ALICE
Meet your neighbors who are working hard but still falling short. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and represents thousands of households across NW Louisiana.
More Than a Statistic
Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed
ALICE is made up of households that work hard in low-wage jobs to keep our communities running but do not earn enough to make ends meet. These individuals and families have trouble affording everyday expenses, and often, they are forced to choose between paying for one household necessity over another.
United Way of Northwest Louisiana, in partnership with the Louisiana Association of United Ways, releases a study every two years on the financial hardship of ALICE families across our ten-parish service area, which includes Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Claiborne, Winn, Red River, Desoto, Natchitoches, and Sabine parishes. The most recent ALICE report, ALICE in the Crosscurrents: COVID and Financial Hardship, found that in 2021, 56 percent of individuals in Northwest Louisiana qualified as either ALICE or living in poverty.
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ALICE REPORTS & RESEARCH
People With Disabilities
On the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, United Way released a research brief for Louisiana titled ALICE in Focus: People With Disabilities. The research reveals that the number of people with disabilities who struggled to afford basics just before the pandemic is far higher than federal poverty data indicates: 60 percent in total, compared to 24 percent below the federal poverty level, out of 716,266 people with disabilities statewide.
Veterans
Because U.S. military veterans have served and sacrificed for this country, there is a national sense of responsibility to ensure that their basic needs are met. Overall, veterans have fared better economically than nonveterans, yet not everyone has been included in that trend. In 2019, more than one-third of all veterans in Louisiana lived in a household with income below the ALICE Threshold of Financial Survival, the highest rate of any U.S. state.