UNITED WAY OF THE DUTCHESS-ORANGE REGION INC

SproutEd program teaches Beacon & Newburgh elementary students through school gardens. In weekly lessons outdoors, in classrooms, and online, students practice math, science, and writing skills, while also learning about nutrition, tasting veggies, planting and harvesting. Land to Learn collaborates with 11 schools (eight in Beacon & Newburgh) to implement our programs.

The BB program recruits volunteers to read one-on-one with children in K–4th grade who are identified by their teachers as reading below grade level. Schools are recruited to participate in the program and volunteers are trained and matched with a student in a school. Classroom BB volunteers read aloud to children, using a dialogic reading method to give them a positive experience with books.

Housing Navigator provides emergency housing assistance to low-income households. The Housing Navigator works closely with households to help them develop housing stability plans tailored to their needs. The Navigator may assist them in applying for public benefits, connect them with employment opportunities, and/or refer them to child care, health care, legal services, and other community resources

Free Civil Legal Services for Veterans, Dutchess/Orange provides advice and counsel, representation and referrals to those who have served, including those suffering from trauma, injuries, or experiencing denial of benefits, eviction/foreclosure, domestic violence & predatory consumer practices. This program protects veterans' rights to the basic necessities of life as guaranteed by law.
Housing & Income Stabilization Services of Dutchess & Orange provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals and families who are at risk of becoming homeless through eviction or loss of home to foreclosure. We assist those clients in obtaining at least a subsistence income by helping them to obtain, retain, or increase public benefits (eg: food stamps, unemployment, Veterans, Soc Sec, Medicaid, TANF) to which they are entitled.

In Dutchess County, the Financial Stability Strategy program is able to handle daily phone calls to our hotline from neighbors in crisis seeking to meet basic needs. Triaged by bilingual staff and ED, new requests are assigned as received. The case manager reaches out the very same day. Clients often comment how much it means to "speak to a live person". Our quick response sends an important message of urgency as we begin working together to address the crisis.
In Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, the Case Management & Crisis Intervention provides services to individuals or families in Orange County who are in crisis as a result of financial emergency. This could be related to evictions, homelessness, medical needs, transportation, or situation that may impact their well-being.

The Youth Education Program operates within schools and youth organizations in Orange County to offer knowledge and tools for youth and adults working with young people in navigating healthy and unhealthy relationships, gender violence and bullying prevention and encourages positive youth development by empowering youth to become leaders and raises awareness of dating violence in their community.

Fresh market, our farmers' market, distributes affordable, local, sustainable fruits and vegetables within the City of Poughkeepsie from May through November and accepts all forms of payment including SNAP, WIC, FMNP, WIC VF, Cash and Credit. Last year alone our market distributed more than 17,000 lbs of fresh produce to residents of the City of Poughkeepsie.

Food for Dutchess & Orange County Feeding Program will provide low-income Dutchess and Orange County residents with nutritious food when they seek food assistance from area food pantries and soup kitchens. The grant will fund lines of credit at the Food Bank which agencies will use to secure food at no cost to their limited budgets. This grant will expand their capacity and enable them to feed more people.

A program designed to help survivors of domestic violence stabilize their lives by providing direct financial assistance to alleviate an immediate financial crisis and provide support and services needed to empower victims of domestic violence and their children to move towards building a foundation of financial stability and independence.