The Washington State Snohomish County Workforce Development Council developed a self-sufficiency matrix that can be used in case management or as a self-assessment tool, a measurement tool, and a communication tool.
The Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board has used the Self-Sufficiency Standard since 2000 as part of its priority of service policy in that individuals who are not making a sufficient wage are considered for training.
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.
In 1997, Sonoma County, California adopted the Standard as its formal measure of self-sufficiency and as a benchmark for measuring success in welfare-to-work programs.