Financial insecurity occurs when an individual or family experiences inadequate or inconsistent economic resources to acquire basic necessities and meet expenses.

Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010

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

Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2010

The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies
- Gary Burtless
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2009