Means-tested programs limit eligibility to individuals and families whose incomes and or assets fall below a pre-determined threshold (means test). They are generally financed by tax revenues and may take the form of entitlements (e.g., Medicaid, SNAP/Food Stamps) or have spending caps (e.g., State Child Health Insurance Program, housing subsidies, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Work-exempt TANF participants
- Marci Ybarra
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Less-educated workers’ unstable employment: Can the safety net help?
- Heather D. Hill and Marci A. Ybarra
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2014
The rise and fall of poverty as a policy issue
- Thomas Corbett
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
Low-Income Mothers and Distrust
- Judith Levine
- Podcasts
- January 2014
Administrative Burden and Access to Government Programs
- Pam Herd and Don Moynihan
- Podcasts
- December 2013
Trends in Poverty with an Anchored Supplemental Poverty Measure
- Christopher Wimer, Liana Fox, Irv Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, and Jane Waldfogel
- Discussion Paper
- December 2013
Natural Disasters, the Poor, and the Louisiana Road Home Program
- Jesse Gregory
- Podcasts
- September 2013
Thinking about Decision Making in the Context of Poverty
- Crystal Hall
- Podcasts
- May 2013
Multiple-Partner Fertility and Disadvantaged Families
- Marcy Carlson
- Podcasts
- November 2012