United Way of the Columbia-Willamette has been bringing our community together to do good for nearly 100 years. We connect the people, nonprofits, businesses and government agencies addressing poverty in our region. Our region’s poverty rate is down, yet poverty is still growing for too many kids. We continue to struggle with helping the kids who need it most stay in school and graduate. And, our region’s housing crisis has many families on the edge. The system is not working for ALL of our region’s kids which has an effect on all of us. We’re working hard to create a future where kids in our region are free from instability and worry so they can be free to play and discover, free to learn and grow. Free from poverty. Free to reach their potential. Together, we will continue to accomplish a lot for kids, families and communities: • More kindergarteners will show up prepared for school. • Kids who need help the most will stay in school and graduate on-time. • Families'​ basic needs will be met so their kids can focus in school. • We’ll keep connecting 1000s of volunteers to things that matter in our region. These strategies work when our community is UNITED behind them.

Listen and Talk is a specialized program for young children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Its highly trained staff uses Auditory-Verbal strategies and techniques through family-centered practices. This family coaching optimizes the impact of advanced hearing technology and empowers children to rely on listening and spoken language to communicate and learn. The non-profit has served families primarily in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties for over 25 years.

United Way fights to lift 15,000 households out of poverty and into financial stability by 2028, one family at a time. By mobilizing local businesses, community organizations, governmental agencies and individuals, we make a long-term measurable difference in our community. United, we don't just change lives, we change what's possible. Consider making our mission, your mission. Learn more at www.uwpc.org.

Palouse River Counseling is a mental health care company based out of 337 Ne Whitman St, Pullman, Washington, United States.

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CENTER (HDC) is nonprofit consulting group based in Portland, Oregon. We partner with mission-driven organizations to create and sustain affordable homes and human service facilities that meet the needs of diverse communities. Working in urban, suburban, and rural communities across Oregon and southwest Washington, HDC has helped to develop and preserve more than 7,000 affordable homes and to improve the financial condition of thousands more. Visit hdc-nw.org to learn about HDC's history and approach and to explore our services in the areas of real estate development, asset management, targeted lending, and policy and industry support.

SELF DETERMINATION RESOURCES, INC. is a company based out of 12770 SW 1ST STREET, BEAVERTON, Oregon, United States.

NHA's mission is to create opportunity through housing. We build and rehabilitate affordable housing for Oregonians earning low incomes including seniors, families and people with special needs. NHA also operates the Annie Ross House shelter for homeless families with children and provide rapid re-housing and stabilization services through our HomeBase program. Home is a place of safety and retreat, a place where family and community can grow. For some Oregonians with low incomes, having a place to call home is out of reach. Low wages or fixed incomes combined with the high cost of housing forces these families to choose between rent, utilities, nutritious food, medications and other basic necessities. NHA is working to provide new opportunities through quality affordable housing.

At Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Western Washington & Alaska (RMHC), we support seriously ill children and their families. At the Seattle Ronald McDonald House, we provide a "home-away-from-home" to help families through a difficult time. We also provide a van service for families staying in Anchorage while their children receive medical care.

We focus our efforts on advancing racial equity and advocating for change in the housing, education, and health systems, so that children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness in Washington are effectively served and have equitable access to the support they need. Resolving a housing crisis and maintaining housing stability are not possible without this. Our Vision: Communities thrive when people have safe and stable housing and can equitably access and use services. Our Mission: Building Changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in Washington State, with a focus on children, youth, and families and the systems that serve them. Our Values: People, Equity, Partnership, Integrity.

Community and Shelter Assistance Corp. (CASA of Oregon) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization specializing in the development of affordable housing, particularly in rural areas and especially for agricultural workers. Through our Family Economic Development Program, we offer the largest network Individual Development Program in the nation. CASA assists residents in manufactured housing communities to purchase and operate their communities. We also operate a $8.5 Million Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).

The Child Care Action Council was founded in 1987 by a group of parents, child care professionals, employers, school & government representatives, and other community members concerned about the inadequacies in our community's child care system. CCAC currently serves parents & providers in Thurston, Grays Harbor, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties. Mission: To promote and nurture early learning communities where children and families thrive.

We get everyone back to productive by proactively managing the vocational claims process for industrial injuries. Single Handed Consulting is not your ordinary vocational services company. Led by seasoned workers compensation professionals, SHC consultants are on point with customized quick response plans to fit every unique need. We aren’t motivated by quotas. We’re all about results — helping focus injured workers on positive changes and plans that will become a bedrock of stability in their lives. SHC offers a comprehensive array of vocational services. However, our early engagement brings immediate and long-term results. By safeguarding the employee/employer relationship with proven return-to-work strategies, SHC helps injured employees avoid the long-term dependence and social withdrawal that often results with traditional, slow-response casework. SHC’s rapid deployment model unequivocally delivers for employers. Early intervention strategies deployed by SHC can bring a time-proven four-fold savings in L&I rates to your business’s bottom-line. SHC consultants come from a variety of backgrounds in the public and private sector — as former L&I caseworkers, employers, and even employees who’ve experienced firsthand the uncertainty of personal injury/disability. This vast and diverse experience base means not only a compassionate approach to every case, but also a frame of mind that nothing is impossible. We have decades of experience providing professional and personable services to employers, governmental agencies (federal, state, city and county), injured workers, medical providers and disability case managers. Are you ready for a new approach to your workers compensation program?