California
California Self-Sufficiency Standard Calculator
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for California 2008
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for California 2008, Index by County
The Self-Sufficiency Standard for California 2003
California Media
- 12-5-08, Ghosts of Christmas Present, Pacific Sun (Mill Valley, CA)
- 9-29-08, The High Cost of Making it in Marin, Marin Independent Journal
- 7-27-08, 1 parent, 2 kids need $66,966 salary to afford O.C., OC Register
- 6-19-08, 2 of 3 struggling to survive in capital of glitz, glamour
Poverty a reality for most in county, LA Daily News - 6-1-08, Partnering to create a thriving economy in Ventura County, EDC Impact. Supplement to the Pacific Coast Business Times.
- California Media Archive
California Resources
- 2008 California Self-Sufficiency Standard: Methodology Appendix
- Finding Common Ground, Exploring Barriers to Prosperity for Bay Area Working Families – United Way of Bay Area Briefing
- Keeping the Goal In Sight: Ideas for Using a Self-Sufficiency Index and Online Calculator to Help Families Move Out of Poverty 2006
- CFESS Comments to Senator Alpert (D-CA) on Master Plan for Education 2002
- Coalition of Northern California Organizations Urge HHS to Adopt Welfare Policies that Reduce Poverty, Not Caseloads 2001
- Comments on Higher Education Act- Letter to Committee on Education and the Workforce U.S. House of Representatives 2002
- Basic Costs of Living Skyrocketing for Working Adults in California – Press Release
- Overlooked and Undercounted – A New Perspective on the Struggle to Make Ends Meet in California
- Good Jobs = Good Business Moving Families Out of Poverty Through Education and Training
- Working Families are In the Red!- Media Advisory
- The State of Welfare in ButteCounty
- Setting the Real Standard for Bay Area Working Families United Way of the Bay Area Bottom Line Report
- Using the California Self-Sufficiency Standard in Practice – Ideas for Organizations and Public Agencies Working to Move Families Out of Poverty
STATE PARTNER ORGANIZATION
tel (213) 235-2614
Californians for Family Economic Security (CFES)
Insight Center for Community and Economic Development (formerly NEDLC)
Susie Smith, Director, CFES
2201 Broadway, Suite 815
Oakland, CA 94612
tel (510) 251-2600 ext. 114
fax (510) 251-0600
www.insightcced.org
ssmith@insightcced.org
Jenny Chung, Attorney/Program Manager