United Way NCFL President & CEO Featured on Latest Episode of NPR Podcast
Amber Miller, President and CEO of United Way North Central Florida and Dr. Stephanie Hoopes from United for ALICE discuss the ALICE Disaster Assistance Tracker, a new data tool which includes information on how weather and other disasters have impacted households in the North Central Florida area since 2010.
The episode features United Way North Central Florida's partnership with United for ALICE, a national research organization that expands our understanding of financial hardship by spotlighting households that are ALICE® -- Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The ALICE Disaster Assistance Tracker combines weekly updated FEMA data with annual ALICE data to help communities better understand where disasters have hit hardest; the resulting number of assistance applications, approvals and enials; and the types of assistance received by households at different income level.s
“Tell Me About It” is a weekly audio storytelling series hosted by Sue Wagner, WUFT community relations coordinator, focusing on events, organizations and research projects by those that helped create them and those that have benefited. "Tell Me About It" is broadcast Sundays at 7 a.m. on WUFT-FM 89.1/90.1.