United Way of Racine County is committed to improving the health, education, financial stability and basic needs of every person in our community. Our Volunteer Advisory Team (VAT) members help make recommendations on how we can best invest our community campaign dollars in local nonprofits.

Oct. 12, 2023 (Racine, WI) — United Way of Racine County is currently looking for community members to serve on Volunteer Advisory Teams (VAT) and volunteer with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

United Way of Racine County’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program continues adapting and improving our services for Racine County taxpayers every year. The COVID-19 pandemic is a great example of this. During this time, our services had to be adjusted to serve our clients virtually. However, as of last tax season, VITA has returned to offering our full capacity in-person sites.

Last year, VITA returned more than $1,165,000 to Racine County residents through more than 740 completed tax returns.

Sept. 8, 2023 (Racine, WI) — To help combat transportation barriers to employment, United Way of Racine County, RYDE Racine and the City of Racine will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, Sept. 13 that will feature businesses and organizations located on or near the RYDE Racine bus routes.

Sept. 1 marked the start of the 2023-24 academic year for our community school students at Knapp, Julian Thomas and The Academies of Racine at Mitchell. We are excited to continue our collaboration and implementation of the LIFT (Link and Inspire for Tomorrow) place-based strategy with Racine Unified School District.

All of our community school team members have many great ideas and plans for the fresh start of a new school year.

Youth as Resources (YAR) helps young adults in our community grow their leadership skills. The program was originally started in Racine County in 1996 and became a United Way initiative in 2007.