Advocate

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Advocate for your neighbor

Take action for people who are struggling to get by in our community

Join United Way of Greater New Haven to advocate for local individuals and families. Too many working households in our community struggle to feed their families, ensure their medical care, maintain their housing and access affordable child care. When you become an advocate with United Way, you can help everyone have the opportunity to take care of their basic needs and reach their full potential.

Many people in our community do not have the income to pay for necessities such as housing, food, child care, health care, technology and transportation – even though they may work multiple jobs. The acronym United Way uses to describe households facing this challenge is ALICE, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. You can help ALICE families achieve a more secure financial future by joining United Way’s advocacy efforts.

Getting to Know ALICE

By becoming an advocate, you are helping people you may know. ALICE is the essential health care worker caring for our aging parents at home. ALICE is the teaching assistant who helps our children learn, or the bus driver who gets our kids to school. ALICE fixes our cars and works in our local shops and restaurants. Learn more about our advocacy efforts below. Contact us to get involved.

 

WE ADVOCATE FOR

Create a fully refundable Connecticut Child Tax Credit

Fund 211 at $4.5M in FY26 and $4M in FY27

Fund Homelessness Prevention, Crisis Response, and Housing

by Supporting the CT CAN End Homelessness Policy Agenda

Stabilize the Child Care Sector

by Supporting the CT Early Childhood Alliance Policy Agenda

LEARN MORE

250 people in shelters moved to hotels during the Covid-19 pandemic

MEET ALICE: WORKING FAMILIES WHO STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET

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