The Center for Women's Welfare is dedicated to research that influences contemporary policy issues of income inequality and economic opportunity.
The Center for Women’s Welfare’s (CWW) serves as a resource and research center to support the continued development and refinement of The Self-Sufficiency Standard, related research, tools and products. Through its primary project, The Self-Sufficiency Standard, CWW researches and develops effective tools to measure poverty and income inadequacy by calculating the real cost of living
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10/28/2021
research shows that the agenda could reduce the annual income needed to meet basic needs by HALF for families with young children in Washington State. This means 95,000 households could move to income adequacy.
See more analysis on the Build Back Better framework here:
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10/07/2021
The 2021 Self-Sufficiency Report released today. Here's why it's important. - United Way of New York City New York City experienced a sudden and substantial economic crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overlooked and Undercounted 2021: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in New York City illuminates the characteristics of the 36% (816,151) of households prior to the pandemic that struggled with the ev...
07/27/2021
The Self-Sufficiency Standard Summer Newsletter -
The Self-Sufficiency Standard Summer Newsletter Welcome to summer! After surviving the PNW record breaking heat wave, we are enjoying our beautiful (yet unseasonably dry) summer days.
05/14/2021
2021 Self-Sufficiency Standard data for California is now available to download on our website - thanks to Insight Center for Community Economic Development for partnering on this work.
http://selfsufficiencystandard.org/California
California | Self Sufficiency Standard Self-Sufficiency Standard for California (PDF)2018 | 2014 | 2011 | 2008 | 2003 | 2000 | 1996 Self-Sufficiency Standard Tables [Excel]2021 | 2018 | 2014 | 2011 | 2008 | 2003 | 2000 Demographic ReportOverlooked and Undercounted 2009: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in CaliforniaOverlooked and Undercounte...
04/09/2021
Please take action today! Cash to support themselves & their children is critical for survivors' stability. The state's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grant has remained virtually unchanged since the 90's, but the cost of rent & other essentials has sharply increased. Join us in telling to raise the TANF grant by 15%. Here's how: bit.ly/IncreaseTANF2021
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Thrilled to partner with FPWA on the most recent New York State Self-Sufficiency Standard Report!
03/05/2021
News from Oregon: all 3 and 4 year-olds living in Multnomah County will now be able to access free, high-quality, developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive preschool experiences. Children living in families who have below-Self-Sufficiency wages often experience larger barriers to preschool. This is a great step to ensuring all children have equitable opportunity to quality preschool. Multnomah County, Oregon
Preschool for All Preschool for All will give 3 and 4 year olds in Multnomah County access to free, high-quality, developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive preschool experiences.
02/19/2021
This day last year, we released the The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Wyoming 2020 and an updated Self-Sufficiency Calculator!
Both can be found at https://wywf.org/economic-self-sufficiency-standard/.
The Self-Sufficiency Standard and additional tools show the basic cost of living across Wyoming based on family type and geography.
We also debuted a new downloadable tool, County Viz Data. You can use the County Viz Data to quickly visualize The Self-Sufficiency Standard for multiple different family types in your county, compared side by side to the Federal Poverty Guidelines and Full-Time Minimum Wage, in one user-friendly place.
Huge thank you to all involved in this project including the Wyoming Council for Women (WCW), Center for Women's Welfare at the University of Washington and Dr. Diana Pearce.
Visit wywf.org to learn more about .
📷 by Wyoming Community Foundation of Trish Worley and Tara Muir with the Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, WCW Chair Jennifer Wilmetti, WYWF Board Chair Megan Degenfelder, WYWF staff Bekah Smith and Alex Shannon and Jennifer Simon with the Equality State Policy Center posed in the rotunda of the Wyoming State Capitol Building.
01/06/2021
NEW REPORT FROM : Workers’ wages increased in 52 cities, counties, and states on or around New Year’s Day 2021—many reaching or surpassing $15 an hour.
https://www.nelp.org/publication/raises-from-coast-to-coast-in-2021/
11/02/2020
Thanks to our partners at the Workforce Development Council of Seattle King County and IKEA for their continued partnership in getting this data published for Washington State.
Self-sufficiency demands higher wages, according to new research Researcher Annie Kucklick was surprised to learn that the cost of living is higher in Seattle than it is in Brooklyn, New York. However, that appears to be the new
