Access to Financial Systems and Advancing Well-Being for Vulnerable Communities and Individuals
- Julie Birkenmaier, Megan Doherty Bea, and Karen Murrell
- Webinar
- 2024
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.