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Together, we’re working to ensure that everyone has the skills and opportunities to become financially stable and create a better life for their children.
LIVE UNITED means being part of that change. A good job. Skills that give you the opportunity to move up. The ability to save money and achieve financial stability. Along with a stable home, they’re the basics to building a brighter future.
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A high school diploma and a bachelor’s degree predict a respective 32 percent and 117 percent wage advantage.11
In today’s global economy, the skills needed to qualify for a living wage job have rapidly increased. Nearly 40 percent of all jobs require a college degree.10 Sadly, 1/3 of adult workers in Massachusetts lack the skills necessary to compete in an increasingly high-tech, knowledge-based economy. As the gap between the skilled and unskilled grows, more and more families are being shut out of the American dream. Together with our community partners, we’re working to break the cycle of poverty by helping more people acquire the skills and knowledge they need to become economically self-sufficient.
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United Way Golf Classic May 19, 2008 LPGA champion Pat Bradley joins Mike Durkin, hosts Maxine and Dick Charlton, emcee Billy Costa and more than 100 community leaders to raise nearly $300,000.
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MassFacts: Demographics, Statistics & Research Findings-MassINC, 2007 Young, “Off Welfare... Onto Independence.” pp. 44-45
$1.28 billion housing bond bill passed May 29, 2008 The Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), a United Way-funded agency, helps pass a bill recapitalizing all Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) bond-funded programs.
Pictured on left: Dick and Maxine Charlton
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