ALICE places a spotlight on a large population of hardworking people who work at low-paying jobs, have little or no savings — and are one emergency from falling into poverty.  ALICE  is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and represents the growing number of families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology...

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Key Terms: 

• Household Survival Budget: The bare-minimum costs of basic necessities (housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and a smartphone plan).
• ALICE Threshold: The average income needed to afford the Household Survival Budget. Households below the ALICE Threshold include both ALICE and poverty-level households.
• ALICE: Households with income above the Federal Poverty Level but below the basic cost of living.
• Poverty: Households earning below the Federal Poverty Level
• Total Households: The number of households as reported by the American Community Survey

NOTE:  The ALICE DASHBOARD is interactive, feel free to use the sliders on the sides to select/change the criteria options.