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ALICE Report
What is the 'Alice' Report?
Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed
Of Michigan's 4,056,442 households in 2022…
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13% earned below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
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28% were ALICE, in households that earned above the FPL but not enough to afford the basics in the communities where they live
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Together, 41% of households in Michigan were below the ALICE Threshold (poverty + ALICE divided by total households)
It is a complex term for a population we know too well. ALICE is working hard, but barely surviving and definitely not thriving. ALICE is part of our economic engine but ALICE is struggling. ALICE may be a college student, working and going to school hoping for a better life or a senior citizen making a difficult choice between food, housing and prescriptions. ALICE could be a working dad, with childcare, transportation and housing costs that leave very little to provide shoes for his children. ALICE is many of us.