Jennifer Yochem of the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb (HACD) highlights one of the biggest struggles of ALICE families, which is also one of our most basic human needs . . . shelter. ALICE families are struggling with rising housing costs and mountains of paperwork. Doesn't everyone deserve a roof over their head?

We sit down with Alexandra Sossa, Executive Director of Farmworkers and Landscapers Advocacy Project (FLAP) to talk about an often unseen portion of the ALICE population: immigrant workers. We talk about the services FLAP provides and the barriers to existing services for these families that is compounded by their immigration status.

We talk about some myths about undocumented immigrants in the podcast. Here's an article (that lists its "meatier" source at the bottom) that talks about some of those myths and misconceptions: https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/15-myths-about-immigration-debunked/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/undocumented-immigrants-and-taxes/499604/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/12/americas-immigration-system-broken-heres-how-we-can-fix-column/3317521001/

We are chatting with Christine who runs a local food pantry and is serving more and more ALICE families each week. But Christine is also ALICE herself. She shares her lived experiences and the struggles she and her family are always fighting against to improve their position.