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United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Named Finalist for United Way Worldwide’s Highest Award
5/14/2013
The Common Good Award is one of United Way Worldwide’s greatest honors that include nearly 1,800 United Ways globally.
United Way on B104
5/1/2013
Did you hear our very own Jill Pereira, Director of COMPASS Community Schools, on B104 last Thursday? Check out the audio clip here.
Allentown Injury Prevention Program
4/30/2013
The Allentown Health Bureau’s Older Adult Safety Survey Program provides an opportunity to reduce injury to older adults by educating them about safety hazards in their homes and how to make their homes safer.
 
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Community Partners for Student Success (COMPASS) Overview...

United Way's Community Building Partnerships serve to convene "community tables" for problem-solving and to activate multiple partners to demonstrate comprehensive model strategies, focus on long-term systemic change, and expand public will and resources to change headlines.

In 2005, the United Way launched Community Partners for Student Success (COMPASS) as an ambitious two-county collaborative with a vision to identify, strengthen, and promote community-connected schools so that all Lehigh Valley students succeed and graduate from high school ready to lead meaningful and productive lives. At the center of a national "movement" to improve academic achievement by removing all barriers to learning, Community Schools are designed to transform schools into the hub of their neighborhood by organizing a wide array of programs and services in the school so that students and families can get their needs met in one place.

United Way's commitment to volunteer-driven endeavors means that all Community-building partnerships receive the active commitment of a diverse mix of community partners. United Way's Community School movement receives oversight, support, and vision from a volunteer body called the COMPASS Council. These volunteers bring representation from corporate, higher education, government, and community partners, and parents, and are committed to ensuring the broad-based support COMPASS needs to fulfill its mission.