Community Partners
OUR 2024-25 PARTNER AGENCIES:
From strengthening local resilience to advancing
health, youth opportunity, and financial security,
United Way of Whitman County is mobilizing
communities to action so all can thrive.
Alternatives to Violence on the Palouse
At Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse, the mission is to empower individuals affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, abuse, and stalking. The organization creates a safe and equitable community providing consultation and prevention services.
Services include 24-hour telephone or in-person crisis intervention; emergency, confidential shelter; legal and medical advocacy; individual and group support; information and referral; and community education.
Circles of Caring Adult Day Health Services
Circles of Caring offers a unique day program that provides a safe, caring, and nurturing atmosphere for the elderly and adults living with dementia or chronic illness. The goal is to help all individuals to be successful, secure, and surrounded by family and friends. The day program also provides necessary respite and support for caregivers.
Circles of Caring provides a wide range of services to assist participants with their medical, social, and family needs while improving or maintaining their physical, social, and cognitive functioning. Circles of Caring staff members provide a loving and welcoming environment for clients and strive to create a place where family and friends will enjoy attending again and again.
Community Action Center
Community Action Center (CAC) works to empower the people and communities of Whitman County to achieve their full potential by:
• Promoting the independence of people with low to moderate income;
• Promoting cooperation between local communities to enhance social and economic resource development; and
• Working to raise greater awareness to help communities address the causes of poverty.
Community Child Care Center
Community Child Care Center brings quality child care and early childhood education opportunities to Whitman County, serving children 18 months to 12 years through childcare, therapeutic childcare, Head Start, and ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program). Eligible families have access to free, comprehensive preschool programs, therapeutic inclusive childcare services, parent participation, support groups, developmental screenings, and home visits.
Restorative child care is available to at-risk families referred by Child Protective Services.
SERVICES PROVIDED: Programming for 165 families served in 7 Whitman County locations.
Council on Aging and Human Services
The Council on Aging and Human Services (CoA&HS) enhances lives and supports communities with transportation, nutrition, information and assistance, care management, and home care services.
The nutrition program eliminates hunger and malnutrition by providing congregate and home-delivered meals, dietary supplements, food distribution and coordination, nutrition information, and training. Thousands of meals are provided each year throughout Whitman Co. UWWC is the conduit for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program which helps secure resources.
CoA&HS also provides essential transportation services through Coast. Keeping older individuals mobile is important to ensure independence. Coast coordinates volunteers and pays mileage to drivers so those unable to transport themselves can attend Doctor visits, pick up pharmaceuticals, and shop for basic needs.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Girl Scouts is the world’s pre-eminent organization committed to providing an open and nurturing environment where girls build skills for success in the real world. Skills like strong values, social conscience, self-esteem, and a growing understanding of their potential and self-worth will serve these girls all their lives. Through Girl Scouts, participants discover the fun, friendship, and power of togetherness. Girl Scouts is for all girls regardless of income, race, or ability, and are between the ages of 5 and 17.
Family Promise of the Palouse
Family Promise of the Palouse helps families with children facing crisis and homelessness to achieve sustainable independence for a more promising future. In collaboration with the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) families are provided immediate shelter, and through the day program clients receive financial education, child care, help securing employment, and opportunity for permanent stable housing. Rental assistance is a huge part of family independence. UWWC is grateful for the work of Family Promise and the opportunity to help fund rent for families in Whitman County.
Palouse Habitat for Humanity
Seeking to put God’s love into action, Palouse Habitat for Humanity (PHFH) brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
(PHFH) serves our community by offering safe, affordable housing in Whitman and Latah counties. PHFH partners with two low-income families yearly to build a new, 2-3 bedroom home. PHFH has a ramp installation program in which our team installs no-cost ramps at the homes of elderly and disabled individuals.
Palouse River Counseling
Palouse River Counseling has provided behavioral health services for the Palouse area for over 50 years. As part of the healthcare team in this community, the professional staff of psychologists, counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, and a nurse offer a holistic approach to healing with individual therapy, group sessions, and medication management.
Palouse River Counseling believes in treating the whole patient, not just the symptoms, and treats issues of depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and drug dependence. We also create targeted treatment plans for patients with developmental disabilities, childhood and family problems, and geriatrics. All clinical staff are registered, licensed, and/or certified by the State of Washington.
Pullman Community Council on Aging
Pullman Community Council on Aging improves the quality of life for local seniors through advocacy and action: identifying needs, developing solutions, and connecting resources.
PCCA's Meals on Wheels service delivers hot noon-time meals to homebound seniors 365 days a year and has run since 1973!
During 2023 PCCA served a total of 4,932 meals to approximately 50 seniors. Also, a chore service for area seniors matches those in need with volunteers who can assist with indoor and outdoor household projects providing help with physical tasks and amicable companionship.
Pullman Community Gardens At Kopple Farms
Pullman Community Garden at Koppel Farm is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization committed to building a sense of community through the preservation and enhancement of our natural, agricultural, and cultural heritage in Pullman and the Palouse.
Pullman Community Garden provides a low-cost opportunity to garden and includes hand tools, water, and educational support for all participants to be successful. Four plots are offered rent-free to low-income clients with an additional six plots provided for the CAC Food Bank and Backyard Harvest to raise produce. Public workshops and demonstrations add to overall community enrichment. Habitat for wildlife, insects, pollinators, bees, birds, reptiles, and native plants improves the environment for all of Pullman.
Rural Resouces Community Action
Rural Resources Community Action helps residents of Northeastern Washington help themselves and each other. Through education, resources, and support, we offer real hope to children, seniors, and families, by working to create a stronger and more stable community for us all.
RRCA servicing Whitman County facilitates programs for Early Childhood Education & Assistance, Employment and Training, Energy Assistance, Head Start, Health Homes, Housing, Information & Assistance, In-Home Assistance, Kinship, Nutrition, Options Counseling, Payee Services, Senior Legal, SHIBA, Transportation, and Victim's Services.
