#Oneyearlater, ALICE's journey continues. How has financial hardship shifted? Learn more in our new release: "ALICE in the Crosscurrents: An Update on Financial Hardship in New Jersey.” ☔
UnitedForALICE.org/New-Jerse…
Stay tuned for insights! #ALICE2024
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#Oneyearlater, ALICE's journey continues. How has financial hardship shifted? Learn more in our new release: "ALICE in the Crosscurrents: An Update on Financial Hardship in the U.S.” UnitedForALICE.org/National-…
Stay tuned for insights! #ALICE2024
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The share of ALICE - Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed - households has been increasing from 2010 to 2021, blue shows an increase.
This group that hasn't even had a name until now, but has been the fastest growing.
The share of households Above ALICE Threshold has mostly been flat or decreasing from 2010 to 2021 (except states with influx during the pandemic), orange shows a decrease.
211 call centers have their pulse on the problems Americans are facing, especially ALICE who works but doesn't earn enough to support their family. Rachel Wolfe at the @WSJ does an amazing job highlighting the gap in our system #UnitedForALICE#211CTwsj.com/lifestyle/poverty-am…
The @WSJ highlights a reality that often goes unnoticed, but that 211 emergency helpline operators have come to know all too well: more people, known as ALICE, are living close to #poverty than the poverty level might suggest. bit.ly/49uLNSm@UnitedWayCT#UnitedForALICE
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On Roundtable #7, Stephanie Hoopes, Marc Perry, Peter Kilde and Dalitso Sulamayo join me to discuss the current state of poverty in the USA- and where we're headed. A critical topic for our future as energy surplus peaks - as we are already: Poverty Blind youtu.be/359aiDUDHRo?si=NLV6…
During heat waves, delivery drivers risk their health to bring customers everything from restaurant take-out to commercial laundry. And nearly one-third of them can’t even make ends meet.
Learn more about dedicated ALICE workers: unitedforalice.org/labor-for…
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ALICE@Work helps employers understand their low-wage ALICE workers’ experiences and implement practices to boost career mobility & financial stability. We're seeking a course instructor to help employers create and maintain quality jobs. Could this be you? uwnnj.org/careers
ALT On a gold scribbled square with dark blue outline, text reads "We're hiring: United For ALICE@Work Course Instructor / uwnnj.org/careers"
Amidst the summer’s record-setting temps, our nation’s delivery drivers have worked hard in the extreme heat to bring customers everything from restaurant takeout to commercial laundry. Yet many of them can’t even afford basics. Learn more: UnitedForALICE.org/National-…#UnitedForALICE
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33 years ago, the #ADA was signed. Yet despite progress, hurdles remain: Per a Fall 2022 Census survey, 31% of #peoplewithdisabilities unable to afford basics lacked food, compared to 11% of all respondents. United, we can drive meaningful change. United4ALICE.org/PWD#ADA33
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.@GovJoshGreenMD just signed a bill that doubles the size of the EITC for five years, providing $50M in add'l support. Working families who struggle to pay for child care will get a credit of up to $3,000 to help w/expenses. #UnitedForALICE@AlohaUnitedWaybit.ly/3O0e0YN
ALT With a Hawaiian volcano and trees in the distance, a Hawaiian family including a mother on the left and a father on the right - both in casual clothing - smile as they each hold the hand of their son - dressed in a white polo, shorts, and suspenders - and lift him up in the air. On the left of the image, blue text on a white overlay reads: ALICE Data in Action: Extension of Family Tax Credit, Honolulu, HI.
ALICE Essentials Index: NJ ave annual increase was 2.9% over the last 15 years, wages for retail sales only up 2.7%. You’re a little bit behind one year, you’re a little bit behind the next year, and over 15-years you’re behind $28,300.
#UnitedForALICEnorthjersey.com/story/money/…
#UnitedForALICE National Director @NjData spoke at the #NASTO23 Conference today with Secretaries of Transportation @Teepeea2Diane of @NJDOT and Nicole Majeski of @DelawareDOT about how they're incorporating ALICE’s voice into transportation planning.
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ALT Stephanie Hoopes, dressed in a white shirt, black blazer, and bright pink pants, sits in a chair on a platform alongside three other professionals, with a projector screen in the background, and addresses the crowd.
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act, ending our nation's apartheid. @MarkKUpdegrove president & CEO of the LBJ Foundation, looks back on a watershed moment in American democracy when segregation was finally made illegal. cbsn.ws/3NWbLGZ