NEWS & STORIES

Jenny Montoya was already an overachiever before she teamed up with United In Care in 2022. She has her Child Development Associate certification and was enrolled in New Jersey’s child care quality standards program, Grow NJ Kids. But she wanted to offer the best care to the families she served.

As the sole proprietor of Jenny’s Family Child Care, Jenny Kok is both the provider and finance department. Caring came naturally to her, and while she was skilled in finance, United In Care was able to give her business a boost.

Leaders of New Jersey’s Indian American community gathered for a special dinner where New Jersey State Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley honored the visiting Board Chair of United Way Hyderabad.

A devastating cancer diagnosis forced Nancy to close her child care business after 27 years. But through resilience and the support of United In Care, she is once again thriving.

Our latest ALICE research released today shows that across our state, nearly one third of workers in the 20 most common jobs – personal care aides, janitors, waiters and waitresses, cashiers, and laborers and movers – live in households that are ALICE or in poverty and are forced to make sacrifices just to get breakfast or dinner on the table.

United Way volunteer John May makes the case for restoring $750,000 in state funding for free tax prep services.

Low- and moderate-income households save hundreds in tax prep fees  Low- and moderate-income households looking to save hundreds in tax...

In New Jersey, ALICE parents struggle to afford child care, while child care providers struggle to stay afloat. United In Care can help.

United Way of Northern New Jersey and its partners are once again offering low- and moderate-income area residents free tax preparation.