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Greenwich-Post Legislators focus on what’s ahead for Greenwich at United Way breakfast

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by Ken Borsuk 12/26/2014  The challenges that people in the state are facing was discussed in a question to Mr. Bocchino. Ms. Urban cited the Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed (ALICE) report from the United Ways of Connecticut, which found that 35% of Connecticut residents fall into that description, meaning they are “working, yet struggling …

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Middletown Press Middlesex United Way: A year in review, and thank you

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by Kevin Wilhelm 12/26/2014  In 2014, Connecticut United Ways also released the ALICE Report on financial hardship in Connecticut. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The report revealed that 20 percent of Middlesex County families earn above the federal poverty threshold but are still unable to afford the basics. The federal poverty threshold …

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Connecticut Health I-Team ALICEs: Many Working, But Struggling To Get By

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by Susan Campbell 12/9/2014  Have you met Connecticut’s ALICEs? Chances are, you have. ALICE could be the man who counts change for you in the drive-through, or the woman who drives your child’s bus to school. Recently, Connecticut’s United Ways released a report on the state’s ALICEs – or Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed residents. …

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Valley Independent Sentinel People Are Still Struggling To Get By, Especially In Ansonia And Derby

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by Eugene Driscoll 12/9/2014  You’re putting off the roof repairs, hoping for a good check come tax return time. The mechanic says your car needs a timing belt, but you’re still paying the credit card bill from the brake jobs over the summer for you and your wife. Christmas is here, but your gift list …

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Hartford Courant Working Poor Need A Boost More Than Ever

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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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Greenwich Time Rutgers: A paycheck away from homelessness

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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

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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

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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 …

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