From Service to Stability: Navigating Financial Well-Being, Food Security, and the Civilian Workforce
- Dawne Vogt, Nipa Kamdar, and Daniel Peat
- Webinar
- 2026
Economic Support
Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.
Rourke O’Brien on the Impact of Spending by Different Levels of Government
- Rourke O’Brien
- Podcasts
- 2025
Focus on Poverty, 40(2), December 2025: Guaranteed Income Programs in the United States
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2025
Luke Shaefer on the RX Kids Cash Transfer Program
- Luke Shaefer
- Podcasts
- 2025
Unconditional Monthly Income Supplements at Birth
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2025
Effects of Unconditional Child Tax Credit Transfers on Parents’ Mental Health
- Edited by James T. Spartz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2025
The Student Loan Crisis: Policy, Burden, and Borrower Well-Being
- Fenaba R. Addo, Dominique J. Baker, Daniel A. Collier
- Webinar
- 2025
IRP Book Talk: Diana Hernandez and Jennifer Laird on Energy Insecurity
- Diana Hernandez and Jennifer Laird
- Podcasts
- 2025
IRP Book Talk: Jane Waldfogel on Child Benefits: A Smart Investment for America’s Future
- Jane Waldfogel
- Podcasts
- 2025
Navigating Disability Benefits: New Research on Administrative Burden and Work Incentives
- Debra L. Brucker, Mike Levere, and Ramonia Rochester
- Webinar
- 2025