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Helping to Meet the Needs of Southern Kentucky
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- With $20,000 of United Way investment, Community Medical Care provided
$40,000 in prescription assistance to 127 senior citizens in Barren
County
- 47.7% of single parent families residing in Kentucky live in poverty
- With $85,000 of United Way investment, 87% of the girls enrolled in
Girls Inc. programs increased knowledge or skills upon completion of the
program. In addition, 64% are on the honor roll in their school work
- In Kentucky, there are more than 5,000 children in foster care
awaiting adoption
- With $2,500 of United Way investment, Kentucky Legal Aid established
$41,000 in annualized child support for 30 children from low-income,
single-parent homes
- One out of every seven Kentucky residents aged 65 and over lives below
the poverty line
- The average yearly cost of a nursing home stay (room and board) in the
BRADD region is $38,300
- There are 72,000 adult women in Kentucky who are abusing alcohol and
drugs. Only 22% will receive treatment.
- With $12,500 of United Way investment, 165 individuals enrolled in
classes at Logan County Adult Education & Workforce Development
increased their literacy level, earned a GED, gained or retained
employment and/or entered post secondary education
- A rape is committed every 8 hours, 41 minutes in Kentucky
- 10% of children in the BRADD area, aged birth to 9 years, may be at
risk for an incidence of developmental delays and disabilities (about
3,401 children)
- 23.7% of Kentuckians has some type of disability
- One out of every three girls, and one out of every seven boys will be
sexually assaulted before their 18th birthday
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| But, Did You Also Know
That YOU Can Help?. |
 When you give to the United Way of Southern Kentucky, you are...
Delivering Results...
Providing Hope...
Helping People...
One Life at a Time.
You can do more through United Way than you could ever do alone. You
produce results every day in every part of our community. Here are just a
few of the ways you help improve more lives:
$3 per week...
· will assist with one rental deposit for a victim who left an abuser.
· will pay the GED Test fee for three adult students.
$5 per week...
· will provide supplies and pain medications for one terminally ill patient
for one month.
$8 per week...
· will support an at risk youth with programs designed to increase
self-esteem, improve social and educational skills, and become more
productiive.
· will provide recruitment, screening, training and support needed to
provide a positive role model and friend for a youth in need.
$10 per week...
· will provide evaluations for four children with developmental
disabilities.
· will furnish after school tutoring for 25 children who are struggling in
school.
$12 per week...
· will provide prescription coverage for one low income adult.
· will provide 60 nights of lodging at a homeless shelter.
· will provide childcare for one at risk child for three months.
$15 per week...
· will buy personal care items to distribute to 500 victims when they enter
an abuse shelter.
· will provide one abused or neglected child with an adult volunteer that
can serve as their “voice” in court.
· will provide a social development outing for 150 mentally challenged
individuals.
· will furnish 250 meals at a soup kitchen.
$1,000 per year...
· will provide three months worth of supplies and pain medications, a social
work visit, a chapain visit, and a nurse visit for one terminally ill
patient.
$5,000 per year...
· will buy six month’s worth of groceries for 225 victims of abuse.
$10,000 per year...
· will provide funding for a part time instructor to teach adults how to
read.
· will support two 24-hour crisis lines for one year.
But, the partner agencies of the United Way of Southern Kentucky can't
do it without YOU.
Find out how you can help. |
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