The cost for basic needs in the Bay Area – such as rent, food, health care, child care, transportation, and taxes – has soared 18 percent in the last three years, according to the newly updated 2011 California Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard. The new Self-Sufficiency Standard was released today by the Insight Center for Community Economic [...]
Why Aren’t Our Youth Working?
July 29, 2011 by
MatchBridge Director Matt Poland was invited to be a “citizen blogger” for the Bay Citizen news website. Here is an excerpt from his first blog post, “Why Aren’t Our Youth Working?” Some youth graduating from high schools and going on to universities this year are going to discover in four years that a Bachelor’s degree [...]
ABC’s “7 on Your Side” features Earn It! Keep It! Save It!
March 8, 2011 by
ABC-7 consumer advocate Michael Finney featured United Way’s free tax assistance program, Earn It! Keep It! Save It!, on 7 on Your Side last night. Click to view the news video and read the transcript: Free tax help available to many Bay Area residents. Learn more about Earn It! Keep It! Save It! at www.earnitkeepitsaveit.org.
211 San Mateo Featured in the Daily News
January 20, 2011 by
United Way’s launch of the 211 helpline in San Mateo County was featured in today’s Daily News newspaper: “211 hotline for social service assistance now available in San Mateo County” 211 was activated in the county in pilot mode in October. San Mateo County officials and United Way will celebrate the launch on 211 Day (Friday, [...]
SparkPoint Marin Center Featured in Marin Independent Journal
January 5, 2011 by
SparkPoint Marin Center was featured in the Marin Independent Journal newspaper on New Year’s Day. The article, “Marin SparkPoint Center helping residents get — and stay — out of poverty” highlights the story of SparkPoint client Jacek Sochan, who is receiving financial coaching at the center. Here is an excerpt from the article: About 100 [...]
211 Featured on KCBS Radio
December 29, 2010 by
United Way’s 211 helpline was featured on KCBS Radio this past Sunday as a resource for people who want to give help or get help this holiday season. Click the headline below to go to the KCBS website, where you can listen to the audio clip. “Bay Area United Way’s 211 Helping Those In Need” [...]
Contra Costa Times Reports on SparkPoint Centers Planned for Richmond and Bay Point
December 29, 2010 by
Last week, the Contra Costa Times published an article about the two SparkPoint Centers that United Way and our partners plan to launch in the cities of Richmond and Bay Point. Here’s an excert from the article, “Program to help low-income residents plan careers, finances coming to Contra Costa County,” which appeared on December 21: [...]
211 Featured on KQED Radio
December 16, 2010 by
211 Bay Area was featured yesterday evening on KQED Radio: A Telephone Lifeline for Those in Need The 211 help line, a community service launched in San Francisco in 2006, is now available to 90 percent of the state’s residents and has proved to be a lifeline for those struggling with problems ranging from the [...]
SparkPoint Success Featured in the American Canyon Eagle
November 11, 2010 by
The American Canyon Eagle newspaper published a great article about the recent one-year anniversary celebration at the SparkPoint American Canyon Center. Here’s an excerpt: SparkPoint — the United Way program the helps families with financial issues such as employment, credit, taxes, career advancement and more — marked its one-year anniversary in American Canyon last week. [...]
SparkPoint Featured on Front Page of SF Chronicle
July 26, 2010 by
United Way’s SparkPoint Centers are featured on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle. “United Way Centers offer credit, career advice” Janeise Ollison’s eyes lit up as she described how she was advised to fix her credit and boost her savings. “It was real simple; I paid one little PG&E bill for like $35 [...]
