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.

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Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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Policy and economic factors that affect food security

  • Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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Administrative burdens in the time of Covid-19

  • Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2020
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Evictions and Housing Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Lavar Edmonds, April Hartman, and Marah Curtis
  • Webinar
  • 2020
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Estimating Poverty in the Covid-19 Era

  • Jennifer Romich, Linda Giannarelli, Zachary Parolin, Bradley Hardy, and Pamela McCauley
  • Webinar
  • 2020
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Implementing Virtual Human Services: Lessons from Telehealth

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2020
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Administrative Burdens in the time of COVID-19

  • Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
  • Webinar
  • 2020
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Considerations for Successful Virtual Case Management in Human Service Delivery

  • Joe Raymond, Lauren Supplee, and Gerrie Cotter
  • Webinar
  • 2020
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Measuring How Social Relationships Contribute to the Outcomes of Program Participants

  • Phillip Graham, Megan Smith, Maureen Berner, and Laura Erickson
  • Webinar
  • 2020
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Sarah Halpern-Meekin on “Social Poverty”

  • Sarah Halpern-Meekin
  • Podcasts
  • 2020