Friday, May 20, 2011 in New American Media, “NAM Distress Index: Despite New Tech Boom, Many in SF Still Suffering” explains the S.F. Distress Index, developed with funding, in part, from The San Francisco Foundation, is the first tool of its kind in the U.S. It measures the economic condition of the middle-class and poor in individual cities and towns by pooling together the most up-to-date data from a wide range of social services agencies and other local sources.