Building Economic Security for All: Metrics Matter, CFES, Cal-EESI, MS


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Metrics Matter: An Innovation Network for Economic Security

  • Measuring Up: Aspirations for Economic Security in the 21st Century
    This report describes how the government and others measure and shape the public conversation about what it takes to be economically secure in the U.S.  Metrics covered include: the Federal Poverty Guidelines, the Supplemental Poverty Measure, as well as a range of family budgets, asset scorecards and multi-dimensional indices using an age, race or gender lens.

California Self-Sufficiency Standard Resources & Publications

Self-Sufficiency Standard & Demographic Analysis


FAQs & Factsheets


Self-Sufficiency Standard & Direct Service, Advocacy, Grantmaking, and Evaluation


Self-Sufficiency Standard & Workforce Development and Job Quality


Best Practices for Building Economic Security


California Elder Economic Security Index Resources & Publications

Elder Index & Demographic Analysis


Factsheets

  • California Elder Economic Security Initiative describes the Insight Center's statewide coalition to improve the economic security of California's older adults as measured by the Elder Index.
  • Cal-EESI: How the Elder Index is Used highlights innovative examples from a wide range of leaders who are using the Elder Index to help ensure that older Californians have the resources they need to live a basic, but dignified standard of living.
  • FAQ supplies the answers to common questions about the Elder Economic Security Standard Index and the California Elder Economic Security Initiative.

Using the Elder Index

Mississippi Self-Sufficiency Standard Resouces & Publications

Self-Sufficiency Standard & Demographic Analysis


Using the Self-Sufficiency Standard


Best Practices for Building Economic Security


Additional Resources

  • Demonstrating Impact: Tracking Clients' Progress Toward Economic Security (2013)
    • Webinar PDF 
    • 2013 Women's Initiative Fact Sheet PDF
    • Job Creation Overview PDF
    • Local Economic Impact PDF