United Response Fund

United Response Fund is sponsored by United Way of Massachusetts Bay (in partnership with Healey-Driscoll Administration). Activates resources to address urgent needs of Haitian and other TPS-impacted immigrants in Massachusetts, providing emergency financial assistance for basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, childcare) and flexible operating funds for community-based organizations.

United Response Fund - United Way of Massachusetts Bay COMMUNITY-CENTERED CRISIS RESPONSE The ruling by the Supreme Court allowing the federal government to end Temporary Protected Status for 45,000 Haitian immigrant neighbors, along with Syrian and other TPS-impacted immigrants in Massachusetts, will create significant harm to individuals, families, employers and communities.

Among other impacts, the end of this status will mean the loss of employment for many immigrants who are here lawfully.

United Way of Massachusetts Bay, in partnership with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, is activating our United Response Fund to mobilize resources to address the significant disruption and urgent needs that our Haitian neighbors and other TPS-impacted immigrants will experience with the expiration of Temporary Protected Status.

Funds raised will provide support statewide for organizations on the front lines to deploy emergency financial assistance to individuals and families to ensure they can access basic needs such as food, housing, healthcare and childcare.

TOGETHER WE CAN RESPOND • TOGETHER WE CAN RESPOND • TOGETHER WE CAN RESPOND • TOGETHER WE CAN RESPOND • Provide flexible operating funds to support local community-based organizations and the new, unexpected and emerging needs impacting them. These resources will enable them to focus on sustaining critical services and meeting the needs of their communities, despite stretched budgets and staffing resources.

Deploy emergency financial assistance to individuals and families to address new, vital basic needs that are emerging in unprecedented ways because of immediate actions. With critical safety net programs such as the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Head Start and Medicaid under real threats, the need for philanthropy to step in will be even greater.

Offer deeper support for organizational resilience to community partners who are most vulnerable to potential funding cuts. We must ensure nonprofits that are deeply rooted in our communities and are the most impacted can be sustained during this time of change and uncertainty.

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6M to Support Familie… In response to the urgent need created by rising food costs & SNAP disruptions, the URF swiftly deployed more than $7 million in grants to more than 300 local organizations across Massachusetts. This fast, flexible funding model ensured that trusted community partners can respond without delay — providing groceries, gift cards, & culturally relevant meals directly to families.

A partnership between the City of Lynn, Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development (LHAND) and United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the Fund will help families bridge urgent gaps and avoid deeper crises. The One Chelsea Fund is strengthening food security for residents.

Grants to La Colaborativa, GreenRoots, CAPIC, and local partners support expanded pantry operations and grocery gift cards — ensuring Chelsea families have consistent, dignified access to meals. The One Haverhill Fund is expanding direct food assistance.

Administered through Community Action, Inc., the grant strengthens local pantry operations, increases food inventory, and provides grocery gift cards to help residents facing rising food costs. — DONORS + CORPORATIONS + FOUNDATIONS — TO RISE WITH US IN THIS MOMENT OF HISTORIC UNCERTAINTY.