Self-Sufficiency Standard

California

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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@InsightCCED | insightcced.org | Oakland, CA 

A national economic justice organization, the Insight Center is working to build inclusion and equity form people of color, women, immigrants, and low-income families. Read more.

The Standard helps support the development of the Insight Center’s Family Needs Calculator which has been used in their work around reform of criminal legal fines and fees.

 

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.

The Standard in Use - California

Kidsdata.org

Kidsdata.org The Dave and Lucille Packard Foundation includes the Self-Sufficiency Standard in Kidsdata.org, a database tool providing access to information about the health and well-being

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Labor Union Negotiations

Labor Union Negotiations The Standard has been used in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Hawaii, Nebraska, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington State

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Leichtag Foundation

Leichtag Foundation The Leichtag Foundation in San Diego used a self-sufficiency grant program aimed at giving people the tools they need to break the cycle

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