Income

Promoting financial stability

Income is one of the building blocks for a good life.

As many as one-third of working Americans do not earn enough money to meet their basic needs. These individuals are walking a financial tightrope — they are barely able to get by, with no ability to save for college, a home, or for retirement.

Our Work

• Financial Counseling
• Job Training
• Career Advancement

Join us! You can advance the common good – one family at a time.

Funded Partners

Agency programs funded through the allocations process.

 Community Impact Partners List

Initiatives and Collaborations

United Way of the Plains is lead agency for a local collaboration addressing homelessness called the Wichita-Sedgwick County Continuum of Care Coordination Team (WSC-CCCT). This group of community stakeholders coordinates local homelessness planning, services, funding applications and more.

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant:

 2011 CoC Homeless Assistance Program Application – This nationally competitive application was submitted to HUD by United Way of the Plains on behalf of the WSC-CCCT to generate funding for new and renewal housing and homeless services in the Sedgwick County area.