Health

 

Backpack Program

United Way is investing $33,600 in YMCA’s Backpack program at Zanesville City Schools and Maysville Local School District.

The YMCA Healthy Kids Network (YHKN) Backpack Program addresses the basic needs of students by providing carriers of nutritious and easy-to-prepare food to take home on weekends when other resources may not be available.  While free and reduced breakfast and lunch are available during the school week, unreliable access to food over the weekends can affect the level of food insecurity experienced by the student, increasing stress, and decreasing productivity.  Children who are hungry simply cannot concentrate to learn, have low energy, and reduced ability to fight off common childhood illnesses.

 

 

Bridges to Wellness - Access Tusc

United Way is investing $15,500 in the Bridges to Wellness program. This program will assist community members with short term Case Management.

Bridges to Wellness is a care coordination program dedicated to linking individuals to community resources in Muskingum County. A Community Health Worker will meet face to face with a client, complete a comprehensive assessment, and devise a plan with the client to break down the barriers they might be facing.
 

 

Charlie Cart Program

United Way is investing $12,000 in Muskingum County Library System’s Charlie Cart program.

The Charlie Cart Program set out to create an affordable and comprehensive food education program, giving kids the power to make healthy choices for life. The result is an all-in-one program—a kitchen on wheels and a full curriculum with classroom-tested recipes—connecting the dots between food, health, and the environment. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fill the Freezer - Hunger Relief Fund Perry County

United Way is investing $5,000 in the Fill the Freezer program in Perry County. Livestock buyers donate their purchased pigs to Fill the Freezer Project. Processed food is distributed to food pantries throughout Perry County. In 2023 7,695 households were impacted by the Fill the Freezer Project (18,513 people).

 

Food Farmacy​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​United Way is investing $20,000 in partnership with Genesis Health Care Systems and Muskingum Valley Health Center, to provide emergency food boxes to community members that are food insecure.

 

Hot Meals Program

​​​​​​​United Way is investing $10,000 to serve over 340 community members.

The Salvation Army has a hot meals program, that serves hot meals to anyone in the community in need of a hot meal.

 

Medical Trips

1. United Way is investing $12,000 in the Medical Transportation program through SEAT.
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4. United Way is investing $5,000 in the Medical Transportation program through Morgan County Mobility Management.
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7. United Way is investing $5,000 in Medical and Social Service Transportation program through Perry County Mobility Management. 

 

Paramedicine Program - Genesis Community Ambulance
 

1. United Way is investing $12,000 in the Paramedicine Program. With this investment Genesis Community Ambulance Service will develop and implement the Paramedicine Program.
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3. Genesis Community Ambulance provides prompt response and skilled, experienced personnel who make a difference during a medical emergency.
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Reproductive Health & Wellness Clinic - Family Health Services of East Central Ohio

United Way is investing $11,600 in the Reproductive Health & Wellness Clinic. This program offers a wide range of services focused on promoting a healthy lifestyle for individuals through reproductive life planning.

​​​​​​​At Family Health Services we provide reproductive health such as pap screenings and breast exams along with STI testing and treatment. We put your needs first in a supportive, stigma free environment. No one is denied service due to an inability to pay and services are given on a sliding fee scale.

 

Senior Nutrition Program

United Way is investing $6,600 to serve up to 5 individuals with 1,372 meals to seniors in Morgan County

The Senior Nutrition Program of Washington-Morgan Community Actions has been funded to provide hot, nutritious meals to seniors 60 years of age or older, living in Washington and Morgan Counties. Program service settings include congregate dining sites for those seniors who can leave their homes and home delivered meals for seniors who are homebound.

 

Youth Development Through Scouting 

​​​​​​​United Way is investing $8,850 in the Youth Development Through Scouting program. This funding will go towards low-income Boy Scout’s camper fees, and Boy Scout’s events.

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United for Kids

​​​​​​​United Way is investing $13,500 in New Lexington Schools’ United for Kids program.

United for Kids provides meals for students during the weekend and long holiday weekends so students will not go hungry when school is not in session.