Homelessness, Housing and Affordability in North Texas
This summer is on track to be among Texas’ most extreme seasons on record, with scorching temperatures throughout the day and little relief at night. The unrel…
Education’s ‘Long COVID’ Continues as Student Test Scores Backslide
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the country to shut down, students lost months’ worth of learning. Over the past three years, parents, teacher…
Hundreds of Thousands of Texans May Lose Health Coverage This Year
This year, as many as 700,000 Texans—most of them children—are at risk of losing their health coverage because of a federal change to Medicaid coverage require…
Year-end Message from Mandy Austin, Women of Tocqueville Chair
To our Mighty, Mighty Women of Tocqueville, If they say that time flies when you’re having fun, well then it moves at light speed when you’re having fun and ma…
This Summer, North Texas Children Face a Variety of Challenges, Including Food Insecurity
Home to leading businesses, a steady stream of new residents and seemingly endless prosperity, North Texas was just named the fastest growing region in the U.S…
Our Collective Impact This Legislative Session
The regular session of the 88th Texas legislature has come to an end, and we are overwhelmed by the level of engagement and enthusiasm we saw from our fellow N…
United Way Tocqueville Society Drives Community Change and Welcomes New Members at Bench & Bar Boo-Ray Tournament
The verdict is in, and the First Annual Bench & Bar “Boo-Ray” Tournament hosted by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas was judged guilty—a guilty pleasure th…
How United Way Enables Businesses to Achieve Their Corporate Social Responsibility Goals
At United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, we lead a community-wide movement to improve access to education, income and health. We bring together the corporate, phi…