The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Tyler County, WV, 2007
						Adult +
				Adult +	Adult +	infant	2 Adults +	2 Adults +
		Adult +	Adult +	infant	schoolage	preschooler	infant	preschooler
Monthly Costs	Adult	infant	preschooler	preschooler	teenager	schoolage	preschooler	schoolage
Housing	416	505	505	505	505	656	505	505
Child Care	0	391	391	782	258	1040	782	649
Food	189	287	296	393	517	547	583	639
Transportation	294	304	304	304	304	304	599	599
Health Care	103	194	190	203	223	223	256	262
Miscellaneous	100	168	169	219	181	277	272	265
Taxes	174	325	327	443	366	580	554	542
Earned Income                                                                                                                             Tax Credit (-)	0	-118	-117	-112	-200	0	-23	-39
Child Care Tax Credit (-)	0	-78	-78	-140	-75	-180	-120	-120
Child Tax Credit (-)	0	-83	-83	-167	-167	-250	-167	-167
Self-Sufficiency Wage                         -Hourly	$7.25	$10.77	$10.82	$13.81	$10.87	$18.16	$9.21	$8.90
							per adult	per adult
-Monthly	$1,276	$1,895	$1,905	$2,431	$1,913	$3,197	$3,241	$3,135
							combined	combined
-Annual	$15,312	$22,741	$22,857	$29,166	$22,958	$38,363	$38,895	$37,614
							combined	combined