Economic Stability - Healthy People 2030

Overview

• Goal: To help individuals earn steady incomes fulfilling their health needs.
• Current Situation:
  • 1 in 10 people in the U.S. live in poverty, limiting access to healthy foods, healthcare, and housing.
  • Economic stability is crucial for health, as people with steady employment are less likely to live in poverty and more likely to be healthy.

Challenges

• Difficulty in finding and maintaining employment, especially for:
  • Individuals with disabilities
  • People with conditions like arthritis
• Even those with steady jobs may not earn enough to meet needs.

Solutions

• Employment programs
• Career counseling
• High-quality child care opportunities
• Policies aiding in the affordability of food, housing, healthcare, and education to:
  • Reduce poverty
  • Enhance health and well-being

Objective Status

• 1 Target met or exceeded
• 4 Objectives improving
• 2 Little or no detectable change
• 2 Getting worse

Related Objectives

Economic Stability

• Reduce poverty rate (SDOH01): Improving
• Increase employment in working-age people (SDOH02): Improving
• Increase children living with at least one parent working full time (SDOH03): Improving

Adolescents and Young Adults

• Reduce those not in school or work (AH09): Target met or exceeded

Arthritis

• Reduce work limitations due to arthritis (A03): Little or no change

Housing and Homes

• Reduce families spending over 30% on housing (SDOH04): Little or no change

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

• Reduce food insecurity and hunger (NWS01): Getting worse
• Eliminate very low food security in children (NWS02): Getting worse

Workplace

• Reduce work-related injuries (OSH02): Improving

References

• Income and Poverty in the United States, 2019