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Podcast: The Valley Today
Episode: United Way NSV: Who Is ALICE?
Description: The conversation today with Kaycee Childress, CEO, and Jennifer Hall, Sr. Director of Community Investment of United Way Northern Shenandoah Valley featured a discussion about the ALICE (Asset Limited. Income Constrained. Employed) report, with Jennifer providing details about its origins and scope. The ALICE report, which started in Virginia in 2017, has become a statewide initiative and expanded to multiple states across the country. The three discussed the challenges faced by 'ALICE' families, who are typically low-income, working-class individuals often employed in service sector jobs. They emphasized that these families are frequently struggling to make ends meet due...