February 19, 2021
United Ways in Indiana are launching a survey to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic and economic disruption affected and continue to affect Hoosier communities around the state. The survey, launched this week, will help local United Ways and their communities identify trends and local needs to best provide resources and support in this challenging time. Community members are asked to respond and provide insight into how COVID-19 impacted your household’s ability to cover basic needs and the choices that your household makes to ensure health, education, and financial stability.
When COVID-19 hit, nearly 950,000 Indiana households were already one emergency away from financial ruin a 10-year record high setting the stage for the unprecedented economic impact of the crisis, according to Indiana’s latest ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) report, released in Spring 2020 by Indiana United Ways in partnership with United Way of
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State task force urges new state policies to tackle root causes of poverty, bring opportunity to more Michiganders
State task force urges new state policies to tackle root causes of poverty, bring opportunity to more Michiganders
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of poverty, bring opportunity to more Michiganders
LANSING – Lifting millions of Michiganders out of poverty will require bold new initiatives, expanded state policies and a significant financial investment, according to a new report released today by the Michigan Poverty Task Force.
The group presented its findings – a list of 35 policy recommendations – to
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who created the task force in December 2019 to identify new ways state government can help low-income Michiganders transcend poverty and build a better life.
43% Of Michiganders Struggle To Make Ends Meet
The basic necessities of life get more expensive, and the pay check keeps shrinking.
The program looked at what the minimum costs would be for a single individual and for a family of four would be for food, transportation, taxes, health care, food and other expenses.
Their estimates for Michigan residents for some of the basic necessities fell far above the minimum standards estimated by the federal government for the poverty line.
The average single person would have to earn about $21,000 a year to make ends meet, while a family of four would have to make about $61,000.