Valley Assistance Network: ALICE Emergency Fund

We recorded today's conversation in Jennifer Hall's office (Sr. Director of Community Investment for United Way of Northern Shenandoah Valley) at Valley Assistance Network (VAN). Joining us to share a few stories about their clients and the situations they encounter was Yoli De Leon, Interim Manager at VAN. We talked a bit about the population that VAN serves - mainly ALICE (Asset Limited. Income Constrained. Employed) and the types of services they're able to provide through their network of partner agencies. Yoli told us about several of the clients she's currently helping and what that process looks like. Jennifer explained how the ALICE Emergency Fund works and shared several examples of ways they've been able to help people out of an unforeseen emergency to move them towards economic stability. This week is ALICE Awareness Week and there are several opportunities for the public to learn about challenges and solutions to serve this population. Learn more and donate on the United Way website: https://www.unitedwaynsv.org/aliceawareness and follow them on Facebook to see videos with an ALICE story. You can donate to my Facebook fundraiser here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1067379364261751/10225553412848445/