Minnesota Elder Economic Security Standard Index

• Report: The Minnesota Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index
• Policy Brief : Elders Living on the Edge: When Meeting Basic Needs Exceeds Available Income in Minnesota

Minnesota Media

• 8-14-09: Older Women are Struggling in this State (Marie Nelson and Bonnie Watkins Op-Ed) , Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• 2-15-09: Rep. Thissen Commentary: Greatest Generation Now State's Most Vulnerable, Bemidji Pioneer
• 2-14-09: County's Seniors Struggle to Pay Bills, Park Rapids Enterprise
• 2-12-09: Seniors Struggle to Make Ends Meet, Republican Eagle
• 2-12-09: 1 in 5 Minn. Seniors Living on Social Security Not Enough, KNSI AM
• 2-11-09: Report Highlights Elder Living Costs, Bemidji Pioneer
• 2-11-09: Aging with Independence in MN Getting Harder, MN Public News Service
• 2-10-09: Minnesota Public Radio Interview, How People Over 65 Make Ends Meet
• 2-8-09, Pay Dirt: Retirement Funds Often Below Costs, Minneapolis Star Tribune
  

State Resources

• Fact Sheet: Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative
• Presentation: Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative
• Fact Sheet: About the Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative™
• Frequently Asked Questions: About the Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative™
• The Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative for Policy Makers
• The Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative for Advocates
• The Minnesota Elder Economic Security Initiative for Service Providers
• Minnesota Jobs Now Coalition

 

Press Kit

• POST RELEASE - Release of County-by-County Data Reveal a Persistent Pattern of Elders “Coming Up Short” in Minnesota
• Press Briefing Agenda
• Press Briefing Agenda: Teleconference

• Media Advisory: February 10 Release of the Minnesota Elder Economic Security Standard Index

• PRESS RELEASE: Introduction of Measuring American Poverty Act - "Long Overdue" National and State Organizations Show Strong Support Call Federal Poverty Level "Unrealistic"

 

Pictures from the MN Launch: February 10, 2009

 

Joan Kuriansky, WOW Executive Director (center)

 

Senator Rosen (R-MN) and Rep. Thissen (D-MN)

Bonnie Watkins, Executive Director, Minnesota Women's Consortium

 

Jan Mutchler, Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston