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United Way presents ALICE data to Lacey council, highlights housing, childcare and construction academy
Summary
United Way of Thurston County presented new ALICE findings showing 33% of Thurston County households and 38% of households in the city of Lacey fall below the ALICE threshold; the presentation emphasized housing and childcare costs and promoted a residential construction training program at South Puget Sound Community College.
United Way of Thurston County Executive Director Chris Wells told the Lacey City Council that the organization’s latest ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, employed) analysis shows 33% of Thurston County households fall below the ALICE threshold and that 38% of households in the city of Lacey are below that measure.
"ALICE is an acronym for asset limited income constrained employed," Wells said. "If you're working and you're earning an income and you can't meet your basic needs you're poor, right?" He said ALICE captures households that can be far above the federal poverty level yet still cannot meet the real local cost of living.
Wells said the…
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