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 Ways in four other states, released state-specific reports to put a face on working families who struggle financially. Two years later United Ways in 15 states are now reporting on ALICE in their states. Since the release of the initial ALICE Report in 2014, there is some good news – 49% of jobs in Connecticut pay less than $20 per hour compared to 51% in the initial report. The not-so-good news is that at $20 per hour, a full-time job grosses about $40,000 per year, which is 57% of the annual income needed for survival by a family of four in our state.
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