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Hear how United Way helped Mason, a construction worker, stay afloat financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hear how United Way helped Angela, a working wife and mother who juggles three jobs and caregiving for her husband and son, both of whom are living with disabilities.

Hear how United Way's free tax preparation program helped Jennifer, a single mother, establish a savings fund.

Three individuals who were helped throughout the COVID-19 pandemic through the efforts of United Way of Northern New Jersey and its donors share messages of thanks. Hear from a construction worker who benefitted from emergency financial assistance when he became unemployed during the pandemic, a single mother who received free tax preparation services, and a wife and mother who received free technology that made it possible for her to continue to work and be a caregiver to family members living with disabilities.

United Way of Northern New Jersey works to remove the barriers that keep ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) and those in poverty from achieving financial stability. In New Jersey, 1.2 million households were already living paycheck to paycheck before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. With so many families facing an uncertain future, the stakes couldn’t be higher -- for everyone. As we rebuild our economy, United Way believes that securing racial and economic equity for ALICE will improve life for all.

From a construction worker to restaurant worker to office worker, hear how donors to the ALICE Recovery Fund helped make a difference in the lives of some of the 700 families who received assistance in northern New Jersey.

United Way is supporting communities across the world struggling to cope with COVID-19. To donate to United Way Worldwide's COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund or give to a local United Way relief fund visit: unitedway.org/strong

United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. To live better we must #LiveUnited. Join the fight at https://unitedway.org/liveunited

United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. No matter the obstacles. No matter the odds. We surround our community’s most critical problems and we fight. Change doesn’t happen alone. We have one life – to live better, we must Live United.