WTIC-1080AM Community Connections Radio
11/29/2014 The Connecticut ALICE Report. Tune in to 1080AM for a discussion of ALICE in our communities. Listen/Download | Stream Online
November 2014
RNNTV Richard French Live
11/28/2014 Kim Morgan (CEO, United Way of Western Connecticut) speaks with Richard French about the ALICE Report.
News12 Focus on Connecticut
11/27/2014 Donna Pfrommer (United Way of Coastal Fairfield County) and Trish Kallman speak with Tom Appleby of News12 about the Connecticut ALICE Report.
Hartford Courant Working Poor Need A Boost More Than Ever
by Toni Dolan 11/26/2014 The recent release of the United Way’s ALICE report on the plight of the working, low-income population in Connecticut has brought much needed attention to needs of this struggling group. The hardships of the working poor have grown exponentially in the recent economic downturn. Yet the resources available to this population …
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WATR-1320AM Radio Interview with Tom Chute
11/25/2014 Tom Chute (WATR 1320-AM)discusses the United Way ALICE report with Don Mroz, Ph.D. (President, Post University), Kristen Jacoby (President/CPO, United Way of Greater Waterbury), and Joann Reynolds-Balanda (VP of Community Impact, United Way of Greater Waterbury).
The Day Problems known, solutions more elusive
11/25/2014 On the campaign trail in September, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced a series of initiatives aimed at encouraging job creation and business growth, along with more state investment in affordable housing. We agreed with those proposals then. Now, in the wake of a detailed United Way report showing that financial struggles are startlingly and …
Hartford Courant State’s Cost of Living Leaves Many Short
by Susan Dunn 11/23/2014 The American dream is that if you work hard, you can expect to get ahead financially. For most of us, that means you can save money, buy a reliable car, purchase a home if you want, afford quality child care, send your children to college, handle unexpected expenses, pay for your …
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Greenwich Time Rutgers: A paycheck away from homelessness
by Alma Rutgers 11/21/2014 Who is ALICE? We all know and encounter ALICE everyday. ALICE provides services we depend upon. ALICE could be a secretary, salesperson, food service worker, nursing assistant, landscaper, cleaning person, or personal care aide. ALICE is an acronym for “Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.” ALICE households are working households whose members …
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Middletown Press Middlesex United Way: 25 percent of families struggling financially
by Kevin Wilhelm 11/21/2014 Has there been a time in your life when you struggled to make ends meet? When you avoided your landlord or carefully planned when to pay a credit card bill and when to pay your electric bill? For some of us, this may have been our life after we got our …
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Trumbull Times Who is ALICE? Report looks at struggling families in state, Fairfield County
by Kate Czaplinski 11/21/2014 A report released this week by the United Way of Connecticut is shedding light on the large number of hard-working families in the state that are still struggling to make ends meet. United Way released the Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) Study of Financial Hardship, showing that 474,445 households in …