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United Way presentation: nearly half of Randolph County households fall at or below ALICE threshold; SNAP delays could hit 22,000 residents
Summary
United Way of Randolph County presented an ALICE report showing about 49% of local households fall at or below the ALICE survival threshold (based on 2022 figures), and county social-services staff warned Nov. 3 that federal SNAP benefit delays related to a government shutdown may cause partial payments affecting roughly 22,000 residents.
Samantha 'Sam' Baker of United Way of Randolph County presented the county’s ALICE snapshot to the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3, saying the report uses 2022 figures and shows nearly half of local households fall at or below a survival budget.
"ALICE stands for assets limited, income constrained, employed," Baker said, and she explained a survival budget for a family of four in North Carolina was a little over $80,000 based on 2022 numbers. Baker told commissioners that gap between typical combined wages from…
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