Lives Changed

Working Towards the Future


Donald (name changed) is a 37 year old African-American man from New Haven. He first entered the shelter three years ago after losing his job. Donald had very little employment experience but had worked in a few local restaurants in the kitchen. He was at each job for no more than three months at a time, each time leaving over a wage or supervision dispute – and then jumping to the next job....

 

Struggling Local Residents Get Legal Assistance and Finds Hope


When someone in the Greater New Haven area is unable to obtain legal services because of income, age, disability, discrimination or other barriers, New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc. (LAA) can help.

P>LAA is an organization of attorneys and paraprofessionals who work together to provide high-quality legal services. United Way of Greater New Haven invests in this program to keep...

 

A Life Changed, One Sentence at a Time
How United Way investments are helping local residents overcome illiteracy


When West Haven resident Annette Sessions was ten and her mother fell ill, she took a job working in a cotton field, earning $3.50 for every 100 pounds of cotton she picked. She continued to work to support her family, eventually starting a family of her own.

She went back to school and reached the eleventh grade but was still only reading at a second grade level. "My mom felt like...

 

There's More to Art Than Meets the Eye


Area high school students serving as Teen Docents devoted most of their Saturdays throughout the school year to discovering new dimensions to the world of art. Thanks to funding from United Way of Greater New Haven and other sources, ArtSpace, New Haven, was able to organize its Teen Docent program, which included visits with artists, trips to art exhibitions, training in public speaking and...