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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Easton Courier Help ALICE

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12/7/2014  This fall Connecticut United Way released the first statewide ALICE Report, a data-driven, comprehensive research project that quantifies the situation confronting many low-income working families across the state in urban, suburban and rural communities. ALICE — a United Way acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed — is an often overlooked population composed …

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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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WATR-1320AM Radio Interview with Tom Chute

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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

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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 …

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