Jackson County

At-Risk Girls Are Becoming More Confident We believe young girls who develop positive attitudes and grow up with strong self-esteem have a better chance of succeeding in school.  By supporting the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Outreach Program, we can provide opportunities to young girls that will help them become strong confident women.  The Outreach…

Making An IMPACT, One Tax Return At A Time. We want struggling families to succeed.  By supporting the United Way of Jackson County you make it possible for low income families to have their taxes filed properly and accurately.  During the 2015 tax season the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program was responsible for bringing over…

ADDRESSING THE MYTH by Ken Toll I ran into The Myth again.      This time it was in a Facebook post, but that’s not the only place I’ve encountered it. I’ve seen The Myth in online news story comments. I’ve heard it at gatherings. I’ve had more phone conversations about it than I can count.…

Physically and Emotionally Healthy Families Tend To Be Financially Stable Families   We believe that if families are physically and mentally healthy they have a better chance at staying or becoming financially stable.   We support the Family Counseling program through Family Service & Children’s Aid.  90% of adults and 95% of children who have completed…

Volunteer Center Unveils New Database    United Way is making some changes to its Volunteer Center aimed at streamlining the service, engaging more people and reducing costs. The outside-run database we’ve been using has become too expensive and not effective at actually connecting volunteers with local projects. As of Jan. 1, 2016, we’re switching to…

IMPACT IS MADE EVERYDAY BY ENERGIZING EDUCATION! Kriss Giannetti is the Energizing Education Program Manager for United Way of Jackson County.  Recently she shared these comments with our United Way volunteer leadership.  We thought it would be important to share with you. I wanted to share with you a few stories from Energizing Education to…

Helping Those Who Can’t Help Themselves and Saving Them From Exploitation.   We feel it is important to protect Jackson’s most vulnerable citizens.  The Jackson County Adult Guardian Services program helps meet the basic needs of incapacitated adults who are unable to protect their own interests and who are vulnerable to exploitation, neglect or injury. …

Success In School Translates To Kids Succeeding In Life! We want children to be successful in school so they can be successful in life.   By helping elementary students learn to read at grade level we will ensure at-risk youth will not fall behind in their education.  Energizing Education is our early reading program.  Last year,…

Identifying Their Needs and FIXING THE PROBLEM! We feel it is important for at-risk youth to stay out of trouble and in school.  Because you give to United Way of Jackson County we are able to support a Juvenile Diversion and Truancy Prevention Program.  First time juvenile offenders are identified by probate court, truant students…

Making Sure Our Kids Are Succeeding In School Children succeeding in school is one step in breaking Jackson’s multi-generational poverty cycle.  Because you give to United Way we can support programs like Bigs in Schools, site based mentoring from Big Brothers Big Sisters.  This program pairs at risk youth with caring adults.  Teachers have reported…