ALICE
MEET ALICE
ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, is a new way of defining and understanding the struggles of households that earn above the Federal Poverty Level but are not enough to afford basic necessities.
For far too many families, the cost of living outpaces what they earn. Yet these workers perform jobs that are critical to the functioning of our local communities – educating our children, keeping us healthy, and making our quality of life possible. When funds run short, these households are forced to make impossible choices, such as deciding between quality child care or paying the rent, filling a prescription, or fixing the car. These short-term decisions have long-term consequences not only for ALICE families but for all of us. The future success of our communities is directly tied to the financial stability of these fragile ALICE households.
View the ALICE Interactive Map of Louisiana, and read the report here.
OUR VISION
We envision a world where all those who work to keep our local economies running can support themselves and their families.
OUR MISSION
To have ALICE become the standard measure used by nonprofit, government, business, and academic institutions to define financial insecurity – thereby changing the common vernacular from “working poor” to “ALICE.”
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We are more than the fundraisers. We are the hand raisers. The game changers.
We surround a community’s most critical problems and we fight. In order to live better, we must LIVE UNITED.
United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability, and healthy lives.
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No one should have to face a crisis alone. Helping our most vulnerable neighbors, in turn, helps us all succeed as a community.
