In fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023, the United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County will invest in health, education, income, and basic needs programs run by the following partners. To learn more about the programs the identified partners will implement, please click here.

American Red Cross 

The North Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. The agency provides disaster services, services to the armed forces, preparedness assistance, health and safety services, international services, and blood services.

Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi 

The Boys & Girls Clubs of North Mississippi seeks to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. This mission is accomplished by utilizing core Boys & Girls Club programs and partnerships that focus on academic success, good character and leadership, and healthy lifestyles.

CASA of North Mississippi

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of North Mississippi is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children through the development and support of court-sanctioned, community-based programs that provide trained and supervised volunteers.

Doors of Hope Transition Ministries 

Doors of Hope Transition Ministries guides homeless families and at-risk homeless families towards self-reliance and stability through a holistic, individualistic approach that includes life-skills training, mentoring, and supportive housing.

Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi

Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi assists and supports victims of violent crime and strengthens as well as stabilizes families. The agency provides 24-hour crisis intervention, counseling, education, legal advocacy, and referral for victims of child abuse and sexual assault as well as friends and family of homicide victims.

Interfaith Compassion Ministry 

Interfaith Compassion Ministry (ICM) assists individuals and families through crisis situations by providing for their basic needs: food, shelter, utilities, medications, and transportation. ICM is our community’s primary agency that assists homeless people by providing counseling, temporary housing, food, and stabilization in new living arrangements.

Lafayette County Literacy Council

Lafayette County Literacy Council is a non-profit, community-based agency founded in 1996 to promote the importance of literacy for both children and adults. The agency’s mission is to improve the quality of life in Oxford and Lafayette County through literacy and reading. 

North Mississippi Exchange Family Center

North Mississippi Exchange Family Center improves the quality of life for at-risk families by breaking the cycle of child abuse and neglect through prevention, intervention, and educational services.

North Mississippi Kidney Foundation 

North Mississippi Kidney Foundation provides individuals on life-saving dialysis with need-based assistance for expenses related to medications, transportation, and emergency financial needs.

Oxford Community Market 

Oxford Community Market fosters community bonds, strengthens local economies, educates consumers, promotes better health, and improves access to fresh, healthy, local, and sustainable goods for all citizens, including those traditionally underserved.

The Leap Frog Program 

The Leap Frog Program’s mission is to provide a nurturing environment in which at-risk students can develop and enhance necessary skills for academic success, build productive, ongoing relationships with adults, and improve their self-esteem.

Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging 

Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging (AAA) provides senior citizens with needed services and benefits that will improve their quality of life and help them maintain their independence as well as live their lives with dignity and security. Three Rivers AAA funds the local Meals on Wheels program, which provides meals to seniors and homebound residents.  

Yocona-Pushmataha Council, Boy Scouts of America 

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. 

In addition to the aforementioned program partners, the United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County will also provide funding for the following community impact work in FY 2022-2023:

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Clinic helps low- and moderate-income residents of Lafayette County with tax returns twice a week at the Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library during tax season. Students in the University of Mississippi School of Law’s tax practicum clinical program manage and staff the clinic.

LOU Reads Coalition

LOU Reads Coalition is a group of local organizations and community leaders dedicated to ensuring that all children in our community can proficiently read by the end of the third grade. Coalition members focus their collective energy and expertise on four main areas: school readiness, attendance, out-of-school time opportunities, and targeted efforts to promote grade level reading. Coalition goals include ensuring all children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed in school as well as life, increasing the percentage of children who miss fewer than ten days of school on an annual basis, minimizing summer learning loss as well as increasing participation in quality out-of-school time programs, and improving supports so as to increase the percentage of students who end the school year as proficient readers.