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Meet ALICE

Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed

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• How we learned about ALICE
• How we got organized
• ALICE Steering Committee
• ALICE Research Advisory Committee
• ALICE Marketing Workgroup
• 28 United Ways in Michigan are supporting ALICE
• California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, and New Jersey

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• 4 in 10 HH in MI struggle to afford basic necessities

(Survival Budget)

• ALICE HH are in all age groups
• ALICE & Poverty Level HH across all counties
• ALICE HH represent cross section of MI population

Asset Limited

2011 – 25% of MI HH considered “Asset Poor” not having sufficient net worth to subsist at poverty level for 3 months w/out income (i.e. has less than $4,632 in savings)

Income Constrained

63% of jobs in MI pay less than $20 hour A job that pays $20/hour = $40,000 year Less than HH Survival Budget for a family of 4

ALICE Threshold

Average income needed to meet Survival Budget

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WHO IS ALICE IN CALHOUN COUNTY?

POVERTY ALICE ABOVE ALICE

8,866 HH 15,470 HH 28,846 HH 17% 29% 54% 46% OF HH IN CALHOUN COUNTY ARE STRUGGLING

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Economic Viability Index

• Evaluates community conditions in three core areas

 Housing Affordability  Job Opportunities  Community Supports ALICE Income Assessment Measures how much income HH needs to reach AT

Economic Viability Dashboard Housing Affordability (poor)

• 29% of homeowners are below the ALICE Threshold
• 19 % of homeowners are Extreme Housing Burdened

(spend more than 35% of income on housing)

• 66% of renters are below the ALICE Threshold
• 43% of renters are Extreme Housing Burdened

Gap in affordable housing stock for ALICE – 4,766

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ALICE REPORT ALSO INCLUDES

ALICE by municipalities within counties Statistics by municipalities within counties ALICE by State Prosperity Regions

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VALUE OF ALICE TO UNITED WAYS

• Framework for a broader view of the community
• Provides language to engage, elevate & deepen conversations
• Platform for developing collaborative strategies to address issues

facing ALICE

• Integrates work across focus areas – EIH
• Attracts new & strengthens existing partnerships

• Community Impact
• Campaign/RD
• Marketing and Communications
• Finance
• Advocacy
• Goal - Ongoing Integration into all facets of our work

IMPACTS AND INTEGRATES ALL PARTS OF UW

• Short-term - help ALICE weather a crisis - food pantry, TANF, and

childcare subsidies

• Medium-term - quality affordable childcare, safety network, car loans,

house repair, energy assistance, health clinics

• Long-term - affordable housing, attract medium skilled jobs, public

transportation, healthcare coverage

UWNJ CI EXAMPLE STRATEGIES TO ASSIST ALICE

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 Labor Day Launch!

• Press Release on national, state and local levels

 On-Going – Share Report

• Agency, Funder, Corporate, Government, other

Partners

• Speaking engagements to introduce ALICE

View report at www.UnitedWayALICE.org

Questions / Discussion

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