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Milton
J. Little, Jr.
President,
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
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| Georgia
Family Connection Partnership Executive Director Gaye Morris
Smith and United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta President Milton
J. Little, Jr. |
BY
PEARLETTE CID
When
Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) released the first
county-specific fact sheets of KIDS COUNT indicators, Georgians
turned a critical, yet concerned eye to the challenges facing children
and families and begin asking what they could do as a state to improve
communities. GaFCP and United Way share a goal of making sure Georgia's
children and families are successful.
"United
Way and GaFCP are committed to supporting organizations that are
focused on addressing the underlying root causes of issues such
as financial stability for working families and individuals, and
we must continue to do so," said United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta
President Milton J. Little, Jr. "Beyond that, one of the greatest
assets we collectively offer is our ability to keep these issues
on the forefront of people's minds, and to offer opportunities for
the community to be a part of the solution."
Like
GaFCP, United Way helps children and young people achieve their
potential by focusing on school readiness, academic completion and
parental involvement.
"We
promote financial stability leading toward independence by focusing
on maximizing income, increasing savings and increasing financial
assets," said Little. "And we're improving people's health by focusing
on healthy children and youth, healthy parents and families, and
healthy seniors. We're also continuing our work around ending chronic
homelessness in our community by 2013."
According
to Little, we've already begun to see the negative affects of the
economy on our partnering strengths and how it will effect our efforts.
He believes the full implications have yet to come to fruition.
"As
more and more companies struggle and families lose their jobs, nonprofits
and community-based organizations that help those in need will continue
to see an increase in demand for our services," he said. "However,
all is not lost. All of usnonprofits, civic leaders, businesses,
governments and elected officialsmust work together to achieve
a common vision for assisting families in our communities during
these troubling times."
Little
was appointed president of United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta in
July 2007, after serving as president of United Way of Massachusetts
Bay and Merrimack Valley. He chairs the Center for Assessment and
Policy Development, and co-chairs the Atlanta Regional Commission's
Fifty Forward initiative. A member of 100 Black Men of Atlanta and
the Rotary Club of Atlanta, he also serves on the Georgia State
University Nonprofit Studies Advisory Board.
The
well-being and long-term vitality of our communities depend on our
ability to be agile and work together. By pooling our resources
and building on the strengths that each of us offers, I believe
we will come through these tough economic times stronger and certainly
more unified."
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