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.
Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty
- Bruce Weber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
Rural Poverty Fifty Years After The People Left Behind
- Bruce Weber and Ann Tickamyer
- Webinar
- September 12 2018
Heather Hill on Why Disruptions in Income Might Matter for Child Development
- Heather Hill
- Podcasts
- August 2018
New tax code’s implications for low-income families
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- 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
How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?
- Chris M. Herbst
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
Paid parental leave in the United States
- Emma Caspar
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
Brad Wilcox on the “Success Sequence” for Millennials
- Brad Wilcox
- Podcasts
- March 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Its Implications for Low-Income Households
- Elaine Maag and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- February 7 2018
Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018