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Self-Sufficiency Standard

Michigan

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.

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The Food Bank Council of Michigan (FBCM) works to implement a unified strategy to address and alleviate hunger in Michigan by increasing emergency food resources and advocating on behalf of the hunger relief network. Read more.

FBCM uses the Standard to inform policy evaluation and development statewide.

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.