Senior Success
| INITIATIVE: Benefits Enrollment and Access for Seniors As our population ages, many older adults quietly struggle to make ends meet with small retirement incomes and growing medical expenses. Seniors have a significant unmet need for access to health and human service assistance in our community. For example, only 30 percent of eligible seniors receive food stamps. This initiative will create a more user-friendly system to help older adults access benefits to meet their basic financial and health needs, enabling them to move from poverty toward a livable income. The system will increase the number of eligible seniors enrolled in major benefits programs. PROGRESS TO DATE: Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging became the lead agency for this initiative in 2008. United Way's 211/First Call For Help is also helping to develop this community-wide network of benefits access for seniors. |
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Upcoming Events
September 2, 2010
Enjoy a pancake breakfast for only $5 and help our community when United Way kicks off its 2010 Campaign. Join us on Public Square from 7 to 10 a.m.
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September 14, 2010
Enjoy a day on the links with Browns alumni at United Way's 13th Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at Hemlock Springs Golf Club in Geneva.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Come One, Come All to the Rock United Benefit Concert at the Barley House on Sept. 24. The concert is presented by Oswald Companies and featuers popular Ohio natives and concert headliners Red Wanting Blue.
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Our Mission
United Way of Greater Cleveland is a leader in addressing health and human service needs through convening partnerships, funding programs, generating resources, and advocating for public policy to support our community's priorities.