Our Focus Areas

2007

United Way to invest $950,000 in bold approach to end homelessness

07/24/2007

Funds represent largest single private investment in the region to advance “Housing First”  read more »

Seeking Greater Positive Impact in Helping People:

05/24/2007

New United Way $100 million investment plan highlights initiatives, new organizations; ties traditional funds to specific community goals

BOSTON – After more than two years of intense review, analysis, and direct coordination with volunteers, community leaders and over 126 agencies in the community, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley (UWMB/MV) today announced a $100 million, three-year plan that seeks to produce the greatest, positive impact for the community in the organization’s history.  read more »

United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley Charts Course for Leadership Transition

04/27/2007

BOSTON – The Board of Directors of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley announced today that Cathy M. Minehan, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, will lead a 14-member search committee to recruit a new President and CEO of the organization. As previously announced, current President and CEO Milton J. Little, Jr. will be leaving his Boston-area post to become President and Chief Professional Officer of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, a move that will allow Little to live closer to his and his wife’s family.  read more »

United Way Announces Connected Beginnings, Massachusetts' First Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute

04/13/2007

BOSTON— Today, state commissioners, pediatricians, educators, and other leading professionals, including the Honorable Martha Grace, Chief Justice of Massachusetts Juvenile Court, gathered to publicly launch Connected Beginnings, Massachusetts’ first statewide infant and early childhood mental health training institute. The training will enable professionals who work with young children to respond to the social and emotional needs, signs of developmental disruptions, and indications of trauma among infants, toddlers and preschoolers.  read more »

Tuning in and Connecting with Today's Boys

01/19/2007

United Way hosts conference to address the unique social and emotional needs of boys

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