Every family deserves financial stability, not financial stress.
1 in 6 people in our region can’t afford basic necessities. For children, it’s even worse — 1 in 5 live in poverty.
These aren’t just numbers. They’re working adults trapped in low-wage jobs, families choosing between rent and groceries, and people one emergency away from crisis.
When you support United Way, you help people build real financial stability through job training, money management skills, and connections to better opportunities. Your support moves families from surviving to thriving.
Financial Reality Check is two-hour interactive budgeting simulation for high school students where they select careers, create budgets, and navigate real-life financial scenarios with guidance from volunteer financial coaches, designed to build practical money management skills in a risk-free environment.
Empower U is a financial empowerment program that helps participants – with a special focus on women and newcomers – increase their knowledge, tools and access to resources to meet their financial goals.
Period Promise addresses period poverty in our communities through the distribution of free menstrual products, while also challenging the stigma around menstruation.
United Way of the Alberta Capital Region provides Front-Line Agency Funding to 52 community agencies. Of those, the following 23 agencies support educational success:
See how your support creates real change through stories, impact data, and community wins.
