Your donation to United Way of King County helps families be safe, healthy and successful.
Community issues
- 1 in 10 children in King County lives in poverty.
- About 31% of children entering kindergarten aren't ready to think, read and get along with others on their first day of school.
- One in three teens feels little commitment to their schools, and two in five reported experiencing academic failure.
- Each year in King County, 23,000 children and youth witness domestic violence and parental assault.
We help:
- Enable families to meet their basic needs of food and shelter
- Strengthen parenting skills through classes, support groups and home visits
- Connect parents to quality, affordable child care
- Support early learning programs
- Develop strong academic skills and self-esteem in our youth
- Provide affordable health and dental care
- Give domestic violence victims counseling and other support services such as housing and job training
Our partners
- ACAP Child & Family Services
- AMARA Parenting and Adoption Service
- Asian Counseling and Referral Services
- Atlantic Street Center
- Auburn Youth Resources
- Bellevue Boys and Girls Club
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of King and Pierce Counties
- Birth to Three Developmental Center
- Black Diamond Community Center
- Boy Scouts of America-Chief Seattle Council
- Boy Scouts of America-Pacific Harbors Council
- Boyer Children's Clinic
- Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
- Camp Fire USA Central Puget Sound Council
- Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
- Catholic Youth Organization
- Center for Career Alternatives
- Center for Human Services
- Central Area Motivation Program
- Central Youth And Family Services
- Child Care Resources
- Childhaven
- Children's Home Society of Washington
- Children's Therapy Center
- Chinese Information and Service Center
- Communities in Schools of Renton
- Community Day School Association
- Consejo Counseling and Referral Services
- Denise Louie Education Center
- El Centro de la Raza
- Encompass
- Family Services
- Family Support Worker Program
- First Place School
- Fremont Public Association
- Friends of Youth
- Girl Scouts - Totem Council
- Greater Maple Valley Community Center
- Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center
- Hopelink
- Institute for Family Development
- Intergenerational Innovations
- Kent Youth & Family Services
- Kindering Center
- King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
- Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
- Lutheran Community Services Northwest
- Neighborhood House Incorporated
- New Beginnings
- New Futures
- North & Eastside Healthy Start Consortium
- Northshore Youth Services
- Parent Trust for Washington Children
- Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets
- Pike Market Child Care Center
- Pioneer Human Services
- Program for Early Parent Support
- Refugee Women's Alliance
- Renton Area Youth and Family Services
- Ruth Dykeman Children's Center
- Ryther Child Center Inc
- Salvation Army Northwest Division
- Seattle Children's Home
- Seattle Indian Center
- Seattle Youth Employment Program
- Southeast Youth and Family Services
- Southwest Youth and Family Services
- Stroum Jewish Community Center
- Therapeutic Health Services
- Treehouse
- United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
- Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation
- Vashon Youth and Family Services
- YMCA of Greater Seattle
- Youth Advocates
- Youth Eastside Services
- YouthCare
- YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County
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