United Way helps Milton's children . . .

The Challenge: To succeed in school and later in life (and to stay out of trouble), children need structure and follow-through, parental involvement, adult mentors and guidance—and time to just be kids.

What we're doing about it:

United Way funded agencies support:

• In-school Mentoring programs
• Character building
• Group therapy to those who have experienced child abuse
• Day care, nursery school and after-school care
• Assessment and treatment of social, behavioural and learning problems

In Halton, 7.6% of children age 1-14 live in low-income families (Report Card on Child Poverty - Halton 2005).