New United Way app connects communities to help, resources
- Wyatt Bandt
- Updated
- MADISON (WKOW) — A new app is making it easier for people to get around-the-clock help from the United Way.The United Way of Dane County 211 Wisconsin app can help users find food, rental assistance, addiction treatment and even health and human services resources.The resource isn’t just available for Dane County — the Columbia, Sauk, Iowa, Rock, Green and Lafayette county communities are also able to use it to find help.
Ed Wall, director of 211, says the app does more than connect people to agencies.
“Our specialists are trained to identify root causes of a client’s problem – and provide callers with a wide range of available resources that meet all their underlying needs, not just the one that prompted the call, text or email.”
He said the app will let them reach more people who need help.
The app is available for download on the Apple Store and Google Play. There are also kiosks that have the app on them so everyone has access to the resource.