California Elder Economic Security Standard Index

• The California Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index

  • Statewide Data
  • County-by-County Data
  • Elders Living on the Edge: The Impact of California Support Programs When Income Falls Short in Retirement

  California Media

• 5-9-09, 聖縣911中心使用新燃料電池, Chinese World Journal
• 5-7-09, California Pushes for Change of Federal Guidelines as More Elders Live in Poverty, China View News
• 3-26-09, Wiggins Co-Authors Legislation Designed to Help Seniors, Eureka Standard Times
• 3-22-09, 聯邦貧窮指標與時代脫節, Chinese World Journal
• 3-19-09, Ethnic Elders Find it Harder to Make Ends Meet, New America Media
• 3-3-09, No Time to Forget Seniors, Vallejo Times Herald
• 3-2-09, Struggling Seniors Shouldn’t Remain Invisible, Contra Costa Times
• 3-2-09, Barstow’s Seniors are no Exception to Recession Woes, Desert Dispatch
• 3-1-09, Economy puts Seniors in Hard Spot, San Bernardino County Sun
• 2-27-09, California’s Single Seniors Can’t Make Ends Meet, US Fed News
• 2-25-09, Single Seniors Feel Pain of the Recession, The Desert Sun
• 2-24-09, State's Older Adults Feeling the Squeeze, San Francisco Chronicle
• 2-24-09, Almost Half of California Seniors Struggle to Survive, San Jose Mercury News
• 2-24-09, Many Area Seniors Struggling Financially, La Jolla Light
• 2-23-09, East Bay Seniors Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Contra Costa Times
• 5-4-08, High Living Costs Challenge Seniors, Contra Costa Times
• 4-19-08, In Session: To Receive that 'Stimulus' Check, Do More Than Assume, Chico Enterprise-Record
• 3-12-2008, Low Income Seniors Find Public Help Hard to Get, LA Daily News
• 2-26-08, Federal poverty line grossly underestimates the needs of California's seniors says new UCLA report, EurekAlert
• 2-26-08, Poverty Line Set Too Low, redwoodage.com
• 2-26-08, Helping seniors cope with high cost of living, Marin Independent Journal
• 2-26-08, Tough Times for Fresno's Seniors: New county-specific data reveals true impact of state budget cuts on elderly, Central Valley Business Street
• 2-26-08, Federal poverty line grossly underestimates the needs of California's seniors says new UCLA report, GenRef.com
• 2-27-08, Cost of living too costly for seniors, Ventura County Star
• 2-27-08, California Report, KQED Radio
• 2-29-08, Cost Of Living Increase Having Impact On San Diego Seniors, Streaming Video to right of article. Channel 10 News Report
• 2-29-08, Politically Speaking, NBC San Diego, Streaming video
• 2-29-08, Study Finds Seniors' Expenses Exceed Income, Desert Dispatch
  

State Resources

• AB 324 Support Letter to California Governor
• Overlooked & Undeserved: New Data Gives Face To Nearly One Million Struggling Seniors - Power Point Presentation
• AB 324: Elder Economic Dignity Act of 2009 Fact Sheet
• California’s Struggling Seniors: Overlooked & Underserved One-Pager
• Overlooked & Underserved: Cal-EESI FAQ
• Health Policy Research Brief: Half A Million Older Californians Living Alone Unable to Make Ends Meet
• Proposal: Elder Economic Dignity Act of 2009
• Insight Center for Community Economic Development Written
  Testimony to the House Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee on the Measuring American Poverty Act, July 31, 2008
• Press Statement: "Tough Times for California's Seniors" -  Announcing the launch of the Cal-EESI initiative and Legislative Hearing
• California Elder Economic Security Initiative Release Materials and Press Information
• The California Elder Economic Security Initiative™
• Elders Living on the Edge: The Impact of California Support Programs
  When Income Falls Short in Retirement -- full brief
• Federal Poverty Guideline Underestimates Costs of Living for Older Persons in California
• The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Press Kit

• PRESS RELEASE: Release of California Data on Poverty Reinforces Need to Pass AB 324
• PRESS RELEASE: Tough Times for LA’s Seniors
• PRESS RELEASE: Tough Times for Fresno's Seniors
• PRESS RELEASE: Tough Times for Bay Area Seniors
• PRESS RELEASE: California Seniors Overlooked & Underserved
  New County-by-County Data Gives Face to California’s Struggling Elderly
• PRESS RELEASE: California Elders Living on the Edge New Measure Proves Federal Poverty Line Grossly Underestimates Seniors' Needs
• PRESS RELEASE: Introduction of Measuring American Poverty Act - "Long Overdue" National and State Organizations Show Strong Support Call Federal Poverty Level "Unrealistic"