Under its Workforce Investment Act, the Chicago Workforce Investment Board adopted the Self-Sufficiency Standard as its self-sufficiency benchmark.
In Rochester, New York, St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center uses the Standard to establish co-pays for health care services to uninsured and underinsured clients. They strive to provide quality and affordable healthcare to members of the community.
Unlocking the Doors to Higher Education and Training for Massachusetts’ Working Poor Families to advocate for tuition-free community college education and other ways to address financial barriers to education in Massachusetts, citing the need for post-secondary education and training in order to acquire Self-Sufficiency Wage jobs.
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.
This report card on the status of Connecticut women included the number of households living below the Self-Sufficiency Standard and made recommendations to advance women’s equality.
Following the release of the Crittenton Women’s Union, now known as EMPath, Economic Mobility Pathways, 2005 report, Achieving Success in the New Economy: Which Jobs Help Women Reach Economic Self Sufficiency, EMPath established an online Hot Jobs for Women guide.
Gary Community Investments used the Self-Sufficiency Standard for Colorado to target funding that will lead to improved economic security for low-income families.
In Washington D.C., the Standard was used in the 2000 Workforce Investment Act statute which requires that the Workforce Investment Board target job-training dollars in high-growth occupations and assess the quality of the jobs in order to meet the wage and supportive service needs of job seekers.