Basic Needs

5/5/2020

Food from area restaurants to be delivered to 800+ EMS workers providing frontline support during the COVID-19 pandemic

NEW ORLEANS – United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) announced today a partnership with The J. M. Smucker Company and Folgers® to provide over 2,500 meals to area EMS personnel in appreciation for their work on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BET’s Saving Our Selves: A COVID-19 Relief Effort   

Raises $2.4 million to support New Orleans African American community hit hard by COVID-19 

4/20/2020

1,308 individual grants approved to date; $850,000+ available in funding for final round of grants

Contact:  KirbyN@UnitedWaySELA.org

4/6/2020

Petters Family Foundation Supports United Way of the Virginia Peninsula’s Emergency Fund for COVID-19 Recovery With $1,000,000 Donation slated for families in need in communities in Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana

Data visualization tool depicts regional poverty, stability; Presents initial release of LDOC data on returning citizens by parish

62 Southeast Louisiana nonprofits to receive funding for health, education, and financial stability programming

NEW ORLEANS – United Way of Southeast Louisiana announced Tuesday its 2019-22 grantees under the second three-year cycle of Blueprint for Prosperity funding. The 62 nonprofit recipients include 7 more than the previous cycle with 23 new programs, 13 of which are first-time UWSELA grant recipients.

Website to collect donations for recovery efforts across SE Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS – United Way of Southeast Louisiana, in partnership with WWL-TV, announces the UWSELA Disaster Fund.  All funds raised will support relief and recovery efforts through grants to community partners and nonprofit organizations providing direct services to impacted individuals and families.