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).
Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns
- Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak, edited by Mitchell McFarlane
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2021
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Administrative burdens in the time of Covid-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Policy and economic factors that affect food security
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Administrative Burdens in the time of COVID-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- May 27 2020
Measuring How Social Relationships Contribute to the Outcomes of Program Participants
- Phillip Graham, Megan Smith, Maureen Berner, and Laura Erickson
- Webinar
- April 1 2020
Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2020
Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2020
Policy approaches to reducing poverty and deep poverty among children
- Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2019
Understanding benefit cliffs and marginal tax rates
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2019