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title: Grantee Partner Spotlight - United Way of Northern New Jersey
description: Grunin Foundation's grantee partners are doing incredible work - learn about United Way of Northern New Jersey's ALICE in the Workforce.
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March 09th, 2026 | [Partner Updates](https://blog.gruninfoundation.org/tag/partner-updates)
# Grantee Partner Spotlight - United Way of Northern New Jersey
**by [grunin](https://blog.gruninfoundation.org/author/grunin)**
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#### Grantee Spotlight: United Way of Northern New Jersey
*The Grunin Foundation's support of [United Way of Northern New Jersey](https://www.unitedwaynnj.org/) is used to help ALICE in the NJ Nonprofit Workforce, which impacts Monmouth and Ocean Counties.*
ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and represents the growing number of families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, food, child care, health care, technology, and transportation. These workers often struggle to keep their own households from financial ruin, while keeping our local economies running.
As leaders across the country talk daily about the low-income workers essential to our economy, United Way of Northern NJ developed the ALICE name and measurements in 2009 to shine a spotlight on this group. It represents hardworking families who have been left behind — unable to afford the basics of housing, food, child care, health care, technology, and transportation. Despite working hard as our nation’s child care educators, home health aides, and cashiers, ALICE lives paycheck to paycheck and is one emergency away from falling into financial ruin.
To learn more about United Way of Northern NJ's ALICE work, visit: [unitedwaynnj.org/alice](https://www.unitedwaynnj.org/alice)
Credit and photo credit: [unitedwaynnj.org](https://www.unitedwaynnj.org/)
*Our grantee partners are doing incredible work in the community - advancing an equitable, just, and vibrant Central Jersey Shore. We believe in the sharing of stories, learnings, and accomplishments of people, organizations, and community. Each week, we will highlight a grantee partner who we have funded in the prior quarter. Please visit their websites and learn more about how they are impacting the people they serve and the greater community.*
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