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.
Lucie Schmidt on How The Social Safety Net Has Changed Since Welfare Reform
- Lucie Schmidt
- Podcasts
- June 06 2025
Work Requirements and Safety Net Coverage
- Chloe East, Michael Karpman, Chima Ndumele
- Webinar
- May 28 2025
Policy and Practice Approaches To Predicting And Addressing Food Insecurity
- Leslie Hodges, Angela Odoms-Young, Seungmin Lee
- Webinar
- April 30 2025
Lisa Gennetian On The Landscape Of Direct Cash Aid Programs
- Lisa Gennetian
- Podcasts
- April 23 2025
Evidence-Based Policy and Practice Approaches to Addressing Homelessness in the United States
- Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Katherine Levine Einstein, David Phillips
- Webinar
- March 05 2025
IRP Book Talk: Robert Courtney Smith on Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility
- Robert Courtney Smith
- Podcasts
- February 24 2025
Molly Costanzo on Improving Economic Well-being for Households with Children with Disabilities
- Molly Costanzo
- Podcasts
- January 28 2025
A New Era in Poverty Policy? The Social Safety Net in the Second Trump Administration
- Peggy Bailey, Pamela Herd, Josh McCabe, Angela Rachidi
- Webinar
- January 22 2025
Kathryn Thompson on Quality of Care for Pregnant Black Medicaid Enrollees
- Kathryn Thompson
- Podcasts
- December 18 2024
Examining the Long-Term Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Low-Income Households
- David Calnitsky, Mariana Amorim, Randall Akee
- Webinar
- December 11 2024