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 …
Hartford Courant State’s Cost of Living Leaves Many Short Read More »
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 …
Greenwich Time Rutgers: A paycheck away from homelessness Read More »
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 …
Middletown Press Middlesex United Way: 25 percent of families struggling financially Read More »
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 …
by Robin Sattler 11/21/2014 Bonnee Pecquex is one of many in Connecticut who represent the changing face of poverty. The 51-year-old Wilton resident is a divorced mother of three who struggles to work three jobs to support her family and in doing so, earns more than the official U.S. poverty level, but less than what …
The Hour United Way unveils study that identifies region’s working poor Read More »
by Ann Baldelli 11/21/2014 Housing and child care are two of the biggest hurdles for the working poor, as low-paid employees across southeastern Connecticut struggle to stay financially afloat in a state where 51 percent of the jobs pay less than $20 an hour. That was one of many points highlighted Friday at the United …
The Day United Way report identifies hurdles for the working poor Read More »
by Elizabeth Regan 11/21/2014 A new report designed to give a face – and a name – to financial hardship in the state was introduced Friday by the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut at its Ledyard headquarters. ALICE – an acronym for the Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, and Employed demographic – quantifies the households who live in …
Norwich Bulletin United Way report sheds light on new face of poverty in Connecticut Read More »
11/20/2014 When the holidays get started in earnest next week, the town will again embark on a season of heightened sensibilities with a celebration of Thanksgiving. Elsewhere, the fulsome holiday spectacle of twinkling lights and jingling cash registers seems to go a little farther over the top with every passing year. But in Newtown the …
by Alicia Woodsby 11/19/2014 At the Partnership for Strong Communities, we like to say we’re not in the housing business, we’re in the opportunity business. We know a safe, affordable home providing access to jobs, education and needed services is a foundation a family can’t do without. That is why we applaud the ALICE report …
Hartford Courant Housing Is Key Leg Up For Connecticut’s Working Poor Read More »
by Linda Zukauskas 11/19/2014 United Way of Greater Waterbury has worked with other United Ways to release a study that reveals 35 percent or 474,445 of Connecticut households are unable to pay for the costs of basic household needs. Continue reading: PrimePublishers.com | PDF
