Recently, The San Francisco Chronicle invited United Way share our perspective about how Bay Area families, and the nonprofits who serve them, are coping with the economic crisis.
United Way Chief Executive Officer Anne Wilson and VP of Community Investments Lorne Needle wrote an opinion editorial for the newspaper, describing how United Way programs — like 2-1-1 and SparkPoint — are helping families get on the road to recovery:
Charities get creative in unusually hard times
Making ends meet has not been easy for Scott Whitney and his family. The California state employee lost a significant portion of his income this year when the governor ordered furloughs to help address the state budget gap. Despite taking a second job on weekends, the resident of American Canyon, Napa County, and father of two recently fell behind on auto-loan payments and had to trade in his family’s car for a much less reliable used vehicle. With four family members to feed and a mortgage to pay, Whitney was soon falling behind on his utility bills, too. Read more…
