Instructional Designer Needed to Elevate ALICE

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United Way of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo Region is collaborating with United Way of Northern New Jersey to build a professional curriculum and recognition program to Elevate ALICE. Elevate ALICE is focused on uplifting low wage workers – workers who identify as ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This course will be geared…

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Analysis: Pandemic Hits ALICE Families Hard

Lower-income people struggled in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to financially stable households, according to a new analysis. “The Pandemic Divide: An ALICE Analysis of COVID Surveys” found a much higher percentage of lower-income people struggling to get by, having lost jobs and income, and wrestling with depression and anxiety. The report comes…

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Behind The Scenes: Getting The Full Picture of ALICE

When communities want to understand how local households are doing financially, they often check the poverty rate. But that doesn’t give the full picture of how many individuals and families struggle to make ends meet. “ALICE encompasses what was once described as ‘the working poor,’ but it stands for much more than that,” said Laurel…

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ALICE Report: Many Local Households Still Struggling Financially

Many individuals and families in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties are still struggling to keep up financially, according to the latest statistics from the Michigan Association of United Ways. The 2021 ALICE Report, released today, shows 39% of the region’s 157,023 households didn’t earn enough to exceed the ALICE threshold—the income needed to be financially stable.…

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ALICE Community Conversation

When: April 27, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Where: Virtual, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwudu6hpjkjEtX_vypS6OOSAF4asswxT02S

Join us for a virtual community conversation about ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Please register in advance.

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ALICE Community Conversation

When: April 20, 2021 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Where: Virtual, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdemorjwtGNdUUozXchrwFxNRaWxVXEjt

Join us for a virtual community conversation about ALICE – Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Please register in advance.

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Virtual Dialogue Tackles ALICE Needs

Families struggling to make ends meet have a tough time under any circumstances. COVID-19 has made it a whole lot tougher. That’s the realization that sparked a virtual community conversation, “ALICE In The Workplace,” sponsored by United Way BCKR and MichiganWorks! Southwest. Around 40 people from the region’s businesses, education and nonprofits gathered online to…

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Knowing ALICE: Coronavirus Outbreak Puts Income at Risk

We’ve all heard the advice: If you’re sick, stay home. For ALICE, that might not be an option. “Equal access to precautionary measures cuts along the same lines that divide the United States in other ways: income, education and race,” according to a new article in The New York Times. “Service industry workers, like those…

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