By Lindsay Boyle October 9, 2016 Close your eyes for a moment and imagine yourself in someone else’s shoes: You’re a mom or a dad of two children, and you’ve just unexpectedly been laid off. You manage to quickly find a job that nets you about $450 a month, but it’s nothing compared to what …
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By Susan Corica October 11, 2016 Families struggling to meet basic needs are becoming more prevalent in the Nutmeg State, and particularly in cities like Bristol. Two years ago, United Ways introduced the ALICE [Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed] Report to highlight the increasing number of state residents who are working but are having trouble …
By Mark Zaretsky October 9, 2016 Two years after a United Way report found that 35 percent of Connecticut households were struggling, we are two years farther away from the Great Recession — but the percentage of families earning below a basic survival budget in Connecticut has grown a bit, a new report says. The …
Report: 38 percent of Connecticut residents can’t meet basic needs Read More »
October 12, 2016 Connecticut is generally considered a wealthy state- which leaves a lot of people feeling left out. Sure there are mansions on the Gold Coast and prosperity in some of the suburbs surrounding Hartford. But they don’t tell the whole story. The percentage of people who don’t make enough to pay for an …
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By Ryan Blessing October 9, 2016 More households in Connecticut are struggling just to make ends meet, according to a new report released today by the United Way.The updated ALICE report says both the number and percentage of households in Connecticut struggling to pay for their most basic needs increased from 2012 to 2014. More …
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By Mara Lee October 9, 2016 United Way has issued its second report — the first came out two years ago — to remind people that there are a substantial number of families with earnings or retirement income above federal poverty level, but barely enough to meet basic necessities. About a quarter of Connecticut households …
Report: Quarter Of State Residents Without Federal Assistance Still Struggling To Get By Read More »
by Susan Dunn 1/27/2015 Kudos to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini for doing just that in raising the company’s minimum wage to $16 per hour. Connecticut United Ways’ recently released ALICE Report finds that for a single adult, an hourly wage of $10.97 is required just to meet a “survival” budget. Our state minimum wage almost …
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1/16/2015 On the other hand, even when the hourly minimum wage reaches its apex in January 2017, it will still leave workers with their heads barely above the poverty line. According to a 121-page report issued by United Way of Connecticut this past November, 51 percent of Connecticut wage earners earn less than $20 per …
Newtown Bee The Minimal Effect Of The Minimum Wage Hike Read More »
by Nancy Crevier 1/3/2015 United Way of Connecticut released, on November 16, a 121-page, statewide report, documenting Connecticut households struggling to afford living expenses that exceed the official federal poverty level of $11,670 for an individual or $23,850 for a family of four. United Way calls this population ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income …
Newtown Bee Year In Review: Notable Moments Of 2014 Read More »
by Ryan Cane and Russell Blair 12/31/2014 The Courant published thousands of stories this year. Here are the 25 that were read the most on Courant.com: 10. Report: 25 Percent Of Connecticut Households Above Federal Poverty Level But Struggle To Meet Basic Needs A report from the Connecticut United Ways said that about 25% of …
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