Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
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Section 3: Report of Findings

IX. Economy, Employment & Welfare

Table EW-2:

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Cortland County, NY, 2000

 

Monthly Costs
Adult
Adult + infant
Adult + infant preschooler
Adult + schoolage teenager
Adult + infant preschooler schoolage
2 Adult + infant preschooler
2 Adult + preschooler schoolage
2 Adult + infant preschooler schoolage
Housing
425
532
532
532
665
532
532
665
Child Care
0
422
881
281
1163
881
740
1163
Food
164
241
325
429
437
466
511
564
Transportation
184
190
190
190
190
364
364
364
Health Care
118
263
284
289
305
338
317
359
Miscellaneous
89
165
221
172
276
258
246
311
Taxes
199
286
423
200
600
498
447
661
Earned Income
Tax Credit (-)
0
-65
0
-199
0
0
0
0
Child Care Tax Credit (-)
0
-46
-80
-48
-80
-80
-80
-80
Child Tax Credit (-)
0
-42
-83
-38
-125
-83
-83
-125
Monthly Self - Sufficiency Wage
$1181
$1947
$2693
$1808
$3431
$3173
$2994
$3881
Hourly Self - Sufficiency Wage
$6.71
$11.06
$15.30
$10.27
$19.49
$9.01
$8.50
$11.03

The Self - Sufficiency Standard for Cortland County, NY 2000

Sources: Pearce, Diana, the Self-Sufficiency Standard for NY, NYS Self - Sufficiency Standard Steering Committee, Sept. 2000.

This monograph drew data from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, NYS Office of Children and Family Services, USDA Low Cost Food Plan, US Census, Commerce Clearing House State Tax Handbook and other reliable sources.

  

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
July 2001 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
50 Clinton Avenue
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
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