
Shifts in Work and Family Life for Low-Income Parents
- Marcia Carlson, Sigrid Luhr, Elizabeth Ananat, and Alejandra Ros Pilarz
- Webinar
- 2022
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.