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Believe that together we can build a better community. 
There are issues and problems within our community that are bigger than we are and impossible to solve on our own. No single organization or individual can tackle these issues without help. That’s where Mile High United Way comes in.
Combining the collective strength of more than 40,000 donors, 800 local businesses, 100 non-profit partners and local and state government, Mile High United Way is leading the movement for positive change. Together we deliver lasting solutions for individuals and families in the metropolitan area. Together we can do what none of us can do alone.
Making A Difference
We’ve been making a difference for more than 120-years. At Mile High United Way we see the full circle of life and concentrate on helping people of all ages, in every stage of their lives, through three interconnected areas of change: School Readiness, Youth Success and Adult Self Sufficiency.
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School Readiness - Set the Course for Success! Young children are more likely to succeed throughout their school years if they attend high-quality early childhood care and education programs beginning at birth. Mile High United Way invests in programs that ensure young children in low income families enter school ready to succeed and are prepared for a lifetime of learning.
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| Youth Success - Engage and motivate in school. To make it to graduation, at-risk youth need more guidance and support to help them make wise choices, stay in school and graduate. Mile High United Way invests in programs that help school-age; low-income and under-served youth succeed academically and graduate from high school and go on to higher education opportunities. |
| Adult Self Sufficiency - Empower individuals and families to succeed. We provide opportunities for hardworking individuals to become financially stable and provide a better future for their families. Mile High United Way invests in programs that ensure low income individuals and families are afforded the opportunity to move toward economic self-sufficiency. |
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How We Do It
Collaboration, cooperation and partnership are keys to Mile High United Way’s success through our three investment strategies:
1) We invest in a network of more than 100 nonprofits throughout the metropolitan area to deliver direct services every day.
2) We convene nonprofit, government, corporate and community partners to work together on vital large-scale programs that touch even more lives. Programs include: Denver’s Road Home, Lights On After School and L:earn.
3) We innovate. Mile High United Way-led programs meet the metropolitan area’s most pressing needs. Programs include: Mile High United Way’s 2-1-1, Bridging the Gap and Making Connections Denver.
Learn more about Mile High United Way, read our stories of success, watch our on line videos and join the movement for positive change.
Believe that We Can Do More Together!
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Advancing the Common Good: Three Stories of Hope & Success
School Readiness Initiative
“She already knows her colors and numbers, and she knows basic sign language,” says new mom Genevieve of her daughter Mileah. “I am so grateful for that.”
That’s saying a lot considering Mileah was born to a drug-addicted mom. Seven months pregnant and in jail, Genevieve was given the choice of giving birth behind bars or entering a unique program called Baby Haven.
The residential program, supported by Mile High United Way, helps moms and babies alike. The moms, like Genevieve, learn how to deal with their addictions and become responsible, caring parents. The babies, like Mileah, receive quality early care and education from birth.
“When I hear her laugh or see her face, I smile,” says Genevieve, “because I know she is happy and healthy and prepared to do well in school and she’s only 2-years-old.”
Each year, Mile High United Way’s School Readiness Initiative provides thousands of children of low-income-families access to high quality early education, their teachers with on-going training to improve their knowledge and skills and much more.
Youth Success Initiative
Walter and Andrew come from two different worlds, but they share a lot in common.
Andrew ran with the wrong crowd and got into some serious trouble. Walter, on the other hand, was a model student who just didn’t fit into a traditional public school.
Both of them tried to make it through high school and both of them failed. They dropped out and they were in danger never completing their education.
But, thanks to Mile High United Way and its community partner Colorado Youth for a Change, they are both back in school and on track to graduate and attend college!
“I think I can safely say neither of us ever thought we could succeed in school,” says Walter, “but now, we are and we can’t wait to start college classes.”
Mile High United Way’s Youth Success Initiative provides thousands of students access to mentoring, quality after school programs, tutoring and dropout, gang and violence intervention programs.
Adult Self Sufficiency Initiative
Sylvia says she can’t believe how her life has changed.
She once was a prisoner in her own home- the victim of an abusive relationship- with no hope of escape.
Now she is a confident, self-sufficient woman with a steady job and a loving family.
And she gives the credit to the Mile High United Way supported Work Options for Women and its program that gives impoverished women the chance to gain the skills and confidence they need to succeed through hands-on training in the food service industry.
“I was once a victim and now I am the victor,” says Sylvia,” and for that, I am grateful.”
Your support of Mile High United Way’s Adult Self Sufficiency Initiative is helping people every day by providing job training and workforce development, financial education and savings programs and services for those who have or are experiencing homelessness.
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