United Way of the Capital Region

Empowering Independence in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry Counties

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Moving families forward by empowering their independence through our four key initiatives.

Access to Health Care

Our Contact to Care initiative connects community health workers to help people navigate the health care system and get the care they need.

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School Readiness

Our Ready for School, Ready to Succeed initiative focuses on academic and social learning. We prepare kids for kindergarten by tailoring our program to their school.

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Workforce Development

We focus on helping the unemployed and underemployed obtain stable, living wages. Our Road to Success initiative offers services to keep people on track through their first year of employment.

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Basic Needs

United Way of the Capital Region supports programs and services to help vulnerable people and families during urgent and crisis situations.

Basic Needs

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News

May 20, 2025

More Than $8.91 Million Raised to Help Our Community

United Way of the Capital Region has raised $8,912,373 surpassing its goal of $8,650,000 to benefit the community.

2024 “Best Of” Award Winners

United Way recently presented the 2024 “Best Of” awards to several campaign coordinators/teams that ran creative and outstanding campaigns at their companies.

More than 180 local high school students recently volunteered as part of United Way of the Capital Region’s 21st Annual Youth Day of Caring. Volunteers completed painting, clean-up and landscaping projects throughout Harrisburg City Island to prepare the park for the spring season.