Sustaining Early Care: State Lessons on Capacity Limits, Maternal Trade-Offs, and the Impact of Child Care Closures
- Kate Miller-Bains, Sarah Ann Savage, Jill Hoiting, and Chrishana M. Lloyd
- Webinar
- 2026
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.