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Public invited to hear ALICE PROGRAM on family financial instability

Feb 04, 2025 at 06:58 pm by WGNS


Tue. (Feb. 18, 2025) 6:00PM The local ALICE Report at MTSU’s Miller Education Center (503 East Bell Street, Murfreesboro). ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. It is a new way of defining and understanding the struggles of households that earn above the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford basic necessities. Currently, 46 per cent of the households in Rutherford County live on the verge of financial instability and struggle to meet basic needs. The public is encouraged to attend. It is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, the United Way of South Central Tennessee, and the Human Development and Family Science Program and Social Work Department of Middle Tennessee State University.

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