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United Way: 55% of Shreveport households are struggling or in poverty, local report shows
Summary
A United Way representative presented the updated ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) data to the council showing 32% of Shreveport households are ALICE and 23% are in poverty, and urged partnerships on workforce, childcare and income thresholds to help residents.
A United Way representative told the Shreveport City Council that the latest ALICE report shows more than half of city households are either in poverty or asset-limited, income-constrained (ALICE).
Brooke Thomas, visiting from United Way, told the council that statewide 19% of Louisiana residents are in poverty and 30% are ALICE; the figures were higher locally, she said: in Caddo Parish, 22% are in poverty and 31% are ALICE; in Shreveport she said 23% are in poverty and 32% are ALICE, meaning about 55% of households there…
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