Your Impact Starts Here

Across our region, thousands of families are working hard but still struggling to make ends meet. Many households are considered ALICE® — Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — meaning they earn above the federal poverty level but still cannot consistently afford basic necessities. 

For many families, one unexpected expense like a medical bill, car repair, childcare cost, or missed paycheck can quickly create a crisis.

What This Looks like in Our Community

• Families choosing between utilities, groceries, and transportation

• Parents working multiple jobs while still struggling financially 

• Households living paycheck to paycheck

• Individuals needing help navigating local resources and support services

• Students facing barriers that impact learning and long-term success

Why It Matters

When families have access to support, resources, and opportunities, our entire community becomes stronger, healthier, and more resilient.

$5

• Provides one book for one child to take home through our READ.LEARN.SUCCEED. literacy initiative
• Supports one resource referral connecting one household to help through the 24-hour 211 Helpline

$10

• Helps fund one personalized counseling session at the Financial Health Center
• Supports financial education workshops that introduce one individual to certified Bank On accounts

$20

• Helps cover the cost of one full budgeting experience for one student through the Dollars & $ense Reality Fair
• Helps cover the operational cost for free tax return preparation for 2 individuals using the VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) service

$50

• Provides 5 one-on-one counseling sessions that help clients reduce debt and build savings at our Financial Health Center
• Funds one financial education and banking access session for 5 individuals through the Bank On Coalition

$100

• Provides one Dollars & $ense Reality Fair simulation for 20 students
• Funds one month for Nonprofit Capacity Building programming

$250

• Supports 5 Heirship Project workshop sessions
• Underwrites 5 seats for small nonprofit leaders to access training and technical assistance through the Nonprofit Capacity Building initiative

$500

• Supports a semester of service-learning activities for 25 students through our Ready4Service initiative
• Helps sustain 25 one-on-one reading sessions for students through the READ.LEARN.SUCCEED. initiative

$1,000

• Provides free tax filing services for 50 people through the VITA service
• Supports resource referral connecting 200 households to help through the 24-hour 211 Helpline

United Way of Northeast Louisiana works alongside community partners, volunteers, donors, and local organizations to help address some of the most pressing challenges facing Northeast Louisiana. 

Youth Opportunity

Supporting children and young adults through literacy initiatives, volunteer engagement, education support, and programs that help students succeed in school and life.

Healthy Community

Connecting individuals and families to health-related resources, support services, crisis response efforts, and community-based assistance programs.

Financial Stability

Helping individuals and families build stability through financial education, tax assistance, safe banking access, and connections to community resources.

Working Together for Greater Impact

United Way of Northeast Louisiana brings people, organizations, and resources together to help create stronger communities where all can thrive. 

Behind every number is a real person, family, student, or neighbor whose life has been impacted through the support of this community. 

Supporting Families During Crisis

When winter storms impacted families across Northeast Louisiana, community support helped provide assistance for essentials like food, utilities, and transportation while also connecting households to additional resources for continued support.

Encouraging Students Success

Through volunteer-driven education initiatives, students across our region receive support that helps encourage literacy, learning, confidence, and long-term success.

Connecting People to Help

Through 211, individuals and families can connect to free and confidential resources for food assitance, housing support, utility assistance, healthcare services, and more. 

Strengthening Communities Together

Real impact happens when donors, volunteers, businesses, schools, nonprofits, and community partners work together to support local families and create opportunities across Northeast Louisiana. 

Creating lasting impact takes all of us working together. 

Support from donors, volunteers, workplace campaigns, corporate partners, and community organizations helps make it possible to respond to urgent needs while also investing in long-term solutions that strengthen our region.

Community Support Helps:

• Connect families to critical resources
• Support children and students
• Expand access to financial stability programs
• Strengthen crisis response efforts
• Build healthier and more resilient communities 

Local Support. Local Impact.

Becuase support stays local, gifts help make a difference for individuals and families right here in Northeast Louisiana.

United Is The Way

Together, we can continue creating opportunties, supporting families, and helping our communities thrive.