Tools to Promote Self-Sufficiency: The Pennsylvania Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project (PA FESS)

This innovative program has stimulated an ongoing collaboration among individuals and organizations from the public, nonprofit, business, education, and job-training sectors to discern what is really needed to establish economic self-sufficiency in low-income families. The PA FESS provides advocacy for TANF recipients and movement toward long-term family economic well-being. The PA FESS materials are designed to provide answers to low wage earners as well as public officials, caseworkers,social workers and other educators who need easy-to-use tools to help families make the choices they need to move toward economic independence.

Materials available through the PA FESS include:

• The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Pennsylvania
• Making Wages Work
• Reflections on Leaving Welfare
• Things You Should Know About PA's TANF Program
• The Budget Worksheet
• EITC (federal) and PA Tax-Back information and outreach
• Food Stamp Outreach Flyers

To learn more about the PA FESS, please contact the Project Director at 610/543-5022.