VITA

VITA stands for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, and it offers free tax preparation by volunteers who are certified and trained by the IRS.

To see if you qualify for FREE tax prep, VITA locations, or more information, visit the VITA information page by clicking the link below.

Resources for Resilience

As the new year begins, it’s essential for human service professionals to reset, refocus, and build sustainable habits that support their personal and professional well-being. “Nourish & Thrive” will explore the powerful connection between nutrition and mindfulness, providing practical tools to prevent burnout, boost energy, and enhance focus.

Annual Meeting

Kickstart your morning with purpose at our 2025 Annual Meeting as we thank our supporters and celebrate 75 years of uniting people and organizations with opportunities for a better life in Acadiana.

Who We Are

Our mission is to unite people and organizations with passion, expertise, and resources to create more opportunities for a better life.

Featured Programs

We are more than the fundraisers. We are the hand raisers. The game changers.
We surround a community’s most critical problems and we fight. In order to live better, we must LIVE UNITED

Collaboration

We win by LIVING UNITED. By forging unlikely partnerships. By finding new solutions to old problems.

EDUCATION

In a single year, more than are 62,000 people engaged as part of the United Way of Acadiana movement for Education.

EARNINGS

Financial stability is more than just earning money. It’s about saving for the future. It’s about planning ahead for a disaster. It’s about having peace of mind.

ESSENTIALS

No one should have to face a crisis alone. Helping our most vulnerable neighbors, in turn, helps us all succeed as a community.

Live United

Better Together

United Way of Acadiana is committed to serving Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes.

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life. Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent.

We recognize that in order to achieve our mission, we must continuously strive to be relevant and responsive to our community as a whole. As the diversity in our community grows, we must be increasingly intentional about aligning our practices and policies. United Way of Acadiana understands diversity to include all human characteristics that make us unique as individuals. It includes everyone and excludes no one. Inclusion is our strategy to leverage the diversity of our community.