Is your client currently employed and wondering...

If it is possible that he or she could receive public benefits?

Will the job he or she is considering pay enough to cover his or her basic expenses?

Will he or she have enough money to provide for his or her family?

This new technology that is available over the Internet can help your clients find the answers to these and many other questions. The Self-Sufficiency Calculator allows you to calculate if a client is eligible for a variety of state and federal benefits. The calculator also provides information on how to apply for these various benefits.

The types of work supports and benefits the calculator screens for:

• Welfare
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD)
• Unemployment Insurance
• HEAP
• Food Stamps
• Public Housing
• Head Start
• Lifeline Telephone Service
• WIC
• Medicaid
• Family Health Plus
• Child Health Plus
• Healthy New York
• Child Care Co-payment
• Child Care Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Earned Income Tax Credit

Why would you want to use the Self-Sufficiency Calculator with your clients?

• Easy to use and very user friendly
• Fast results, takes about ten minutes to complete
• Provides Income to cost Analysis
• Offers straight forward instructions on how to apply for aid if your client is eligible
• Online access from any computer with an Internet connection
• 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days per year availability
• Information entered is completely anonymous, nothing is saved, recorded, or stored

Questions? Visit the Self-Sufficiency Calculator frequently asked questions page here.

Access the password protected calculator here. Self-Sufficiency Calculator