Financial Self-Reliance for Individuals and Households.
RUW focuses on helping individuals and households gain financial self-reliance through positive financial practices and employment. Our goal is to ensure that individuals have the skills needed to hold a steady job in today's workplace and to balance spending and savings with income.
2018 Income Funding
Families and households sustain financial self-reliance by obtaining and maintaining employment.
Families and households sustain self-reliance through positive financial practices.
2845
Individuals benefit from RUW funded income programs.340
Adult and child survivors of domestic violence will be stabilized in housing.250
Individuals will increase financial self-reliance through short-term assistance, financial stability training, and long-term improvements in financial practices.175
Family law cases will be settled, generating over $275,000 in child spousal support and increasing financial stability.90
People experiencing homelessness will improve their income and secure stable housing through employment or through secure benefits.2000+
Households will receive free tax filing assistanceProviding agencies include: Central Virginia Housing Coalition Homeless Diversion Central Intake, Rappahannock Legal Services Child and Spousal Support, Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity Home buying program, Quin Rivers Support Services for
Veteran Families, LoisAnn’s Hope House Adult Services, Micah Step Forward, and Empowerhouse Domestic Violence Housing and Employment Supports
RUW Outcomes for Income:
- Positive Financial Practices: Families and households sustain financial self-reliance through positive financial practices.
- Employment: Families and households sustain financial self-reliance by obtaining and maintaining employment.
Rappahannock Region Financial Stability Coalition
RUWFreeTaxes.org
Income Stories
We’d like you to meet Caleb. He’s a senior at Stafford High School and has been accepted to Albright College where he’ll receive a presidential scholarship of $25,000 a year…
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Ross only has one regret about Rappahannock United Way’s FREE Tax Preparation Program. He wishes he had known about the free service sooner…