Building Financial Stability - The vision of the Building Financial Stability Focus Area is to ensure that community residents can live independently and self-sufficiently, as well as, maximum their potential through education, employment and permanent housing.
With your investment, United Way is changing lives:
- 141 individuals increased self-esteem, literacy and employability by earning a GED.
- 749 low income and/or disabled adults improved their quality of life by maintaining employment for at least six months.
Through this focus area, United Way invests your dollars in programs that focus on:
- GED preparation and testing, Adult literacy, job training, and employment services
- Support services (legal, financial, transportation, daily living)
- Transitional and permanent housing
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville invests $1,087,723 in programs that support work and independence in our community. Listed below are the programs that are receiving funding from July 2008 to June 2009.
Catholic Charities of Tenn. Inc, Financial Education 101 for Refugees
Conexion Americas, Sembrando Semillas: Planting the Seeds for a Secure Financial Future
Dismas, Inc., Dismas House of Nashville
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Transitional Employment Services
League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Deaf Employment Program
Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands, Housing Assistance Program
Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and the Cumberlands, Social Security Advocacy Program
Magdalene, Magdalene House
Martha O'Bryan Center, Inc., Adult Education
Matthew 25, Inc., Transitional Housing
Mid TN Supported Living, Inc., Learning Community South / Community Bridges
Monroe Harding, GED
Monroe Harding, Opportunity Passport
Nashville Adult Literacy Council, English for Life
Nashville Adult Literacy Council, Reading for Life
Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center, GED Preparation
New Horizons Corporation, Building Financial Stability Through Employment Supports
The Next Door, Inc., Workforce Development
Oasis Center, Inc., Transitional Living Program
Operation Stand Down, OSDN Transitional Housing Program
Park Center, Employment Program
PENCIL Foundation, Community Career Center - Work Your Money
PENCIL Foundation- JSTEP Location, Jobs Skills Training & Employment Program (JSTEP)
Project Renewal, Jobs and Futures: GED/Adult Literacy Program
Renewal House, Residential Programs for Mothers
Residential Resources, Inc., Comprehensive Affordable Housing Services
Rochelle Center, Employment Services
The Salvation Army, Transitional Housing for Families w/Children,Women
Samaritan Recovery Community Inc, Alcohol & Drug Halfway House
YWCA, Adult Education
For funding information on all programs by agency, click here.
United Way maximizes your gift to support adults in job search, job training and other independence skills by combining resources at Family Resource Centers in specific neighborhoods.
At the St. Luke's Family Resource Center, adults can increase their reading skills and adult immigrants can increase their English skills. Adults who read at less than an 8th grade level can improve in reading skills. Low-level or non-English speaking adults can improve their English speaking, understanding, reading and writing abilities. These achievements are measured by standardized assessments or by achieving at least one established personal goal.
Click here for more information about the St. Luke's Family Resource Center.
