With support from Indigo Innovation Group and key community stakeholders, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County (UWABC) is pleased to announce the creation of a new Community Engagement department and a new, senior level position to lead this work.
The Vice President of Community Engagement will lead our organization in
Welcome to our final vlog of 2020. As this most unusual year comes to a close, we want to say thank you. Your tenacity, perseverance, and commitment were on full display this past year and helped to meet unprecedented community-wide challenges. Because of you, we were able to:
NC 211 has handled a total of 155,708 calls since activation on March 18, 2020, by the governor as the lead crisis call line. In comparison, in the same 8 month period in 2019, 93,512 calls were handled. Today, the top caller needs center on Electric Service Payment Assistance, Rent Payment Assistance, and Housing.
