Career Ladder Identifier and Financial Forecaster, or CLIFF, is an umbrella for interactive financial planning tools designed to provide information about benefits loss along a career path. Learn more about the audience and purpose of each tool.
We partner with a variety of stakeholders to understand benefits cliffs and improve opportunities for economic mobility in their areas. Learn more about the customized tools and research briefs we have created to support the specific needs of our partners.
Use the Policy Rules Database in your research on public assistance programs and tax policies and in modeling benefits cliffs on career pathways.
The Cost of Living Database provides county-level estimates of the cost of living for different family types using a basic set of expenses.
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