CONNECT NY

Being Poor - Meet ALICE, the Working Poor

Season 3 Episode 305 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Can ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) New Yorkers be considered poor?

The Connect: NY team meets an ALICE qualified EMT and mother to gain an understanding of how her decisions and compromises are made based on her resources. Susan Arbetter sits down with a panel of experts to further discuss how the employed can be considered impoverished, what can be done to push vulnerable ALICE families out of financial danger, and why our poverty parameters are outdated.

05/22/2017 | Rating TV-G

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CONNECT NY is a local public television program presented by WCNY

CONNECT NY

Being Poor - Meet ALICE, the Working Poor

Season 3 Episode 305 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

05/22/2017 | Rating TV-G

Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback

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News and Public Affairs

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TV-G

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