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United Way of Summit County today announced that it is expanding several of its direct service programs in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. United Way’s efforts to promote long term recovery in Summit County include working with Akron Public Schools to...

The partner agencies involved in the Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund today announced the recipients of a fourth round of pandemic relief funding. Nine organizations will receive allocations totaling $415,000. The fund was created through a...

United Way of Summit County stands with those fighting against the systemic inequities that afflict communities across our country - including our own. The murder of George Floyd is just one of many recent examples of how racism and structural injustices embedded in...

United Way of Summit County has welcomed a new member into its family of community impact programs and initiatives. Created in 2013, the iC.A.R.E Mentoring program provides Akron Public School students in grades K-12 with nurturing and supportive role models. Unlike...

The partner agencies involved in the Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund today announced the recipients of a third round of pandemic relief funding. 14 organizations will receive allocations totaling $286,000. The relief fund – which was created...

The Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund has grown to nearly $1.3 million, thanks to support from local corporations, nonprofit foundations and hundreds of donations from individual members of the public. The fund was created through a partnership...

The Knight Foundation today announced that it would contribute $500,000 to the Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund. The fund was created through a partnership between United Way of Summit County, the City of Akron, the County of Summit, Akron Public...

Today, the partner organizations involved in the Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund announced the recipients of the first round of pandemic relief funding totaling $170,000. The fund was created through a partnership between United Way of Summit...

United Way of Summit County, the City of Akron, the County of Summit, Akron Public Schools, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, Summit County Public Health and Summit County Job and Family Services have teamed up to create the Akron Summit County COVID-19 Emergency...

United Way of Summit County’s 2-1-1 program, which helps people across Summit County find local resources when they don’t know where to turn, answered 69,992 calls for assistance last year. The free, confidential service is available by phone, 24 hours a...

As part of its Holiday Snack Packs food drive, United Way of Summit County delivered 4,944 bags of healthy snacks to Akron Public Schools students on December 18. The bags were delivered to every student at 14 APS elementary schools: McEbright CLC, Pfeiffer CLC,...

United Way of Summit County today announced that it would award grants to 53 programs representing 41 organizations throughout Summit County for its two-year funding cycle beginning in 2020.  In order to receive funding, organizations had to demonstrate how their...

July marks the official start of United Way of Summit County’s Stuff the Bus school supplies drive. Now in its sixth year, Stuff the Bus mobilizes thousands of individuals and dozens of local companies to collect, sort, pack and distribute backpacks full of...

United Way of Summit County will oversee distribution of federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program designated for Summit County. Summit...

Akron Public Schools (APS) and KeyBank announced the grand opening of the Financial Services Lab at East CLC supported by KeyBank Foundation.  The goal of this lab is to give students access to real financial technology that would typically be found in a banking...

The Akron RubberDucks are excited to announce a partnership with United Way of Summit County for this year’s “Fourth on the Field” event at Canal Park to celebrate Independence Day, Thursday, July 4. The night will include a showing of the hit movie,...

Applications are now open for the 2019-2020 Diversity on Board program. A collaborative effort with United Way of Summit County, Diversity on Board launched in 2016 and provides leadership development, education and board-matching services to advance minority...

By Joe Scalise, Director of Housing Services, United Way of Summit County Late last month, volunteers from across Summit County braved sub-freezing temperatures to take part in a yearly event – the homeless Point In Time (PIT) count. Mandated and scheduled by...

United Way of Summit County’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) has begun serving clients for the 2019 tax season. Now through the end of tax season on April 15, workers from Summit County households earning less than $60,000 per year can call 2-1-1...

United Way of Summit County today announced that in 2018, for the second year in a row, participation in its volunteer events surged over the previous year. In 2018, 3,829 volunteers took part in United Way engagement events – a 21 percent increase over 2017....

Read on Ohio.com> Those are heartening words from Jerry Craig, the director of the Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board. He told Amanda Garrett of the Beacon Journal/Ohio.com last week, “I think we’re on the waning end...

Read on Ohio.com> By Amanda Garrett Beacon Journal/Ohio.com    The opioid crisis that’s gripping much of the U.S. may finally be loosening in Summit County. Both the number of overdoses and overdose deaths here plunged in 2018, according to...