SIMULATION PURPOSE
- Experience what living as an ALICE household means today in Marshall County.
- See how inflation is creating impossible choices. Food or healthcare? On a tight family budget, with costs of living increasing, those are the decisions that must be made.
- Understand how United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in Marshall County.
Make 1 Choice For Each:
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Food
- Transportation
- Technology
- Child Care
- Utilities
- Spending Money
15 Credits & 8 Decisions
- Your 15 credits is your household budget for the month.
- You will have options worth between 1 and 3 credits for each of the 8 categories.
- Will you have 1 meal a day or 3? Have reliable transportation or not? Dependable childcare so you can work?
- Inflation means your credits (dollars) don't stretch as far as you need.
- Let's see what you decide.