How United Way’s Merger is Benefitting Agencies in Waukesha County
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How United Way’s Merger is Benefitting Agencies in Waukesha County

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By Angela Mancuso, Executive Director of The Women’s Center

Many of you have heard about the merger between United Way in Waukesha County and United Way of Greater Milwaukee as a means to maximize efficiencies of both entities and to foster a collaborative philanthropic culture in both communities. This is significant to the donor community as well as agencies such as The Women’s Center in Waukesha County because United Way partially funds several of our programs.

This “new” United Way offers its member agencies a better chance at not only maintaining our program allocation but the potential to establish new relationships with donors and volunteers.  The Women’s Center receives about 13% of our operating budget from United Way which therefore carries great weight in our ability to fulfill our mission and provide free, comprehensive programs to survivors of family violence, sexual assault or abuse.

Our current United Way funding supports:

Domestic Abuse Advocacy, Shelter & Counseling:  Our 32 bed shelter offers temporary safe housing to women and their children who flee their homes due to domestic violence. This program, along with our 24-Hour Hotline, is staffed 24/7, year round. Individual and group counseling is available for residential and nonresidential adults and children. Clients also have access to our Legal Advocates who provide support and assistance in filing and obtaining temporary restraining orders.

Transitional Living: This program provides two year subsidized housing and comprehensive support services to women and their children transitioning out of abusive relationships. The program helps clients overcome barriers to independence and self-sufficiency such as lack of support, financial concerns and limited access to safe, affordable housing. 

Family Support & Child Abuse Prevention: Funds are used to reduce the likelihood of family violence, child abuse and neglect through programming initiatives such as emergency respite childcare, crisis counseling, short-term counseling, parenting classes and peer support groups for parents in times of stress.

Employment Counseling & Life Skills: This program’s primary emphasis is to address the needs of under or unemployed clients seeking economic self-sufficiency by providing job-readiness and job-seeking skills. 

Sexual Abuse & Assault Counseling: One of The Women’s Center’s oldest programs,  provides counseling, support, advocacy and outreach to adult and child survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Our goal is to provide a continuum of service inclusive of early intervention and support as well as reduce the long term trauma associated with sexual abuse. 

The work we do at The Women’s Center can’t be done alone. Your partnership, and that of United Way, will have significant impact with our clients so we can continue to provide our programs and services FREE of charge to the thousands of individuals we will work with this year alone. This coming campaign season, help us set an example of how our communities can come together for a higher purpose of supporting survivors of domestic abuse or sexual assault and abuse.  

The Women's Center has been a United Way partner since 1979. Learn more about What We Fund.


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