www.HartfordBusiness.com November 2, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 19
United Way Looks
at the Big Picture
UnitedWayInc.Org
Our Challenge:
One in four households in our community
are ALICE,* hard-working families who
live above the Federal Poverty Level, but
struggle to pay bills, put food on the table
and make ends meet every day. This
affects their children's well-being, ability
to learn to read by the end of third grade
and stay on track in school.
Our Progress:
To help ALICE succeed, we focus on getting to
the root causes of the issues families face.
We work with our partners to fi nd solutions that
last, not a short-term fi xes, so families become
fi nancially secure and children perform better in
school. During the last four years, through gifts to
United Way Community Investment:
• The number of children in United Way-supported
programs who achieved critical milestones tripled
• The number of children whose academic
performance improved increased by 80 percent
• 28,000 people were connected to resources
to help them better make ends meet
• $150 million was returned to 56,000 tax fi lers in
our region through our free tax-preparation services
We Connect Families with Opportunities
There's still work to be done. We all win when children succeed in school and life, families are healthy and fi nancially
secure, and everyone has access to immediate emergency assistance, such as food and shelter. It's all CONNECTED.
When you give directly to United Way Community Investment, you turn challenges into opportunities for a better life for
children and families, including hard-working ALICE households, in our community. Your gift matters.
Be a champion for working families.
Give today. UnitedWayInc.Org/Give
* ALICE is a United Way-coined acronym meaning Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The success of children and adults in ALICE households
is critical to our entire community's success. Yet, despite working hard, the tough choices ALICE households face limit their opportunities to succeed.
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