Community Partners

Partnering with over 50 community organizations led by AARP, IRS, and VITA, United Way is working to provide low and moderate-income individuals and families with free tax preparation services and information about the Earned Income Tax Credit. As a result of this outreach, those who used these services last year obtained over a quarter of a million dollars more from their 2007 federal tax returns than from their 2006 returns.

Working with community health providers, UWDC has made the FamilyWise Prescription Discount Card available since November 2007. Through March 2009, individuals in Delaware County have saved $90,510 in prescription costs.

UWDC, BSU's Fisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology, Lifestream, and the Ball Brothers Foundation have partnered together to develop utilizing broad community involvement a white paper outlining the needs and services for our older adults so they can continue to live full lives. This has led to the formation of Livable Communities, a coalition of organizations.

UWDC continues to partner with Lifestream in providing Delaware County with 2-1-1. A person calling 2-1-1 has the call answered by a trained Information & Referral Specialist, who assesses the caller's needs and gives information that will enable the caller to connect with available human services to meet those needs.