Personally identifiable information is always voluntary and not needed to use the Calculator. If you have questions regarding the privacy of personal data collected through The Calculator, please contact Calculator collects two types of information from users: anonymous and personally-identifiable. The privacy policy outlined below provides transparency about the categories of data collected by this site and how that data is used. We approach the privacy of your personal information with the highest possible level of seriousness personally identifiable information submitted through use of The Calculator will not be shared with any outside group or entity for any purpose. The purpose of the Benefits Cliff Calculator (The Calculator) is to help people in our community better understand the Benefits Cliff and how a change in earned income might affect an individual of family’s overall income if they are receiving public benefits. Yes, the privacy of your personal information is our highest priority. To learn more about benefits cliffs and larger policy perspectives, check out this interactive microsite by Forsyth Futures. This calculator is aimed at making these complexities as easy as possible to understand through an interactive and easy-to-use set of questions. But these calculators can be very confusing for those without a background in statistics. This makes it extremely difficult for ordinary people to predict what will happen when they get a raise, especially in combination with each other.Īcross the country, various organizations have created benefits calculators that can be helpful for policy analysts, with color-coded bar and line graphs that show the hazards and disincentives of these programs, under different scenarios. Still others appear like jagged mountain trails.
Others flatten and then drop off like a cliff at certain income levels. That can make it frustrating for those individuals who want to work harder to get ahead.Īs income rises, each program reduces benefits along a different downward path.
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Unfortunately, there has been no clear guidance on how to do this without hurting work incentives. Those programs’ benefits scale back as a person’s income rises. Going back many years, Federal and state welfare programs support those with low incomes with a variety of different programs ranging from child care to food assistance.