The Financial Literacy Independence Program (FLIP) utilized the Standard to teach young women the actual cost of living in New York City and what is needed to become economically self-sufficient.
Many states in the Kids Count! Project use the Standard as an indicator of economic well-being or security to determine the well-being of children and how to best invest in them.
The report Poverty Doesn’t Fly, performed by the Harry Bridges Labor Center at the University of Washington, analyzed the economic impact of a proposed $15 minimum wage on workers at the Portland International Airport.
Dr. Pearce testified as an expert witness in the case City of Richland vs. Wakefield for a woman who was ordered to pay court fees, despite her inability to pay.
Rise Together published their Promoting Family Economic Security in the San Francisco Bay Area Region Report to highlight the extent of poverty in the Bay Area and present simulations of potential solutions to help families become self-sufficient.
In Connecticut, the Self-Sufficiency Standard has been adopted at the state level since 1998. It has been used in planning state-supported job training, placement and employment retention programs, and has been distributed to all state agencies that counsel individuals seeking education, training, or employment.
The Missouri Women’s Council of the Department of Economic Development used the Standard to begin a program for low-income women that promotes nontraditional career development, leading to jobs paying Self-Sufficiency Wages.
The Real Living Wage NYC Campaign uses the Standard to advocate in support of a $20 per hour “living wage.” They promote economic justice measures and policy change.
The Raise the Wage Oregon Campaign performed an analysis called Lifting the Floor: Self-Sufficiency Wages in Oregon uses the Standard to argue for a $13.50 statewide minimum wage.
The Women’s Fund of Mississippi revamped their grant-making and advocacy work to focus on the overall goal of economic self-sufficiency for women, using the Self Sufficiency Standard as the underlying blueprint for these changes.