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Nearly $2 Million Raised for NWLA Nonprofit Programs
Area businesses celebrated the nearly $2 million raised through United Way of Northwest Louisiana for local nonprofit programming Thursday night. The event held at 601 Spring St. highlighted the philanthropic involvement by local companies and the impact it has made...
Free Tax Filing Sites to Open Through End of Tax Season
Shreveport, LA – An average 52 percent of households across northwest Louisiana are struggling to make ends meet. In response, United Way NWLA in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service promotes the annual free tax preparation options available to the public...
UNITED WAY ESTABLISHES FUND TO BENEFIT WORKERS IMPACTED BY SHUTDOWN
Shreveport, LA – United Way of Northwest Louisiana (UWNWLA) in partnership with SWEPCO announced today that it has established base funding for the United for NWLA Fund to benefit local federal workers, contractors and others who may be impacted by the ongoing...
UPDATED ALICE REPORT DETAILS LARGER ALICE POPULATION THAN BEFORE
Shreveport, Louisiana – New research shows that in Louisiana, 828,255 households — 48 percent — could not afford basic needs such as housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology in 2016, according to the ALICE Report for Louisiana released...
UNITED WAY NWLA CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR OF 2-1-1
(Shreveport, LA) – United Way of Northwest Louisiana celebrates the first year of managing the free help line 2-1-1. The service quietly launched Nov. 15, 2017 before making its public debut in February of 2018. During its first year, 2-1-1 received more than 9,000...