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).
How have the Working Poor and Working Class Fared since the Great Recession?
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- Webinar
- October 27 2021
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- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
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- Edited by Emma Caspar, Judith Siers-Poisson, and James T. Spartz
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- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
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- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Administrative Burdens in the time of COVID-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
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- Webinar
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