The United Way of Central Carolinas said Thursday morning it will be able to give the same amount as last year to most of the 91 agencies it supports.

United Way officials said the agency will distribute about $16.5 million to health and human service agencies throughout the region.

The organization will increase funding to 15 agencies, due to increased demand.

However, to make all this happen, United Way says it was forced to use $2.4 million from its reserve fund.

Officials said agencies that demonstrated a dramatic increase in need over the past year -- plus a proven record of results in meeting the need -- got the increased funding. United Way said the boosted funding was only 25 percent of the increases that agencies had requested, however.

"In the face of increasing demand due to high unemployment, coupled with dramatically reduced governmental funding, it is critical that United Way continue to be a stable source of funding for our partner agencies," said Jane McIntyre, executive director of United Way of Central Carolinas, which serves a five-county area.

The biggest increases this year went to the Salvation Army ($57,877 more than last year); Men's Shelter of Charlotte ($34,424 increase); and A Child's Place (up $17,763).

Here is a list of agencies receiving money from the United Way, and the amount they will get:

A Child's Place -- $193,100

Academic Learning Center -- $25,001

Ada Jenkins Center -- $219,383

American Red Cross-Cabarrus -- $91,602

American Red Cross-GCC -- $732,622

American Red Cross-Union -- $211,600

Anson Community Hospital -- $4,995

Anson County 4-H -- $5,000

Anson County Domestic Violence Coalition -- $5,426

Anson County Partnership for Children -- $10,000

Appropriate Placement Options, Inc. -- $18,681

Arthritis Services -- $102,752

Barium Springs: The Counseling Center of Iredell -- $18,000

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte -- $271,293

Boy Scouts of America-Central NC Council -- $160,971

Boy Scouts of American Mecklenburg -- $249,417

Boy Scouts of America Piedmont Council -- $18,192

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cabarrus County -- $105,500

Bridge Jobs Program -- $42,574

Cabarrus Meals on Wheels -- $70,000

Cannon Memorial YMCA -- $72,455

Care Ring -- $450,000

Charlotte Community Health Clinic -- $135,808

Charlotte Emergency Housing -- $237,476

Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center -- $336,244

Charlotte-Meck Senior Centers -- $215,307

Child Care Resources Inc. - $408,382

Coltrane L.I.F.E. Adult Day Care Center -- $67,000

Communities in Schools-Cabarrus County -- $28,001

Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg -- $500,001

Community Free Clinic -- $81,000

Community Health Services-Union -- $118,000

Community Link -- $369,780

Council for Children's Rights -- $330,502

Council on Aging-Iredell -- $27,100

Council on Aging-Union County -- $87,000

Crisis Assistance Ministry-Mecklenburg -- $505,572

CVAN (Cabarrus Victim's Assistance Network) -- $60,417

Diakonos -- $34,524

Disability Rights and Resources -- $91,027

Exchange SCAN Child and Parenting Center -- $36,000

Feed My Lambs -- $10,426

Florence Crittenton Services -- $235,948

Friendship Home -- $50,000

Girl Scout Carolinas Peak to Piedmont -- $8,500

Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council -- $285,493

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont -- $177,883

Habitat for Humanity-Cabarrus -- $35,000

Helping Our Loved Ones Learn and Achieve -- $15,726

Hope Haven -- $414,994

I Care -- $1,089

Hospice of Cabarrus -- $35,826

Hospice and Pallative Care of Iredell County -- $13,024

KinderMourn -- $83,500

Latin American Coalition -- $110,000

The Learning Collaborative -- $74,550

Legal Aid of NC -- $78,426

Legal Services of Southern Piedmont -- $115,186

LifeSpan -- $26,828

Literacy Council of Union County -- $38,500

Logan Community Day Care Association -- $23,000

Love INC -- $106,835

Men's Shelter -- $384,424

Mental Health Association -- $287,456

Metrolina Association for the Blind -- $211,090

Mooresville Area Christian Mission -- $98,861

NC MedAssist -- $290,692

Our Towns of Lake Norman Habitat for Humanity -- $80,574

Piedmont Meditation Center -- $21,511

RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network) -- $94,149

Right Moves for Youth -- $150,000

Salvation Army-Charlotte -- $1,635,138

Salvation Army-Cabarrus -- $91,087

Salvation Army-Statesville Corps -- $15,500

Sandra and Leon Levine Jewish Community Center -- $43,274

Serenity House -- $65,509

Summit House Charlotte -- $55,143

Teen Health Connection -- $177,700

The Arc of Cabarrus -- $49,770

The Arc of Mecklenburg -- $150,461

The Arc of Union -- $92,500

The Center for Community Transitions -- $85,000

The Relatives Inc. -- $70,000

Turning Point -- $95,250

Union County Community Shelter -- $94,000

Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry -- $184,000

Union County Habitat for Humanity -- $60,000

United Family Services -- $1,420,856

Urban League of Central Carolinas -- $343,649

YMCA of Greater Charlotte -- $581,522

YWCA Central Carolinas -- $859,473

Designations to non-United Way programs -- $19,515