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Wider Opportunities for Women

Wider Opportunities for Women. BUILDING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR ALL. Wider Opportunities for Women. www.WOWonline.org WOW is a national advocacy organization celebrating over 45 years of helping women and their families achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity.

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Wider Opportunities for Women

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  1. Wider Opportunities for Women BUILDING ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR ALL

  2. Wider Opportunities for Women www.WOWonline.org • WOW is a national advocacy organization celebrating over 45 years of helping women and their families achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity. • WOW’s intergenerational vision and mission of economic independence for women and their families is met through the work of its national and local programs.

  3. Building Elder Economic Security BLUE: State Partners in the Elder Economic Security Initiative

  4. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index • Methodology developed in partnership with the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a national advisory board of experts. The Elder Index (65+) A new measure to illustrate the amount of income required to meet basic needs without public, private or informal assistance.

  5. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index • Aging of the population will strain current support mechanisms. • More realistic tools are needed to assess elders’ economic needs and well-being. • Outdated federal poverty level (FPL) measures deprivation as opposed to economic security.

  6. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index

  7. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index

  8. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index

  9. Translating Research to Action – the Elder Index

  10. Building Elder Economic Security FIND OUT MORE! • www.wowonline.org • www.wow-eesi.blogspot.com • Twitter: @WOWonlineWOW • Facebook: www.facebook.com/wowonlinewow

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