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How the Standard Differs from the Federal Poverty Measure

General Material

Wider Opportunities for Women has created a self-sufficiency standard to determine how much money working adults need to meet their basic needs without subsidies. While this standard is not used for eligibility for federal assistance programs, it provides an interesting context for the existing federal poverty guidelines.