By Ken Borsuk November 21, 2016 The realities of living in Greenwich while struggling to stay above the poverty line were brought into stark focus on Monday morning at a special presentation by the Greenwich United Way. The meeting put the spotlight on people who are classified as asset limited, income constrained but employed, which …
By David Ken Borsuk November 20, 2016 The Greenwich community is expected to get a closer look at just how much some are struggling as part of a Monday presentation. In May, the United Way unveiled its latest needs assessment of Greenwich, showing that 5 percent of residents — nearly 3,100 people — are living …
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November 11, 2016 The problem affects everyone in the state, rich or poor. Such a massive number of households struggling to tread water means burdens on health care, social services and the economy in general. Of course, a moribund economy is the primary cause, and more high-paying jobs are the obvious solution. The United Way …
By Shawn R. Beas November 10, 2016 Students and staff at Middlesex Community College have started a food pantry program that provides assistance to the campus community. The Magic Food Bus, a renovated party bus outfitted with shelves of staples like pasta, cereal and peanut butter, began operating shortly after the fall semester started. So …
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October 17, 2016 There’s the affluent state in which Connecticut remains one of the wealthiest places in the nation, with an average per-capita income 141 percent above the national level. But there’s also a growing population — 38 percent of the state’s 1.36 million households to be exact — struggling financially, unable to afford basic …
By Virgina Mason November 6, 2016 Sixteen United Ways and the United Way of Connecticut collaborated again to issue the 2016 update report on the ALICE Project in Connecticut. The ALICE Project has grown from a pilot program in Morris County, N.J., in 2009 to the entire state of New Jersey in 2012 and now …
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November 3, 2016 United Ways across the state recently released an update to the groundbreaking A.L.I.C.E. Report first issued in November 2014. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed – a household with income above the Federal Poverty Level but below a basic cost-of-living threshold. In 2014, United Ways in Connecticut, along with United …
By Michael Gagne October 27, 2016 According to its new ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) report, 38 percent of Connecticut households are in financial hardship. That figure includes those households where the total income falls below the federal poverty line and the demographic that the United Way refers to as ALICE. While incomes in …
October 26, 2016 According to the study, ALICE families live above the poverty line but earn less than the Household Survival Budget, bare bones budget for basic needs. The report said, “In releasing the ALICE Update Report, we seek to help explain why more families are struggling financially, and to understand what is underneath this …
October 13, 2016 The United Way ALICE Report, in a 2016 update for CT, uses the latest data from 2014 to look at ALICE (an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), households that earn more than the U.S. poverty level … but less than the basic cost of living for their state. Continue reading: …
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