A Letter from the Resource Development Director

At United Way of the Mid-South, Resource Development is laying the foundation for another year of critical support for our community. While many of our workplace campaigns occurred between August and December 2020, we are still engaged in supporting our corporate...

United Way of the Mid-South’s Free Tax Prep Celebrates Financial Literacy Month

United Way of the Mid-South’s Free Tax Prep is happy to celebrate Financial Literacy Month in April. This national initiative promotes financial well-being for people at every stage of life. The Free Tax Prep program offers their services free to those who qualify in...

Driving The Dream Partners With Workforce Mid-South

Driving The Dream recently announced its partnership with Workforce Mid-South to offer job seekers access to opportunities. Workforce Mid-South will function as a Care Coordination hub and refer families to appropriate services. They will provide overall service...

Building A Trauma Sensitive Community

United Way of the Mid-South recognizes that in order to reduce poverty in our community, we must tackle root causes. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) are a root cause of poverty. When a child is raised in an environment of great adversity, one where there are...

Helen Lemons celebrates 50 years with United Way of the Mid-South

Helen Lemons was connected to Shelby United Neighbors in 1971 through the Social Security Administration after the sudden, tragic death of her father. She was convinced not to live off of her father’s social security, but to make a career for herself and help take...

Resource Development partners with Geico for blanket drive

If the frigid temps are good for one thing, it might be to remind people there are those who could use some help staying warm. Geico kicked off their new partnership with a warm blanket drive to benefit local United Way agencies serving the homeless and displaced. The...

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of people in the City of Memphis live in poverty

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of children under 18 in Memphis live in poverty

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of people in Shelby County live in poverty

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of children under 18 in Shelby County live in poverty

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of people in our AR, MS, TN metro area live in poverty

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of children under 18 in our AR, MS, TN metro area live in poverty

The US average for people living in poverty is 12.3%. The 2020 Update of the Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet, Produced Annually by Dr. Elena Delavega of the School of Social Work at the University of Memphis. Data from the 2019 American Community Survey released in September 2020.