Homeless ‘Czar’ Meets Business Leaders

“For 20 years we have been simply servicing a rising tide of homeless who, if we stopped to listen, would tell us that all they wanted was a place to live,” said national homeless ‘czar’ Philip Mangano at a meeting with local business leaders in Hollywood recently...Read more

Activision Sets Kids on College Path

Royce Lanham loves video games. But it took a visit to United Way corporate partner and leading video games distributor, Activision, to show the 14-year-old how he could turn his passion into a full-time career...Read more

Tour Focuses on Financial Stability

The Los Angeles economy is changing. Well-paying unionized jobs have been replaced by low-wage service sector jobs and as the cost of living rises and wages stagnate, more and more families are falling behind. In fact, almost two out of five Los Angeles County families don’t have enough money to cover basic living expenses...Read more

Quality of Life in Los Angeles Update

The quality of life in Los Angeles County is improving, but trends in housing, unemployment and the economy could threaten that in the future. That was just one of the findings from the Quality of Life in Los Angeles: 2008 State of the County Report, which was unveiled by United Way of Greater Los Angeles on Monday...Read more

Creating Pathways out of Poverty

The United Way of Greater Los Angeles is a non-profit, locally governed organization that works to create lasting, positive changes in people’s lives and the local community through our creating pathways out of poverty 10-year plan.

We have helped thousands of people improve their quality of life and become productive members in our community. We identify the problems unique to the community and support the best organizations to solve them.

But we need your support.

The more you give, the more people we can help.

Together, we’ll fight. United we’ll win…Read more

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