The United Way of Pekin is one of over 1,400 autonomous community or regional United Ways that help meet local health and human-care needs. United Ways support not only "traditional" agencies, but also those that are addressing new and emerging community needs. Each local United Way board of directors determines its own community's needs, the agencies it will fund and allocates the funds accordingly. The United Way of Pekin was founded in 1955 by 40 like minded citizens.

The decisions as to which community agencies receive United Way of Pekin funds and how much they receive is not arrived at casually. The entire volunteer Board of Directors acts as the review/allocation committee. Any tax exempt, volunteer governed, human service or health care agency may apply for funding. The office monitors the activities, services and budget of all agencies. This process governs both the size of each year's monetary allocation and whether the agency will continue to be part of the United Way of Pekin.

This year we will partner with 11 agencies that are providing 15 programs and also run our own internal program launched this year as a pilot project to address soft skills, financial literacy and resume/interviewing skills.

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