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Did you know…
…more than 5,200
high school students in central Maryland dropped out of school in 2007?
…more than 14,000
evictions took place in central Maryland in 2008?
…the fair market rent for a two-bedroom
apartment in central Maryland is $1,037?
That means, earning minimum wage, a person has to work 3.0 full-time jobs
to afford the apartment.
…there were 19,391
domestic violence crimes in Maryland in 2007?
Thanks to organizations like XXXX (Company Name), United Way and its partners have
made a positive impact in our community. In 2008,
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2,119
youth received dropout prevention services.
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1,548
low-income or homeless individuals and families obtained or remained in
safe and stable housing for at least one year.
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To combat homelessness, United
Way sits on local homelessness planning committees, guiding plans to make
homelessness rare and brief.
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703
victims of violence or abuse were able to access and receive core services
to help them.
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166
victims accessed legal representation that ended with a positive outcome.
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