United Way's Bay Area Community Fund
Only 46% of Bay Area third-graders read at or above the proficiency level set by the California State Department of Education. [CA Department of Education, 2006]
100,000 Bay Area kids lack health insurance. [“Funding California’s SCHIP Coverage: What Will it Cost?”, California HealthCare Foundation, 2007]
Each year, nearly 300 of California’s youth are lost to assault and suicide, making violence the number one killer of teens in our state. [“Keeping Youth Safe: A Report on Violence Prevention in the Bay Area,” United Way of the Bay Area, 2005]
650 (68%) of Bay Area foster youth are at risk of living on the streets every year as they “age-out” or emancipate from the child welfare system. [“Safe Transitions: Preventing Homelessness for Foster Youth”, Honoring Emancipated Youth, 2005]
1 in 4 families in the Bay Area does not earn enough to cover basic necessities such as housing and health care. [“The Bottom Line”, United Way of the Bay Area, 2003]
$45,760 is the minimum amount it takes to live in the Bay Area for a family of one adult and one Preschooler. [“The Bottom Line”, United Way of the Bay Area, 2003]
450,000 people in the Bay Area are without health insurance. [2003 California Health Interview Survey, UCLA]
In 2004, 80% of the uninsured were working people or their dependents. [ “The Uninsured: A Primer”, Kaiser Family Foundation 2006]
Only 17 percent of Bay Area residents are prepared for a major emergency [American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter, April 2007]
Although 91% of Bay Area nonprofits rely on volunteers and in-kind donations to serve the community, only 8% have adequate volunteer support [UWBA Nonprofit Pulse Survey, June 2007]
75% of Bay Area nonprofits, which play a key role in disaster recovery, do not have a business continuity plan [UWBA Nonprofit Pulse Survey, June 2007] |
