2023-2024 Changemaker Grants
Q2: ALICE® - Barriers to Financial Security
ALICE, an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, represents the growing number of families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and technology. This grant pool of funding will focus on making a positive impact in the Tri-County community by supporting 3 local nonprofits with a minimum of $33,000 each, to expand services beyond current eligibility requirements and provide much needed services for those falling below the ALICE Threshold. These workers often struggle to keep their own households from financial ruin, while keeping our local communities running.
Grants will allow organizations to expand beyond current eligibility requirements to provide much needed services for those falling below the ALICE Threshold, and in categories where funding is often not available, particularly:
- Transportation
- Childcare
- Technology
- Other costs of household basics based on the ALICE Household Survivial Budget
Examples of services include providing monthly bus passes, assisting with childcare application fees, childcare downpayments or payments, smart phone plans, housing, food and healthcare.
2023 ALICE Barriers to Financial Security Grant Recipients
HALOS promotes safe and nurturing homes for children in kinship care. Kinship care is when a family member or close family friend steps up to take in a child who cannot live with their parents. HALOS provides a comprehensive system of support for kinship families so the caregivers and children can thrive.
Origin SC empowers individuals to achieve financial, housing, and mental health stability through advocacy, counseling and education.
Our Lady of Mercy Community Outreach Services' (OLMCOS) mission is to build equitable communities and empower individuals to reach their full potential by providing basic and emergency needs, education, employment and health services.
Questions? Please email funding@tuw.org