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.
How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program
- Sharon Wolf, J. Lawrence Aber, and Pamela A. Morris
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 2015
It’s Not Like I’m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Kathryn Edin, and Laura Tach
- Webinar
- January 21 2015
Emergency Savings for Low-Income Households
- J. Michael Collins and Ida Rademacher
- Webinar
- October 29 2014
Roles and Resources in Complex Families
- Lawrence Berger
- Podcasts
- October 2014
Building human capital and economic potential
- Carolyn J. Heinrich and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Building Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Kids, Marriage, and Work: Behavioral Decisions Around the EITC
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- August 2014
Measuring progress in the fight against poverty
- Gregory Acs
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Work-exempt TANF participants
- Marci Ybarra
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014