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United Way Suncoast: nearly half of Pinellas households struggle to afford basics, ALICE data shows
Summary
United Way Suncoast told Pinellas County commissioners that about 204,000 households (—rom the ALICE measure) in the county are asset-limited, income-constrained and employed, representing nearly 46% of households; presenters urged outreach, employer childcare incentives and cross-sector collaboration.
United Way Suncoast presented updated ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) data to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 6, saying the locally adjusted measure shows thousands of working households cannot afford basic needs.
Nicole Pena Miller, a researcher with United Way Suncoast, told commissioners that ALICE recalculates what it costs to get by using current local costs, family type and geography rather than the federal poverty line, which she said was built from 1950s food-plan assumptions. "ALICE stands for asset limited, income constrained, employed," Miller said, and the metric captures…
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