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United Way of Northwest Connecticut seeks town participation to help ALICE families
Summary
United Way board chair Katha Foyle and Executive Director Lisa Farris presented the 2025–26 campaign focusing on ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) families, rapid-response funding, a recent 3,800-pound food collection and an employee payroll-giving drive; they asked member towns to relaunch workplace campaigns.
Katha Foyle (board chair) and Lisa Farris (executive director, United Way of Northwest Connecticut) briefed the council on the organization’s 2025–26 campaign and asked towns to support employee payroll-giving campaigns.
Foyle and Farris said the United Way is “picking a lane” this campaign cycle and focusing on ALICE families—households that are above the federal poverty line but still face substantial cost-of-living stress. The organization reported a May day of action that collected 3,800 pounds of food distributed among 12 food pantries across the 26-town region and described a rapid-response fund that helped families with immediate needs (for example, replacing a vehicle windshield for a parent transporting children).
Farris asked municipalities to consider running employee campaigns and offered to meet with town staff to set up local workplace giving. The presenters also described planned allocations for housing, food security and transportation support based on 2-1-1 referral data.
