Tiffany Mensch, president and CEO of United Way of Collier and the Keys, in her office in Naples. Mensch said in Collier County, 32% of the population falls into a category of being employed but still facing financial instability. Photo by Liz Gorman
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Number of struggling households in Southwest Florida on the rise
Wages for the lowest-paying jobs have risen across the country at the fastest rate in four decades, but the number of households struggling to get by in Florida grew by 189,614 from 2021 to 2022 according to a new report from United Way of Collier and the Keys and its research partner United for ALICE.
