ALICE is an acronym for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed.
ALICE is your child care worker, your home health aide, your office clerk - individuals who are employed but don't earn enough to make ends meet and provide all the basics for their families. In Lubbock County, 48% of households are in the ALICE threshold or are living in poverty before the pandemic. These households cannot afford the basics of housing, food, health care, child care, and transportation. Despite working hard, they live paycheck to paycheck.
With the pandemic, many of these families found themselves on a slippery slope. United Way's Community Partners heard again and again from new clients, "I have never asked for help before. I don't even know where to start."
United Way knows that the well-being of our community depends on the well-being of the people in it. That’s why they are working to help ALICE meet basic needs and create a pathway to a successful future, and that’s why they need your help.
ALICEs in our community are in very real need of your support. Your support keeps families afloat during difficult times. Your support inspires new stories every day.
