Our Focus

Advancing the Common Good

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. That's why United Way of Kern County's work is focused on the building blocks for a good life. The building blocks of our focus are:

EDUCATION - helping children and youth achieve their potential through education

• Improve school readiness
• Improve 3rd grade reading achievement
• Community Reading Project
• Help foster youth succeed

INCOME - helping families become financially stable and independent

• Improve financial literacy
• Increase income capability
• Fight to Reduce homelessness
• Reduce food insecurity

HEALTH - improving people's health

• Increase access to healthcare
• Increase health education and promote healthy lifestyles

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