
Evidence-Based Policy and Practice Approaches to Addressing Homelessness in the United States
- Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Katherine Levine Einstein, David Phillips
- Webinar
- 2025
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.