Latest DeVos Family Foundation Grant Helps Fight Against Poverty in Central Florida

In times of financial crisis, one of the most challenging obstacles is finding where to turn for guidance and assistance.

Since 2009, United Against Poverty Orlando (UP) has been on hand to fill that role and offer aid for neighbors in need in Central Florida.

It’s UP Orlando’s mission to serve those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training, and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers.

“Our purpose is to inspire and empower people living in poverty to lift themselves and their families to economic self-sufficiency,” said United Against Poverty CEO Gwendolyn Butson. “We offer a hand up, not a handout.”

Serving nearly 9,000 households across Central Florida, UP Orlando focuses on teaching empowerment rather than entitlement. It aims to achieve this goal through its four key programs.