Working with Students in Poverty

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for California

cfess@nedlc.org

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for California for 2003 describes the income required by California 's working families to pay for the basic needs of rent, food, child care, health care, transportation, miscellaneous costs, and taxes, on a county-by-county basis. The Standard is calculated for every county of California , and is calculated for 70 family types. 

A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.

www.ahaprocess.com

This workbook teaches the hidden rules of economic class and spreads the message that, despite the obstacles poverty can create in all types of interaction, there are specific strategies for overcoming them.  

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