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).
Child poverty in rural America
- David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
Work Requirements in the Safety Net and the Challenges of Implementation
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Ron Haskins
- Webinar
- October 31 2018
Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty
- Bruce Weber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
Are rural Americans still behind?
- James P. Ziliak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
Paid parental leave in the United States
- Emma Caspar
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?
- Chris M. Herbst
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?
- Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
Robert Doar on A Safety Net That Works
- Robert Doar
- Podcasts
- December 2017
Minimum benefit plan for the elderly
- Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017