The Washington State Snohomish County Workforce Development Council developed a self-sufficiency matrix that can be used in case management or as a self-assessment tool, a measurement tool, and a communication tool.
When the Oklahoma Department of Human Services proposed large increases in child care co-payments, the Community Action Project (CAP) of Tulsa County used analyses based on the Self-Sufficiency Standard in their report, Increased Child Care Co-Payments Threaten Access to Care for Low Income Families, resulting in the Department rescinding the proposed increases.
Fort Carson in Colorado was one of the first military bases to consider reviewing its vendor contracts using the Self-Sufficiency Standard. Their sustainability plan sought vendors who pay “livable wages” to their employees, as defined by the Standard.
This article documents the challenge of acquiring child care subsidies in Philadelphia in the article “The Difficulty of Obtaining a Child Care Subsidy: Implications for Policy and Practice.”
PathWays PA frequently cites the Self-Sufficiency Standard, including in Investing in Pennsylvania’s Families: Economic Opportunities for All, a policy publication looking at the needs of working families in Pennsylvania earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline.
The Nebraska Appleseed Center developed job quality standards using the Self-Sufficiency Standard to hold corporations more accountable for the money they receive. Corporations must meet these standards prior to accessing public funds.
The Self-Sufficiency Standard was an integral tool for increasing Hawaii’s minimum wage to $6.75 on January 1, 2006 and $7.25 on January 1, 2007.
Georgetown University students ended a nine-day hunger strike when the University administration agreed to improve wages for the low-paid custodial, food service, and security workers.
The Colorado Center on Law and Policy successfully lobbied the Eastern Regional Workforce Board in Fort Morgan, Colorado to adopt the Self-Sufficiency Standard as the eligibility measure for training and intensive services.
In December 2005, the Human Services Coalition of Dade County in Florida, issued a policy brief titled Nonprofits, Government, and the New War on Poverty: Beating the Odds in a Global Economy, which used the Standard to examine Florida’s human services sector from an economic and community perspective.