ALICE@Work: Building a Thriving Workforce
When your workers thrive, so does your business.
What do retail salespeople, factory workers, and childcare providers have in common?
These and workers like them are the engine that keeps our businesses running smoothly—yet many of them struggle to support themselves or their families. They live in ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) households where earnings can’t keep pace with the cost of living.
Financial instability not only creates and adds to ongoing challenges for ALICE households, it also jeopardizes business productivity and even economic growth. A company that invests in its employees, especially its ALICE workers, experiences greater productivity, less turnover, and a stronger workplace culture.
Workers to help companies:
During these courses, participants build a customized action plan for their company. The ALICE@Work benchmarking report is a powerful tool that helps participants track equity within their company by race/ethnicity, gender, and age.
The ALICE@Work Curriculum:
Following a workforce assessment to benchmark and track progress in key areas that impact ALICE workers, business leaders engage in an interactive curriculum that covers:
The curriculum offers powerful examples from the lives and careers of ALICE.
The ALICE@Work Curriculum is an education program created by United For ALICE with United Way of Northern New Jersey and United Way of South Central Michigan.
