The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future uses the Self-Sufficiency Standard as demographic data in their Maryland Food System Map, which provides data on food systems, the environment, and public health.
An evaluation of Maryland’s refugee resettlement program by the Roosevelt Institute, “Raising Refugee Voices: Promoting Participatory Refugee Resettlement Evaluation in Maryland,” used the Standard as a living wage estimate to support economic development programs and improve policies for refugees.
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.
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.
