Category Archives: UWBB News

Tallahassee-Leon County Nonprofit Services Grant Program

UWBB NewsBy July 1, 2021

The Tallahassee-Leon County Nonprofit Services Grant Program dedicates $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to local nonprofit organizations to continue to meet the immediate demand for essential human service needs. Human services are those services or programs provided to meet basic health, welfare, and other needs of a society or group. …

United Way Board Announces Funding for 2021-2023 Programs to Help Stabilize Families, End Cycle of Poverty

UWBB NewsBy June 29, 2021

The United Way of the Big Bend (UWBB) board this afternoon approved $1.89 million to fund community programs in Leon County and seven neighboring counties, to help those with the greatest needs, stabilize the working poor and reduce the root causes of poverty. The two-year awards (July 2021 to June 2023) will fund 20 priority…

Alice Report 2020

UWBB NewsBy May 5, 2020

ALICE Report: A crisis in the making as 66% increase in Florida’s ALICE households in 10 years