Economic Security for All (EcSA)

An initiative for building and testing locally developed approaches for streamlining access to existing services and benefits, helping more low-income families move out of poverty.

With a goal of replicating and expanding successful approaches, this initiative is funded by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) statewide activities funds and local programming and partnership efforts are led by Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDB)

UW Self Sufficiency Calculator

• UW Self-Sufficiency Calculator TA (EcSA)
• UW Self-Sufficiency Calculator TA (EcSA) for Program Managers
• EcSA Self-Sufficiency Calculator Training update

EcSA Q&A

• Customer-Centered Design Q&A for EcSA

Washington College Grant - Connect

• WCG-C Training Youtube video
• WCG-C Training slide deck
• EcSA/WCG-C Q&A
• EcSA/WCG-C Eligibility Verification Letter Template

Poverty Reduction Working Group Efforts

• Dismantle Poverty: 10 Year Blueprint

Additional Resources and Links

• Watch the UW Self-Sufficiency Calculator Technical Assistance video to learn more about the tool and its applications for developing comprehensive budgets and tracking participant progress towards self-sufficiency.

• Read about a new way to define and understand the struggles of households that earn above the Federal Poverty Level, but not enough to afford a bare-bones household budget is procreated using ALICE (Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed).

Bundled Services Desk Aid

• Bundled Services Desk Aid

Legislative Reports

• EcSA Legislative Report December 2023
• EcSA Legislative Report June 2023
• EcSA Legislative Report December 2022