About
United Community Centers, Inc.
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United Community Centers,
Inc., recognizes that poverty is at the root of
many social problems including school failure
and dropout, unemployment, teen pregnancy, and
inappropriate behavior. This agency's focus is
to empower individuals, strengthen families, and
revitalize communities by creating opportunities
for people to gain the educational and workplace
skills needed to break free from welfare dependency. |
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MISSION
STATEMENT: |
Guided by Christian principles,
we serve and empower those in need.
Through these principles we provide opportunities
that enhance quality of life. And this gives us
reason to Celebrate! |
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HISTORY |
United Community Centers
began in 1909 at First United Methodist Church
in Fort Worth. The Mission Board's women volunteers
helped provide food and clothing to people in
needy neighborhoods and established Wesley House.
This formed the foundation of what is today's
United Community Centers and its system of neighborhood-based
services.
In 1938, the Bethlehem Center
was the second facility to open. This center offered
childcare for working parents -- the first project
of its kind west of the Mississippi, it marked
the beginning of services for children and teens
for United Community Centers.
In 1965, United Community Centers
became part of the United Way. The Maddox Center,
created to be a community center, became an extension
of Bethlehem Center in 1967. The Polytechnic Center,
in east Fort Worth, was added in 1975 and offers
a full range of services and programs for all
age levels. |
OUR
WORK TODAY |
Since its founding in 1909
by the First United Methodist Church and its Mission
Board’s women volunteers through today,
United Community Centers, Inc. has helped Fort
Worth’s neediest residents. United Community
Centers is a non-profit agency in partnership
with United Way of Tarrant County, the United
Methodist Church, and other foundations and grantees
that empowers individuals, strengthens families
and enriches communities at three neighborhood
centers.
Each center is located in neighborhoods
where over one third of the population lives below
the 100% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines of
$20,000 for a family of four. Those we do serve
live primarily in one of these three zip codes
listed above.
We strive to fulfill our mission
by offering the following programs at all three
centers:
Licensed After School Child Care
for 4 to 12 year olds;
Awareness Changes Tomorrow (ACT III) Program for
youth attending 5th through 12th grades; Client
Intervention including case management and monthly
food supplements and programs for the elderly;
Financial Literacy; and Adult Basic Education,
including GED preparation, computer skills training
and English as a Second Language (offered at Wesley
only). |
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