United Way of Ellis County is proud to announce $220,000 in funding awards for the 2026 funding cycle. The awards support 13 Partner Agencies and 17 impact programs. Your investment in the United Way ensures that our neighbors get the help they need when it matters most. Together, we're building a stronger, healthier, and more resilient community.
First Call for Help of Ellis County
Meals delivered. Kids supported. Help available when it’s needed most.
Through your investment in United Way, we’re proud to support First Call for Help of Ellis County programs including Local Assistance, Backpacks for Kids, and Meals on Wheels.
Thank you for helping to care for our community in meaningful ways.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Who speaks up when a child needs a voice?
Through your investment in United Way, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) help ensure children involved in the court system have a caring, consistent adult looking out for their best interests and helping their voices be heard.
We're proud to partner with CASA in supporting vulnerable youth and helping create brighter futures for children in our community.
Because every child deserves someone in their corner.
United Is The Way™
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center (WKCAC)
WKCAC is there to help when children experience trauma or abuse.
These critical services of prevention, care, support and advocacy for both children and adults are strengthened through your investment in United Way.
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Connection. It's one of the most powerful parenting tools.
Through your investment in United Way, parents and caregivers have access to programs that help build positive relationships, strengthen communication, and support healthy child development.
We're proud to partner with Parents & Children Together (PACT) in helping families thrive through the 'Parenting with Conscious Discipline' class series.
Because you invested in your community, there is a way.
United Is The Way™
Job Follow Along Program - Employment Connections, Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas
United Way of Ellis County is proud to award DSNWK Employment Connections $19,000 for the Job Follow-Along Program as part of our Financial Security impact work. This program is all about sustainability! It helps hard working individuals remain in the jobs they love and helps employers reduce turnover and training costs.
Your investment in your community through United Way fuels impactful work like this everyday. Thank you!
Big Brothers Big Sisters Serving Ellis County
We are proud to continue our partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters. With their focus on youth and fostering confidence, educational success, and positive behaviors through mentorship, the impacts are everlasting.
Thanks to your investment in United Way, local youth have access to programs that enrich opportunities to thrive such as those offered by BBBS. We are grateful! Thank you!
United is the Way to Youth Opportunity.
HIgh Plains Mental Health
HPMH recently opened the Crisis Intervention Center and we are proud to announce a $7,000 funding award in support of the services this facility brings our community and the region!
We are grateful to continue this partnership. To our United Way supporters, this is your investment hard at work. Thank you.
Cancer Council of Ellis County
40 years of hope. 40 years of caring.
For four decades, the Cancer Council of Ellis County has walked alongside local individuals and families facing one of life’s greatest challenges.
Because of your investment in United Way, local individuals and families facing cancer will continue to have access to nutrition support and financial assistance through the Cancer Council. Your investment also supports cancer prevention efforts like the the sunscreen education program.
Congratulations to the Cancer Council on 40 years of compassion, service, and unwavering commitment to our community. We are proud to be your partner.
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
Right here. Right now.
Through your investment in United Way, Ellis County neighbors living with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities have access to mobility assistance and support that creates greater independence, improved access, and enhanced quality of life — right here at home, right when it’s needed most.
We’re proud to partner with the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation in helping meet important needs across our community.
Options Domestic and Sexual Violence Services
To have the opportunity to thrive is to live free from violence and abuse.
We are proud to support an organization that offers options for help, hope, and healing to victims and survivors of violence and abuse.
We are grateful to all of our community members that invest in United Way of Ellis County and make this type of support possible.
