United Way of Elkhart County 2019 Community Partners
2-1-1 - Resource navigation hotline and referral service
ADEC - Care & Job Skills for disabled children and adults
AGAPE Backpack Program - Backpacks stuffed with schools supplies for children
ALICE Report - Survey and results about families in our community who are Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed (the working poor)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Elkhart County - Youth mentorship in school and out
Boy Scouts, LaSalle Council - Merit program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County - Elkhart, Goshen, Middlebury & Nappanee care and education of school aged children
CAPS - Child & Family Advocacy Center & Healthy Families both helping families to succeed
Center for Healing and Hope (Emergency Services Tithe) - Low cost/barrier health care
Church Community Services Inc. (EST) - EFSP and Innovation
COAD Community Organizations Active in Disaster (EST) - Community-wide coordinated disaster response born out of 2018 flood relief efforts
Community Conversations - Real time needs assessment within our community
Council on Aging - Transportation services for seniors to needed appointments
Early Childhood Alliance - CDA Credential & Providers Day
Elkhart City Homeless Coalition - Advocating for the most marginalized and finding solutions
Elkhart Community Schools - The HUB (wrap around resources for parents, individuals and students) & Move2Stand (research based bullying awareness and prevention)
Elkhart Civic Theater - Sponsorship for Flood Awareness
Elkhart County Clubhouse - Housing and job skills for people living with mental illness
Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP) - Faith Mission, Salvation Army of Elkhart & Goshen, The Window, Suzanna’s Kitchen, Church Community Services & YWCA
Family Christian Development Center - Providing prescription case management helping individuals manage their own care
Familywize - Discount prescription card that helps individuals save up to 50% on needed medications
Goodwill Industries of Michiana - Provides career assessment and placement along with evidence based digital skills training at their Career Center
Goshen City Homeless Coalition - Advocating for the most marginalized and finding solutions
Goshen Community Schools - Invested in volunteer coordinator and mega-tronics pilot
Gr8t Beginnings in Elkhart County - Early Childhood Coalition
Guidance Ministries Homeless Day Service (EST) - Advocating and providing for the most marginalized and finding solutions
Heart City Health Center - Dental care and prescription assistance
Horizon Educational Alliance - Coalition building and pilot
Interfaith Hospitality Network (EFSP) fundraising - Advocating and providing for the most marginalized and finding solutions
Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana - Childhood development
LaCasa - Roosevelt Center Summer Program and Financial Literacy
Oaklawn - Prescription assistance
Open Door Pantry Nappanee (EST) - Food Pantry
Postal Carriers Food Drive & United Way - Guidance Ministries, Faith Mission, Suzanna’s Kitchen, Salvation Army, St Johns, Christ’s Commissary, Bristol Food Pantry, Middlebury Food Pantry, Salvation Army of Goshen & The Window
READ UNITED - Volunteer reader programs matching community members with students to enhance reading skills
Ribbon of Hope - Cancer care and support navigation
Salvation Army of Elkhart (EFSP, EST) - Emergency food and shelter programs
Salvation Army of Goshen (EFSP, EST) - Emergency food and shelter programs
Success by 6 Summit - Annual United Way event raising awareness for early childhood care and success
United Way Coat Drive & Southside, Inc. (EST) - Annual coat drive to provide warm winter items with children who need them
Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center - Affordable quality childcare
WNIT Public Television - Education Counts Programming Sponsorship
YWCA North Central Indiana, Inc. (EFSP, EST) - Safe Haven Women's Shelter
*Note: This is a partial list of the organizations and programs that United Way of Elkhart County supports. Through designations and community projects we work together with hundreds of organizations to help support every person in our community.
