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DATA RESOURCES & REPORTS

ALICE® REPORT: A STUDY OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN MARYLAND 

The latest ALICE Report reveals that 38% of households can’t afford the state’s high cost of living.
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ALICE Essentials Index

In order to better understand this growing population of struggling households, United For ALICE provides a framework, language, statistics, and tools that community stakeholders can use to inform policy and drive innovation.
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White Paper Overview: The Benefits Cliff

A benefits cliff is the figurative chasm that opens for public assistance recipients who are offered a pay raise.
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White Paper: Holistic Support Can Help Struggling Families

Maryland families and individuals who struggle to get by, or merely survive, confront ongoing barriers to housing, employment, healthcare, and education.
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ALICE in Focus: Veterans

The ALICE data uncovers the harsh realities faced by these struggling veterans. In 2019, more than half (55%) of veterans living in financial hardship spent at least 35% of their income on rent, stretching their budgets even thinner.
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ALICE in Focus: People with Disabilities

50% of people with disabilities in Maryland experience financial hardship and struggle to afford the basics.
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ALICE IN FOCUS: CHILDREN IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

New report and interactive tools reveal that federal poverty data undercounts how many children of all races are growing up in financial insecure households in Maryland and other states.
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Community Impact Reports

Read about our work to improve lives and increase awareness of growing needs in our recent quarterly reports.
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BENEFITS CLIFF REPORT

A study on the potential loss of public benefits to working families resulting from small increases in earned income.
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NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE IN BROOKLYN: FAMILY CENTER ROI

Analysis of Benefits and Return on Investment of The Family Center at United Way's Neighborhood Zone in Brooklyn.
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COVID-19 NONPROFIT SURVEY

Effects of COVID-19 on Maryland Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve.
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COVID-19 IMPACT SURVEY

From March 15 to April 12, 2021, people living in Maryland were invited to take a survey about how their household has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic since March 1, 2020.
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1,000 VOICES COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

The purpose of the One Thousand Voices Project was to hear from the residents of Central Maryland on how to build on the successes in their community and hear innovative approaches on how to address needed concerns.
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CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CARES)

CARES is a small and adventurous group of geographic information specialists, programmers, and data nerds. The CARES platform is an online resource for accessing data, maps, and community needs assessments.
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COMMUNITY COMMONS

Community Commons is a community of change-makers working to create healthy, equitable, sustainable communities. Find curated tools, resources, and inspirational stories to drive your work forward.
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MARYLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPORT CARD

Online repository for the most current information to help stakeholders measure student achievement in all 24 districts from year to year. Data available at state, district, and school level.
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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Access demographic, economic and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Explore census data with visualizations and view tutorials.
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BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATORS ALLIANCE-JACOB FRANCE INSTITUTE (BNIA-JFI)

The BNIA-JFI is a self-support research unit at the University of Baltimore whose core mission is to provide open access to meaningful, reliable, and actionable data about, and for, the City of Baltimore and its communities.
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BALTIMORE'S PROMISE YOUTH DATA SCORECARD

The Baltimore Youth Data Scorecard, a resource that is updated and maintained by Baltimore’s Promise, is designed to make data related to the health and well-being of children and young people living in Baltimore City accessible to all.