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Low-income families are finding permanent housing
- Permanent housing first step to economic independence
- Family with median income can’t afford nearly 75% of homes in South Florida market
- Over 5,000 Miami-Dade residents are homeless
- Last year, through community plan, 556 individuals and families who couldn’t afford housing on their own found permanent housing
Individuals are learning job skills and finding jobs
- Job is second step to economic independence; good job skills are essential to holding onto employment
- Miami-Dade is 4th poorest major metro area in US, with lowest median income
- 17% live below poverty line of $19,350 annual income for family of four or $9,570 for one person); 4.6% unemployed
- Last year, community plan helped 1,530 workers got the skills and support to find and keep jobs and take care of their families
Low-wage earners are accessing tax benefits and learning financial skills
- Financial management crucial to staying afloat economically
- Last year, community plan helped United Way partner with Miami-Dade Prosperity Campaign to connect low-wage earners with available tax benefits such as Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Families who qualify can get between $399 and $4,400 through EITC
- In 2005, Prosperity Campaign brought $1.4 million in EITC dollars to Miami-Dade economy
- Free tax preparations saved over 2,000 low-income workers a total of $188,000 in tax prep fees
- More than 1,500 people accessed financial literacy classes
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