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.
Maternal Employment Drops when Child Care is Expensive and Hard to Find
- Liana Christin Landivar, William J. Scarborough, Caitlyn Collins, and Leah Ruppanner
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
Maretta McDonald on Wealth Inequality and Housing Values of Black Meccas in the New South
- Maretta McDonald
- Podcasts
- February 23 2024
The Growing Burden of Black Student Debt
- Jordan Conwell and Louise Seamster
- Webinar
- February 21 2024
Disrupting Discrimination in Funding for Early Care and Education
- Karen Babbs Hollett and Erica Frankenberg
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
IRP Book Talk: Luke Shaefer on The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
- Luke Shaefer
- Podcasts
- January 26 2024
Jessica Pac on the Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement
- Jessica Pac
- Podcasts
- January 08 2024
Social Support Can Mitigate Material Hardship for Families Facing Unstable Child Care Subsidy Use
- Jaeseung Kim and Julia R. Henly
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- January 2024
U.S. Federal and State Poverty-Reduction Policy: Divergence in Discretion
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2024
William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen on Why It’s Time to Pay Reparations to Black Americans
- William Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen
- Podcasts
- December 07 2023
Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support
- Tiffany Green
- Podcasts
- November 08 2023