7/19/2022

Contribution brings amount raised to over $1M, of $5M first-year goal for youth services

July 12, 2022

An Unprecedented Group of Diverse New Orleans Organizations — Unveils Dual-Track Action plan to Adress Crime and Quality of Life for All

Group aims to support NOPD, invest $15m in local youth services

June 22, 2022

United Way’s annual meeting celebrates wins, volunteers, generous workplaces
Grants recipients, volunteer leadership also announced

June 2, 2022

$500,000 awarded to New Orleans summer youth programs via United Way, BCM
Summer Impact Grants aim to improve outcomes for city’s young people

May 11, 2022

Ready Louisiana Coalition urges legislators to appropriate $94M to early care, education programs
Coalition members, state leaders gathered on Early Ed Day to call for historic ECE investment 

The Nancy M. Marsiglia Institute of Justice, a 12-week course examining the U.S. Constitution, inducted 15 new Distinguished Fellows during a graduation ceremony on April 28.

05/05/2022

United Way, BCM announce Summer Impact Grants
Funding opportunity open to Orleans Parish summer program providers
 

United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA), in partnership with Baptist Community Ministries (BCM), Thursday announced the 2022 Summer Impact Grant opportunity to expand and deepen summer services for New Orleans children and youth.  

04/13/2022

New ALICE research: 66% of Southeast Louisiana’s Black Children Lived in Financial Hardship Pre-Pandemic

New report, interactive tools reveal federal poverty data undercounts how many children of all races are growing up amid financial insecurity.

04/06/2022

United Way Tornado Relief Fund to granting $60k in aid to families, partners
Over $70k in supply donations received, distributed to the community

March 23, 2022

United Way opens supply drive for tornado survivors

NEW ORLEANS - United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) urgently needs public donations of supplies for the families impacted by the March 22 tornado.

Requested supplies include: