By Kerensa Konesni September 29,2018 Just ahead of the holiday season, the Thompson Ecumenical Empowerment Group (TEEG) has announced it will change and expand hours at its food pantry to better assist working families in the towns of Thompson, Woodstock and Pomfret. “It’s something we had been toying with for a while, but weren’t completely …
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By Hannah Dellinger September 22, 2018 Aziz Elsoudani is an economics professor and financial analyst. He’s written multiple books and dozens of articles in three different languages. Despite years of toiling and saving to support his family, he is looking for work at 79. Elsoudani left Egypt for political reasons and came to the U.S. …
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September 21,2018 A closer look at the Census data shows that Fairfield County had triple the number of people earning $200,000 or more a year compared to the country as a whole. The median income in the country was $61,372 — meaning half the households earned more and half less — a 1.8 percent increase …
By Karla Santos September 14,2018 This year’s ALICE report states that in New Britain, 28,118 households are living below the basic cost of living. That number accounts for 62 percent of New Britain households and it also includes those who are living below the Federal Poverty Level. According to the ALICE Report, in our region, …
By John Voket September 15, 2018 Having learned that four out of ten families in Connecticut continue to struggle to pay for basic needs, United Ways across the state are working to implement strategies to help nudge these families toward more stable financial security. According to Annie Scully, a Research Analyst and Community Outreach Coordinator …
By Kevin Wilhelm September 14,2018\ More families in Connecticut are facing financial hardship, according to the 2018 ALICE Report released this month by Connecticut United Ways. The update to the original ALICE Report, which released in 2014, and again in 2016, reveals that more than 1 in 3 Connecticut residents are struggling to afford their …
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By Kevin Wilhelm September 14,2018 The updated 2018 Connecticut United Way’s ALICE Report documents the challenges facing ALICE families throughout our state, and identifies trends that affect ALICE’s ability to achieve financial security. In Middlesex County, there are 16,834 households who fall under the ALICE criteria, approximately 25 percent of all Middlesex County households. One …
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By Greg Bordonaro September 10, 2018 The United Ways of Connecticut recently released their third annual ALICE report, which revealed 40 percent of households in our state have incomes that fall below what is needed to pay for basic necessities. The number is startling in many respects but also not totally surprising. Most people understand …
By Sean Teehan September 10, 2018 What are the most pressing issues in Greater Hartford that could be helped by United Way? Too many households are struggling to make ends meet — unable to afford the basics such as food, housing, child care, health care and transportation. United Way coined the acronym ALICE to describe …
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By Zach Murdock September 8, 2018 A new United Way report delivers a sobering statistic: Half of Danbury households struggle to pay for necessities like housing, child care and groceries. But those 15,400 households across the city are not the initial stereotype that first comes to many people’s minds, local officials warn. These are families …
Danbury households stugglings are made of those “employed, but constrained” Read More »
