United Ways of Georgia (UWGA), an association of the 31 United Way organizations operating across Georgia, have collectively invested to become the 29th state organization to participate in United for ALICE. This effort will provide a series of new, standardized measurements and comprehensive intel that quantify the exact demographics of Georgia’s workforce struggling financially, and why.
ALICE stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed and represents the many households that are working and earning above the Federal Poverty Level but not able to afford the basic necessities of housing, food, child care, health care, transportation and a smartphone.
Many ALICE households, include childcare workers, teachers, police officers, cashiers, healthcare workers, etc., who work full-time but still struggle to make ends meet.
This groundbreaking United for ALICE Research Report will provide Georgia intel by both county and town-level data on the extent of financial instability among households.
United For ALICE is a national grassroots movement of United Way Worldwide), corporations, nonprofits and foundations in more than half the United States that all use the same methodology for documenting financial need.
United Ways of Georgia (UWGA), alongside the Georgia Credit Union Affiliates and Truist are the sponsors of the Georgia United for ALICE Research Report project which began in late 2022. In 2023, a Research Advisory Committee was created of state-wide experts in data collection and analysis to help review draft reports and provide diverse perspective and feedback.
Research Advisory Committee members include:
Georgia Health Initiative |
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Gulfstream |
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Georgia Power Company |
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Partnership for Inclusive Innovation |
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Feeding Georgia |
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CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (CSRA EOA, Inc.) |
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Dalton State College |
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Middle Georgia… |
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