A restored Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) at the state level will provide needed flexible income for struggling families, while providing an important economic stimulus.

• Restore the CT EITC to at least 30% of a filer's federal EITC and expand eligibility. For every EITC dollar a recipient earns, they return $1.24 to the economy*.
   
• Establish a state CTC to offset the cost of caring for a child or dependent with disabilities. For every CTC dollar a recipient earns, they return $1.38 to the economy*.

* Moody’s Fiscal Multiplier Estimates

The path to a successful future begins with access to affordable, quality child care, opportunities for youth success, and the support needed to pursue a good education.

• Support more funding for early care and education and improve access to reliable, affordable and quality child care including through the State’s Care4Kids childcare subsidy.
• Invest in systems that provide for children across all communities a clear path to economic prosperity through education; invest in initiatives that enable more children to perform at grade level.

Access to good jobs, affordable housing, and asset-building resources will allow ALICE households to work towards a more secure financial future.

• Bridge the gap between stagnant wages and the growing cost of raising a family. Improve service delivery and better coordinate child care, job training, and work supports that will lead to success for the whole family.
• Support equitable pathways for career opportunities that meet employers’ needs and provide wages that support families, including through Connecticut’s Workforce Strategic Plan.

Social and economic factors (access to nutritious food, stable housing, reliable transportation, and mental health services) greatly influence ALICE’s health outcomes. Access to preventive care is essential.

• Increase the income eligibility for HUSKY/Medicaid and expand access to affordable and quality health and dental insurance.
• Streamline access to health and human services, and provide coordinated and consistent access to services by maintaining and growing support for 211.

ALICE Advocacy Forum
When Ends Don’t Meet: Supporting ALICE Households Post-Pandemic and Beyond
Join Connecticut United Ways and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity to highlight some of the concrete steps Connecticut can take to better support ALICE, and how proposed legislation could help stabilize our ALICE families.

Virtual ALICE Town Hall
ALICE in the Workforce
Join us for our final virtual town hall to delve into the issues affecting ALICE in the workplace, as we look toward what economic recovery from the pandemic looks like through a lens of racial and gender equity.