United Way Study Highlights Struggles of Families in Sumner

The Hendersonville Standard has the story of a United Way study focused on families facing financial hardship:

Steve Doremus, executive director of United Way of Sumner County. “Unlike the official federal poverty level, which doesn’t accurately account for local costs of living, our report factors in the costs of housing, food, health care, transportation and other basic needs to determine what it truly costs to live in Tennessee.”

Key findings from ALICE:

*In Sumner County, there were 66,063 households, of which nine percent lived in poverty and another 21 percent were in the ALICE population.

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