
The Effect of Family Income on Risk of Child Maltreatment
- Maria Cancian, Kristen Shook Slack, Mi Youn Yang
- Discussion Paper
- 2010
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.