Your United Way of the National Capital Area has always worked to address the inequities in our systems for employment, education, health and food access, financial stability and opportunities for all. But, most importantly, we recognize that these inequities existed long before Covid.
In 2016, we launched our Community Commitment to tackle complex, interconnected issues such as poor health, school graduation rates and poverty. In July 2020, we began work toward our next five-year commitment, which focuses on equity and actualizing our impact in the community.
Additionally, every two years, a United Way grassroots research initiative takes place to help our region identify our ALICE — an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — populations. ALICE represents the growing number of households in our communities that are employed but do not earn enough to afford basic necessities. For example, the 2020 report shows that 39% of the total population in Virginia and Maryland…
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