05/16/2026
You may hear us talk about ALICE a lot, but what does it actually mean?
ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. These are families who earn more than the federal poverty level, but still not enough to afford the basics where they live.
They are often the people we see every day: childcare workers, home health aides, retail staff, service workers, and many others. They are working hard, sometimes more than one job, yet the math still doesn’t work. Rent, food, gas, childcare, health care, when all of that adds up, there’s nothing left for savings. One emergency can put everything at risk.
This is why the ALICE report matters. It gives us a clearer picture of who is struggling and what it really takes for families in Randolph County to be stable.