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