Means-tested programs limit eligibility to individuals and families whose incomes and or assets fall below a pre-determined threshold (means test). They are generally financed by tax revenues and may take the form of entitlements (e.g., Medicaid, SNAP/Food Stamps) or have spending caps (e.g., State Child Health Insurance Program, housing subsidies, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Navigating Disability Benefits: New Research on Administrative Burden and Work Incentives
- Debra L. Brucker, Mike Levere, and Ramonia Rochester
- Webinar
- August 27 2025
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
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
Colleen Heflin on SNAP and Reauthorization of the Farm Bill
- Colleen Heflin
- Podcasts
- November 19 2024