United Way-Northeast

United Way-Northeast works with Northeast Tarrant County volunteers to strengthen the communities of Bedford, Colleyville, Euless, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Keller, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Southlake, Watauga and Westlake.

United Way-Northeast supports nonprofit organizations, faith-based groups and neighborhood associations as they provide health and human services in Northeast Tarrant County. Networking opportunities enable them to share resource information and problem-solving ideas.

The volunteers and human service professionals of United Way-Northeast evaluate the area’s needs and bring together relevant partners to address them. Projects that they have initiated include after-school programs, a youth leadership development program, medical, dental and vision clinics for low-income residents, and special transportation services for older adults, people with disabilities and others with special transportation needs. 

Early childhood development and the social isolation of older adults are current priority concerns of United Way-Northeast. United Way and the Area Agency on Aging already have joined with a Northeast Tarrant-based organization, Mid-Cities Care Corps, to develop a neighborhood approach to improving access to services for people over age 70.

Some Projects Initiated by United Way-Northeast

HEB Transit is a transportation service that helps low-income residents of Hurst, Euless and Bedford get to work, job training and human service agencies. The North Central Texas Council of Governments administers the service and helped secure grant money that was matched by funding from United Way
and other human service and faith-based organizations.

Teens Networking for Tomorrow (TNT) is
a youth leadership development program with a human service focus. A dynamic, hands-on learning experience for high school students, TNT includes field trips, information about health and human services, and tools for developing effective volunteer projects. From September to March, students receive community service credit at monthly meetings as they learn how to make a positive difference in their schools and community.

The Michael Wehrle Volunteer Dental Clinic opened in 1996 and has provided almost three-quarters of a million dollars worth of dental services to 10,000 children from low-income families in Northeast Tarrant County. JPS Health Network provides office staff and clinic space. Dentists and dental hygienists donate their services. 

Get Up and Go!, a previous United Way-Northeast walking program that paired youngsters with adult role models, has been reborn in a plan to extend it across the 17 Tarrant County school districts. United Way is partnering with the Tarrant County School Health Advisory Consortium to promote the fitness program.