Working Families Platform

One in four households in our community is in financial peril.

Many of our hardworking neighbors simply don’t earn enough to make ends meet. There is not enough money in the household to cover all the basics, from housing and food to basic child care, education and health care. These are hard facts.

Hard facts lead to hard choices: Repair the car or buy your prescription medicine? Use a licensed child care provider or repair the window that is driving up utility bills? Take a sick child to the emergency clinic or buy food for the family? These and many more hard choices leave families in need.

Many families are one emergency away from financial disaster. One unexpected expense can lead to life-changing disaster, such as losing a job or losing a home.

We believe that no one should have to make these choices. No one should have to live on the edge of survival. That's why we are working to bring our working families to a safer, more sustainable place.

Care of Children

Crossroads United Way, serving Elkhart, LaGrange & Noble Counties has invested millions in education, and nowhere has that impact been greater than in early childhood.  Working families are often unable to afford the expense of high-quality childcare.  Local gaps in capacity, cost, quality, and hours of operation can combine into insurmountable hurdles for working families.  For this reason we have invested in an Director of Education who specializes in early childhood education to bring awareness and additional partners to this important issue.  Additionally, United Way continues to invest in education programs for learners of all ages.

Job Skills

Financial Empowerment