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 …
12/5/2014 Richard Porth (President and CEO of United Way of Connecticut) speaks with Shawn Murphy about the ALICE Report.
11/29/2014 The Connecticut ALICE Report. Tune in to 1080AM for a discussion of ALICE in our communities. Listen/Download | Stream Online
11/28/2014 Kim Morgan (CEO, United Way of Western Connecticut) speaks with Richard French about the ALICE Report.
11/27/2014 Donna Pfrommer (United Way of Coastal Fairfield County) and Trish Kallman speak with Tom Appleby of News12 about the Connecticut ALICE Report.
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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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).
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 …
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 …
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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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