Rise Together Bay Area and Insight Center for Community Economic Development’s report Promoting Family Economic Security in the San Francisco Bay Area Region included the Standard as a key benchmark in its economic models.
In Colorado, the Colorado Center on Law and Policy used the Colorado Self-Sufficiency Standard to determine the impact of affordable housing on family stability and upward mobility.
In Maryland, Healthy Montgomery included the Self-Sufficiency Standard for a family of three as part of their Community Dashboard. Additionally, the United Way of Central Maryland used the Standard as a community indicator in their report The State of Basic Needs in Central Maryland.
Unlocking the Doors to Higher Education and Training for Massachusetts’ Working Poor Families to advocate for tuition-free community college education and other ways to address financial barriers to education in Massachusetts, citing the need for post-secondary education and training in order to acquire Self-Sufficiency Wage jobs.
In Maryland, Advocates for Children and Youth used the Self-Sufficiency Standard in their Maryland Can Do Better for Children campaign, a three-year plan to address critical needs of children and their families by 2010.