Many Lane families fear poverty I
(AP) — Many Lanu County
families arc worrtod about
coming up with money for
clothing, food and medical
care, a United Way survey
shows.
uno oui oi every six lammtis survoywj lur mu
organization's evaluation of community needs
said thoir most serious problem was to meet life’s
basic necessities.
About 16 percent have difficulty nutting foot!
on tho tablo and paying for rent and clothing, said
the yearlong survey made public this week
About 23 percent wore unable to pay for a doctor
or proscriptions.
The United Way of Lane County, an agoncy
that coordinates charitable giving to local non
profit agencies, randomly selected 400 county
households for tho survoy.
Ed Weeks, a University associate professor who
donated time for the protect, said the survoy indi
cates people are worse off since United Wav of
Lane County did Its first evaluation five yoars
ago
"Tho most striking thing to me was tho extent
to which financial hardship now Is the over
whelming concern of people in this county,"
Weeks said. "I was u little surprised."
Tho survey also found about a quarter said they
couldn't afford medical insurance or leisure activ
ities.
The findings likely will mean a
shift In priorities as United
Way decides early next year
how to allocate Its annual
donations.
About 22 percent said th«»y couldn't find full
time work and '.17 percent said they had experi
enced anxiety, stress and depression related to
their economic situations.
In the first survey In 19B7. Lane County resi
dents listed abuse, crime, unemployment, house
hold violence and delinquency as the greatest
threats facing their communities.
"This time, the results are quite different at the
top of the list," said Unitod Way spokeswoman
Janot Andorson.
The findings likely will mean a shift in priori
ties as United Way decides early next year how to
allocate its annual donations, said I’risi ilia
Could, the ugency's executive director.
Two and one-half weeks Into its annual fund
raising campaign. United Way has raised 12 per
coni of Its S2 4 million goal.
About H5 percent of funds will (*• distributed to
70 social service programs run by 50 social sor
vice agencies throughout Lane County
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