
- Foundations Associates, Foundations Associates Respite/Crisis Program
- Ladies of Charity Welfare Agency, Inc., Financial Assistance
- Ladies of Charity Welfare Agency, Inc., Food Assistance
- Martha O'Bryan Center, Inc., Family & Community Services
- Matthew 25, Inc., Emergency Shelter Program
- Mental Health Association of MT, J.Speed Thomas Mental Health Assistance Center
- Nashville CARES, Care-a-van Cuisine Home Meals Delivery
- Nashville CARES, HEART Line Nashville
- Safe Haven Family Shelter, Inc., Emergency Homeless Family Shelter Program 3rd Ave Location
- Oasis Center, Inc., Oasis Center Emergency Shelter
- Oasis Center, Inc., Oasis Center Outreach Services
- Old Hickory Christian Community Outreach, Emergency Food
- Old Hickory Christian Community Outreach, Financial Assistance in Past Due Utilities
- Salvation Army, Men's Lodge-Emergency Shelter
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Emergency Food Box Program
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Kids Café
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Nashville's Table of Second Harvest
- Senior Citizens, Inc., Meals On Wheels
- St. Luke's Community House, St. Luke's Emergency Financial Assistance Program
- St. Luke's Community House, St. Luke's Mobile Meals
- Tennessee Poison Center, Poison Lifeline
- The Arc of Davidson County, Financial & Emergency Asst. for People with Disabilities
- YWCA, Domestic Violence Center: Crisis Line
- YWCA, Domestic Violence Center: Emergency Shelter
For funding information on all programs by agency, click here.
United Way maximizes your gift to help people in crises by combining resources at Family Resource Centers in specific neighborhoods.
At the Cayce Family Resource Center, assistance is given to individuals and families to obtain greater levels of well-being and self-reliance through services that provide support and emergency assistance to low-income individuals and families. Food boxes are provided to eligible customers during emergencies and/or lack of money. People in this community who are homebound receive hot nutritious meals at home Monday through Friday to help meet their basic needs for food.
Click here for more information about the Cayce Family Resource Center.
