| 1,205 children under six years of age improved school readiness skills. |
| 21,693 seniors and people with disabilities received services that improved the quality of their lives. |
| 28,666 individuals and families in financial crisis received the education needed to increase their financial stability. |
"Be the change you want to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi
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When Heather and Eric moved to Dayton
from another state, they enrolled in the Mad River School District and
joined the First STEP program run by Unified Health Services (UHS) at
their school. At the beginning of the year, Eric had anger
management issues as well as some academic struggles. Heather
needed some homework discipline. They are both now succeeding in
school and their teachers credit the First STEP program with building a
foundation for their success.
Dan, a single father, is so
pleased that his children have been making great progress in school,
after starting out with low grades and a lack of motivation. He
credits First STEP’s prevention coordinator with providing the
discipline and encouragement his daughter needed to greatly improve her
grades and achieve honor roll for the first time. His son is now
more accepting of rules and has developed the discipline needed to
succeed with the help of UHS staff.
Unified Health Services,
a United Way Partner Agency, provides services that address all three
building blocks of life and United Way priorities – education, income,
and health. This year UHS is receiving $166,704 in United Way
contributions to provide emergency prescriptions for the under- and
uninsured, to coordinate services for area teens, and to provide
prevention programs for at-risk youth and their families. These
are just two examples of the more than 25,000 children and youth in
Montgomery, Greene and Preble Counties who received services last year
to help them succeed in school and life … thanks to generous
contributions to United Way.
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