The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Data-Driven Insights into Housing, Energy, and Essential Spending
- Sinem Hacioglu Hoke, Sanya Carley, and Gregg Colburn
- 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.