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).
The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption
- Geetha M. Waehrer
- Discussion Paper
- October 2008
Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
- Douglas Almond, Hilary W. Hoynes, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
- Discussion Paper
- October 2008
Poverty Politics and Policy
- Mary Jo Bane
- Discussion Paper
- September 2008
Patterns of Long-Term Utilization of Medicaid and Food Stamps by Wisconsin Welfare Leavers
- Robert Haveman; Thomas Kaplan; Barbara Wolfe; with Sandra Barone
- Report
- July 2002