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United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) educates, advocates and, provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a wide range of disabilities. UCP and its nearly 80 affiliates advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with a spectrum of disabilities by providing services and support to more than 176,000 children and adults every day-one person at a time, one family at a time. We work to enact system change-to revolutionize care, raise standards of living and create opportunities-impacting the lives of millions living with disabilities. UCP was founded in 1949 by parents of children with cerebral palsy. For more than 60 years, UCP has worked to ensure the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in every facet of society. Together, with parents and caregivers, we will continue to push for the social, legal and technological changes that increase accessibility and independence, allowing people with disabilities to dream their own dreams, for the next 60 years, and beyond.

The United Brachial Plexus Network strives to inform, support, and unite families and those concerned with brachial plexus injuries, its treatment and prevention worldwide.

Nothing But Nets is a global grassroots campaign to raise awareness, funds, and voices to fight malaria. In 2006, sports columnist Rick Reilly wrote a column in Sports Illustrated challenging each of his readers to donate at least $10 to send insecticide-treated bed nets to protect families from malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Our mission is to provide superior quality services to the aging, based on Christian principles, in a loving and caring community, encouraging independence, promoting wellness, and preserving human dignity.

To provide comprehensive support to improve quality of life for people with ALS and their families, while advocating for increased support and advancing innovative research for new treatments and an end to ALS.

Serving abused, neglected and abandoned children, facilitating adoptions, and family preservation  

At UCP Heartland, our mission is to provide children and adults living with differing abilities extraordinary care and support they need to thrive in school, at home, at work and in their community.

Patients with chronic or life-altering diseases (such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, or multiple sclerosis) must fight both their illness and the financial burden it places on their family as they struggle to pay for their medications. It is estimated that over 35% of these patients have insurance but still cannot afford the co-payments for the specialty therapeutics they need to treat or control their disease, which can range from $300 to over $3000 per month for a single dose. These underinsured patients are not eligible for most free drug or patient assistance programs, leaving them with few alternatives. They may be forced to do without their medications or go into debt to obtain them, greatly affecting their health and quality of life. Our mission is to improve the health and quality of life of underinsured patients with chronic disease, cancer, or other life-altering conditions who cannot afford the medications they so desperately need.

Strengthening organizations working with deaf communities.

United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile's mission is to promote the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people with disabilities.