May 15, 2012
Helping at-risk preschoolers get ready for kindergarten. Providing job skills training to the unemployed to help them get and keep jobs. Preventing disease in small children. These are just a few examples of the 144 exceptional local programs that United Way of Metropolitan Dallas will invest in to change North Texans' lives forever. Read More »
March 23, 2012
Univision 23 profiles Martha Castillo and Yesenia Lopez, who learned how to keep more of the money they earn by using the free tax help services provided by trained United Way volunteers. Read More »
February 17, 2012
The Dallas Morning News reports on the latest research on asset poverty in North Texas, presented by Communities Foundation of Texas, and the importance of coordinated approaches to helping struggling families. Read More »
January 31, 2012
The WFAA report about United Way volunteers helping low-income North Texans prepare their taxes features Jovanna Brown, a client whose mother used the program last year to get back $7,000 that she used to help pay her rent. Read More »
January 30, 2012
Free tax prep. Free kid’s books. Family fun for all. That and more was served up by Women of Tocqueville at the second annual “Super Saturday,” a free community event aimed at increasing awareness of United Way’s Earn It! Keep It! Save It! program. Read More »
Categories: Income
January 27, 2012
Jennifer Sampson spoke with WBAP about kicking off the fourth year of volunteer-powered tax help efforts for low- to moderate-income North Texans. Read More »
January 26, 2012
Cecily Gooch, general counsel for TXU Energy, says, "This volunteer-driven tax help program teaches families how to take better control of their finances and is a perfect example of how United Way is helping people help themselves.” Read More »
January 25, 2012
Payday and auto title loan outfits create a cycle of debt by charging high fees that mask high interest rates. In Dallas South News, Rev. Gerald Britt describes community efforts to help struggling families. Read More »
January 16, 2012
As trained United Way volunteers begin their fourth year of helping hardworking families file their taxes, Susan Hoff spoke with KRLD's Mitch Carr about the effort and who is eligible for help. Read More »
November 10, 2011
Time Warner Cable's Beth Wilson interviews Jennifer Sampson from United Way about the keys to helping families struggling in the current economy and how education volunteers prepare kids to succeed. Read More »
September 20, 2011
This CBS 11 report about resources that unemployed North Texans are using to find new jobs includes a profile of the Jewish Family Service Employment program supported by United Way. Read More »
September 20, 2011
In the CBS 11 News report, Susan Hoff from United Way talks about the long-term keys to reduce abuse. Read More »
September 20, 2011
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas kicked off its 2011 annual fundraising campaign with a pep rally at West Mesquite High School that spotlighted youths building new futures through the Destination: Graduation program. Read More »
Categories: Education | Health | Income | Press Releases
August 18, 2011
One in four Texas children lives in poverty. Jennifer Sampson talks with CBS 11 News about the United 2020 goals and United Way efforts to break the costly, destructive cycle of poverty in North Texas. Read More »