Connecticut Report Finds 570,000 Households Below Survival Budget in 2024
United Way of Connecticut's annual ALICE report found 39% of state households — 570,000 total — could not afford a basic survival budget covering food, housing, utilities, childcare, healthcare, and transportation in 2024, down slightly from 2023 but still 14.5% higher than pre-pandemic levels. The survival budget threshold for a family of four remained $116,000. The report warns 2025 federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and marketplace subsidies — including projected coverage losses for 110,000 Connecticut Medicaid adults by January 2026 — will likely worsen poverty metrics going forward. State lawmakers have not enacted a proposed child tax credit despite bipartisan support.
Projected Medicaid coverage losses of 110,000 adults by early 2027 will increase uncompensated care costs for safety-net providers and likely shift more residents into emergency-only healthcare access as state budget pressures mount.
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