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.
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 United Way of Butler County has established a goal of reducing the number of families and individuals living below the self-sufficiency standard by 30% by the year 2030 – “30 by 30,” and has allocated funds to local nonprofits working towards this goal.
ACHIEVEability, based in West Philadelphia, strives to break the cycle of poverty by helping families move towards financial freedom. They have used the Standard to measure progress towards financial self-sufficiency by connecting clients with living wage jobs, post-secondary education, and permanent housing.
In Washington State, the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County adopted the Self-Sufficiency Standard as its official measure of self-sufficiency and continues to use the Standard as a program evaluation benchmark.
In Oregon, the Prosperity Planner, a Self-Sufficiency Standard online counseling tool, is used by WorkSource Center staff to determine training scholarship awards and to support service needs of job seekers.
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 Office of Forecasting, Research and Analysis for the State of Oregon uses the Standard to help model the impacts of tax policy.
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.
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.
