To create long lasting change that improves people's lives, by collaborating with service providers and other constituencies in the community to meet community needs.

Roane County United Way facilitates community improvement initiatives, collecting and allocating community resources to serve residents of Roane County through partner service providers based in Roane and surrounding counties.

We will encourage and assist partner service providers, as well as other community service providers, in employing a Linking Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development (LRRD) service model in providing services to Roane County residents. The LRRD service model seeks to provide emergency relief while focusing on offering service recipients a pathway to self-sustainability. 

• Conducting a needs assessment to ensure services are available for the most pressing needs in our community
• Facilitating a county-wide effort to empower citizens entrapped by chronic dependency
• Providing the volunteer clearinghouse (you are using right now! :) to increase awareness of service opportunities
• Promoting an Education Impact Iniatiative to increase awareness of educational opportunities for our youth (e.g. every student in Roane County has the chance to attend a community college FREE though tnAchieves!)
• Providing FREE tax assistance to our community via the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

RCUW mobilizes the caring power of our community (1)   To create long-lasting change that improves people’s lives, and (2) To provide for the basic human needs of those needing assistance.

RCUW will be the organization the community turns to when seeking lasting community change. We will be recognized as a catalyst for making a significant and measurable difference in our community. We will mobilize and enable partner agencies to achieve our mission and will be nationally recognized as a leading rural United Way in the area of community outreach.