Self-Sufficiency Standard
Connecticut
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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@OHS_CT | portal.ct.gov/OHS | Hartford, CT
Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy implements comprehensive, data driven strategies that promote equal access to high quality health care, control costs and ensure better health for the people of Connecticut. Read more.
OHS uses the Standard to aid in the development of a healthcare affordability standard.
@compbraswell | osc.ct.gov | Hartford, CT
The Office of the State Comptroller provides accounting and financial services, to administer employee and retiree benefits, to develop accounting policy and exercise accounting oversight, and to prepare financial reports for state, federal and municipal governments and the public. Read more.
OSC partnered with OHS and researchers at the UW School of Social Work and UCONN AIMS to develop the Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index.
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 - Connecticut
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