“ALICE” is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and represents the growing number of families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology…The ALICE research quantifies and describes the number [four in ten] of households that are struggling financially…[and] raises awareness about a huge but hidden segment of our community that is struggling to afford basic necessities.”
To help lift the approximately 13% of our people out of poverty and to help the additional 29% of ALICE households who are struggling to pay their bills each month, our elected officials must make the policy choice to substantially raise the poverty levels across the board. What good does earning $15,060 a year do for a single person, for example, in today’s economy?
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