The Department of Economic Development for Austin, TX creates visualizations to demonstrate the hourly wage needed for different family types in Travis County.
The Wyoming Community Foundation, in their publication the Wyoming Kids Count Data Book, includes the Standard in their analysis of income and poverty. They investigate ways to close the gap between currently earned incomes and the Self-Sufficiency Standard.
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.
The Children’s Council of San Francisco, which advocates for quality child care and education, uses the Standard to demonstrate the burden of child care costs.
The Olympia Food Cooperative uses the Self-Sufficiency Standard for eligibility for their Cooperative Access Program which offers a free annual membership and a grocery discount.
Boulder Valley School District’s preschool program uses the Self-Sufficiency Standard to qualify families for scholarships.
Boulder Valley School District is committed to making preschool affordable and accessible for every family.
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 of children across California.
In California’s Santa Clara County, the Self-Sufficiency Standard was used in a sectoral employment intervention analysis that focused on the availability of nontraditional jobs, the geographical spread of those jobs, the availability of training resources, and wage rates.
In Pennsylvania, many groups, including PathWays PA, have used the Standard to model the impact of a state Earned Income Tax Credit on the ability of a family to reach self-sufficient wages.
The Leichtag Foundation in San Diego used a self-sufficiency grant program aimed at giving people the tools they need to break the cycle of poverty. As of 2020, the Leichtag Foundation is no longer supporting grant-making in Self-Sufficiency.
