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Preview of Report Findings Board of Directors’ Meeting July 28, 2011

Making Ends Meet in Howard County Work Support Study, 2011 Marsha R. B. Schachtel Shelley E. Spruill Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies. Preview of Report Findings Board of Directors’ Meeting July 28, 2011. Study Elements. Effects of increasing income on eligibility for work supports

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Preview of Report Findings Board of Directors’ Meeting July 28, 2011

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  1. Making Ends Meet in Howard CountyWork Support Study, 2011Marsha R. B. SchachtelShelley E. SpruillJohns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies Preview of Report Findings Board of Directors’ Meeting July 28, 2011

  2. Study Elements • Effects of increasing income on eligibility for work supports • Portrait of the working poor in Howard County • Industries and occupations in Howard County that are growing and pay a self sufficiency wage • Paths to self sufficiency

  3. Income

  4. Educational Attainment

  5. Federal Poverty Level (FPL) versus Howard County Self-sufficiency

  6. Lose Tax Assistance s Lose Home Energy Assistance Lose Food Stamps Lose Food Bank Grants Lose Eligibility for Public Housing Lose Eviction Prevention Lose Primary Adult Care Lose Earned Income Tax Credit

  7. Lose Eviction Prevention Lose SNAP Lose TCA Lose HCVP FARM Benefits Reduced Lose Medicaid Eligibility

  8. Lose TCA Lose Eviction Prevention Lose Child Care Subsidy Lose Head Start Lose HCVP Lose Medicaid Lose Food Stamps

  9. Working Poor Labor Shed Analysis (cont.):Occupation

  10. Public Policy Committee Next Steps • Consider strategies to address key findings • Struggle for working poor; disincentives to earn more • Necessity of affordable, accessible child care • Need for career coaching to help benefits recipients understand increased income is essential to long-term stability • Need for HC community to understand precariousness of “working poor”

  11. Study Release Strategy • August 5 PAC Steering Cmte members • September 7 Pre-release PPC briefingfor County leadership • September 21 ACS General Membership Meeting: members & media • September 22 Present to BPSS • Ongoing Use of ACS networking opps. • Gavel group; First Fridays group • Front line service worker education/training

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