The Self-Sufficiency Standard was used as part of their report Improving Economic Self-Sufficiency For Women and Girls: 2014 Update to explore income adequacy and promote self-sufficiency for women.
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research used the Standard to analyze the additional cost burden faced by elders when older adult children move home.
The San Diego Women’s Foundation focused its 2013-2014 grant cycle on proposals that would help families move toward self-sufficiency.
A 2011 article in Poverty and Public Policy, “Determining Eligibility for Poverty-Based Assistance Programs: Comparing the Federally Established Poverty Level with the Self Sufficiency Standard for Pennsylvania,” compares the Standard with the Federal Policy Measure as an indicator for public assistance eligibility.
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.
PathWays PA frequently cites the Self-Sufficiency Standard, including in Investing in Pennsylvania’s Families: Economic Opportunities for All, a policy publication looking at the needs of working families in Pennsylvania earning less than 200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline.
The nonprofit organization Alabama Arise led a coalition that successfully advocated for more progressive taxes, thereby increasing the income level at which families begin paying taxes.