THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

USING DATA TO CONSTRUCT YOUR AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY

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MEET OUR PRESENTER

Miriam Prum Hess

Director, Center for Excellence in Jewish Education BJE: Builders of Jewish Education, Los Angeles, CA

THE CHALLENGE

• • • • In 2007 The Jim Joseph Foundation asked BJE: Builders of Jewish Education, (BJE) to develop a grant proposal targeting high school middle income affordability The first task was to define Middle Income Affordability - families in need of financial assistance to send kids to a Jewish high school but who previously had not been considered for financial aid At that time, most LA school’s would not consider families earning over $150,000 for Financial Aid In defining Jewish middle income it was critical to be able to substantiate the parameters for the grant

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CALIFORNIA BUDGET PROJECT

Report from the California Budget Project (CBP) “Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California” December 2013: http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2013/131212_Making_Ends_Meet.pdf

• • • • Part of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI), a network in 40 states coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) in Washington, DC.  SFAI: http://www.statefiscal.org/  CBPP: http://www.cbpp.org/ All of the groups look to improve fiscal, budget, and economic policy outcomes for low- and middle-income individuals, families, and communities. There is also a loosely coordinated set of groups that calls itself the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN), led by the Economic Policy Institute.  EARN Network: http://www.earncentral.org/about.htm

 Reports by State: http://www.earncentral.org/swx_past.htm

 Sample report for Arizona: http://www.azchildren.org/MyFiles/PDF/State%20of%20Working%20AZ%202008%20FINAL%20(Low%20R es).pdf

 Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epi.org/ All organizations work independently, but across the networks they coordinate their efforts and learning

2007 DATA

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ADAPTING FOR JEWISH COST OF LIVING

• • • • • • • • Discussion with schools (lay and professional leadership) re: Jewish values that would increase costs Living in a Jewish neighborhood Synagogue membership Jewish day or residential camp/Teen Israel trip College savings Retirement plan Tzedakah Compared data with financial aid sampling from the 5 schools to veri fy

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Initial LA analysis 2007: Compared data with sampling from the 5 schools to verify accuracy

2013

COMMUNITY COMPARISON

LOS ANGELES VS. CHICAGO

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RESOURCES

Report from the California Budget Project (CBP) “Making Ends Meet: How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Family in California” December 2013:  http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2013/131212_Making_Ends_Meet.pdf

Calculator from CBP by county:  http://www.cbp.org/MakingEndsMeet/family-budget-results.php

Comparison 2007 to 2013:  http://www.sustainingdayschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Cost-of Jewish-Living-Sheet1.pdf

To compare the basic costs in your city to those in Los Angeles:  http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/  http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/  http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/savings/moving-cost-of-living-calculator.aspx

BJE LA websites:  Tuition calculator: http://www.bjela.org/hsgrant/  LAHSAI Beta test: www.LAHighSchoolAffordability.org

THANK YOU TO OUR GUEST!

Miriam Prum Hess

Director, Center for Excellence in Jewish Education BJE: Builders of Jewish Education, Los Angeles, CA

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