ALICE Needs Your Help
More than 4 in 10 Brevard households are working hard and still can’t cover the basics.
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ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. ALICE households earn more than the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford the basics where they live: housing, child care, food, transportation, health care and a cell phone plan.
They are our child care workers, cashiers, cooks, bank tellers and delivery drivers. They keep our community running, yet one car repair or medical bill can put them in crisis. And because they earn “too much,” they often don’t qualify for help.
United Way Space Coast invests in programs that help ALICE households stay afloat and move forward.
Source: United For ALICE, The State of ALICE in Florida (2026 Report, 2024 data).
ALICE in Brevard County (2024)
- 43%of Brevard households are below the ALICE Threshold: 32% are ALICE and 10% are in poverty (figures are rounded)
- 83%of single-mother households with children are below the ALICE Threshold
- $101,484a year to cover basics for a family of four with two children in child care ($50.74 an hour). A single adult needs $35,484 ($17.74 an hour).
ALICE in Florida (2024)
- 47%of Florida households (4.27 million) are below the ALICE Threshold, compared with 41% nationally
- 47thout of 50 states and D.C. for financial hardship (1st has the least)
- $91,332cost of basics for a Florida family of four, compared with $71,474 earned by two full-time workers (a cook and a bank teller)