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COVID-19 Updates Skip to main content United Way of King County Donate What We Do Fighting Homelessness Jobs Connect Streets to Home Home Base Helping Students Graduate ParentChild+ Reconnecting Youth Bridge to Finish Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Free Tax Fuel Your Future Community Relief Fund At Work Get Involved Community Relief Fund Giving Communities Emerging Leaders 365 Change Makers Champions Events Eat, Drink & Be Generous Honoring MLK Jr. Day Community Resource Exchange Days of Caring Volunteer Companies Sponsorship Workplace Giving Project LEAD Census 2020 Get Help COVID-19 Resources COVID-19 Rental Assistance 211 Free Tax Help Free Meals During School Closures Benefits Hub Summer Meals ParentChild+ Reconnecting Youth Community Resource Exchange Family Resource Exchange Nonprofits Grants Find Volunteers Census 2020 News Blog Press Room Livestreams Fundraise Donate Together, we’re building a community where... People Have Homes Learn more > Students Graduate Learn more > Families Are Financially Stable Learn more > People Have Homes The Stay Home, Stay Healthy order assumes people have homes. Homelessness shouldn’t happen, period. But when it could, or does, happen due to crisis, we’re there to help people get back on their feet quickly. Learn more > Students Graduate Graduation rates are low. We help pre-K kids prep for the first day, high school students get back on track and finish their education and low-income college students complete their credential or degree. Learn more > Families Are Financially Stable Too many families wrestle with poverty every day. We connect families with emergency help so they can get on stable ground. Learn more > Because of COVID-19, the needs of the most vulnerable people in our community are increasing. United Way of King County has set up the Community Relief Fund to address these needs. Please support this effort to help those most impacted by COVID-19. Donate to the Community Relief Fund A Word from Our Leadership For the last few weeks, many of us have experienced varying degrees of anxiety because of the legal turmoil surrounding the 2020 presidential election. With the Electoral College confirming a victor, we can all rest assured that our democracy has survived, and we will witness a peaceful transfer of power on January 20. With the presidential election settled, we at United Way will continue our work of building a community where people have homes, students graduate and families are financially stable. We look forward to the new year to carry on this mission. The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic will continue to have a disproportionate effect on Black, Indigenous and communities of color, so our work at United Way will go on to support these communities. We will continue to raise funds and work with our partners, who provide rental assistance and deliver healthy food to our neighbors affected by the health and economic impacts of the pandemic. As an anti-poverty organization, we will take care of each other and help our neighbors. United Way will continue to fight for social justice and against the root causes of poverty and homelessness: systemic and structural racism. Stay safe, stay well and stay connected with your neighbors. Gordon McHenry, Jr. President & CEO, United Way of King County Carol K. Nelson Board Chair, United Way of King County Our Mission We bring caring people together to give, volunteer and take action to help people in need and solve our community’s toughest challenges. 95% of every dollar donated goes to meet community needs Racial Equity Matters Because of institutional and systemic racism, people of color disproportionately experience inequities in our community. This looks like overrepresentation in homelessness populations—the number of people of color experiencing homelessness is higher than it should be given the general population. This looks like students of color being disciplined more, graded lower and having fewer role models in the classroom than their white peers. This looks like more families of color experiencing poverty than white families. Race-based inequities are driven by past and present racism and it is imperative that we recognize, acknowledge and address racism in order to make progress towards a community with equal opportunity for all—where people have homes, students graduate and families are financially stable. At United Way, we’re addressing racial inequities head on. We know that with our funding and policy-making influence—and donor support—we can change racial inequities in King County. Read about our racial equity work here. 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