{"id":38807,"date":"2023-12-20T21:52:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/?p=38807"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:16:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:16:14","slug":"when-ends-dont-meet-connecting-residents-with-necessary-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/es\/2023\/12\/when-ends-dont-meet-connecting-residents-with-necessary-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"When Ends Don\u2019t Meet \u2013 Connecting Residents with Necessary Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Ends Don\u2019t Meet \u2013 Connecting Residents with Necessary Resources<\/h1>\n\n
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At the Hancock Health Connection Center, we often find ourselves talking about ALICE. ALICE isn\u2019t a person, but an acronym that stands for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed.<\/a> These are individuals who are employed but still struggle to afford the basics of daily life. They are caught in a gray area where they make too much to qualify for government assistance programs, but their wages cannot cover housing, food and other necessities. What is an individual to do when ends don’t meet?<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Connection Center is often associated with mental health and substance misuse resources. But about half of the people served by the Connection Center last year were seeking help for other challenges of daily living. Many of these same people are part of the ALICE population. Let\u2019s look at who these individuals are, and how the Connection Center can help them meet their most basic needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Who is struggling?<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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A special report, titled \u201cALICE in the Crosscurrents: COVID and Financial Hardship in Indiana,\u201d was unveiled earlier this year by Indiana United Ways and United Way of Central Indiana in partnership with United For ALICE, a research organization. The report talks about who is struggling and what might be done to support this population. Key findings include:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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