How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?
- Chris M. Herbst
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2018
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.