UNITED WE IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FROM PREGNANCY THROUGH CHILDHOOD

United Way of Buffalo & Erie County is fighting to improve the health of everyone in our community.

We work to help initiatives that get pregnant women and babies off to a healthy start, educate people about healthy eating and active living, and give caregivers valuable skills and opportunities to enhance their social lives.

Health: Maternal and Infant Health, giving mothers and their babies a healthy start a life.

 

Free Community Support for Your breastfeeding Journey

We're doing everything we can to connect people with the lactation support they need. Click below to access a list of free community lactation support opportunities throughout Erie County.

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we do the research

At United Way, we do the research to identify our community's most critical problems. Take a look inside "A Profile of Premature Birth in Erie County," below to learn why many children are born pre-term and what we're doing to prevent it.

This is a picture of United Way premature birth magazine.

 

 


This is a quote from Seirra, a Go Buffalo mom participant. Stating "without United Way, we wouldn't be where we are today. They gave me the tools to get off the streets and into safe housing just in time to bring my newborn son home from the hospital."