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Self-Sufficiency Standard

Arkansas

The Center for Women’s Welfare Self-Sufficiency Standard defines the income working families need to meet a minimum yet adequate level, taking into account family composition, ages of children, and geographic differences in costs. The Standard is an affordability and living wage economic security measure that provides an alternative to the official poverty measure.

Publications

Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Arkansas
May 2023 | Annie Kucklick, Lisa Manzer, and Sarah Brolliar

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Arkansas 2022
August 2022 | Annie Kucklick & Lisa Manzer

Partner

@CADCComAction | cadc.com | Benton, AR

The Central Arkansas Development Council works to alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty to help vulnerable populations and build community throughout Arkansas. Read more.

How to cite

All Self-Sufficiency Standard data that has been produced by the Center for Women’s Welfare is publicly available. When using the data, please credit the Self-Sufficiency Standard at the Center for Women’s Welfare, University of Washington.

Contact cwwsss@uw.edu with any questions regarding methodology or appropriate citation.