UCP's Family Support Fund

The Family Support Fund is used to help individuals and families living with a disability cope with an unexpected emergency, acquire needed assistive technology and adaptive equipment, or help people live more independently. When a family comes to UCP in need of assistance, UCP's Community Social Services Department will first research the availability of other resources such as religious, fraternal, and governmental support systems. When other avenues of support are unavailable or insufficient, the UCP Family Support Fund is there so that every individual or family in need of assistance has a place to turn to for help. The Fund has been used to help families purchase stair glides for their home, make a vehicle accessible, and purchase adapted computer equipment.

The Fund is comprised of individual donor-named funds that have been formed to honor and/or memorialize a loved one or special person. By investing the principle of all individual funds, income is generated and made available through UCP's Community Social Services Department. With the first one created in 1993, today there are 25 individual funds generating revenue used to assist families in the region.

Assistance may be in the form of a grant or loan depending upon the circumstances. The usual amount awarded from the UCP Community Resource Funds is $800, though it can be more given special circumstances.

The following individual funds comprise the UCP Family Support Fund:

Michael Anderson Fund
Artur Foundation Fund
Megan & Carly Audet Fund
George & William Bock Memorial Fund
Brickman Employees Fund
Sara Cohen Educational Fund
Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C. Fund
Jamie Convey Fund
Fitzpatrick Council - KOC
Rosalind & Thomas Greenwood Memorial Fund
Stephen Judelsohn Memorial Fund
Mary Koff Chapter Community Fund
Mary Valentine Kurtz Fund
Renée M. Love Memorial Fund
Barbara Malott Memorial Fund
Richard and Nancy Ryan Memorial Fund
Samost Family Fund
Justin Scarpello Memorial Fund
Steven Carl Schechter Fund
John Sief Memorial Fund
Dr. Frederick Simeone Fund
Tabas Family Fund
Brad Michael Taylor Fund
Molly Tuckerman Memorial Fund
Joanne Valvano Fund
Larry Yerk Fund
Pearl Young Foundation
Jeanne Zweig Endowment Fund

With the Family Support Fund you are assured that your gift directly touches the lives of families challenged by disabilities. People interested in establishing a tribute or memorial fund should contact UCP's Executive Office at 215-247-7601 or execadm@ucpphila.org.