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).
Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
Robert Doar on A Safety Net That Works
- Robert Doar
- Podcasts
- December 2017
Minimum benefit plan for the elderly
- Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Paid Family Leave for Low-Income Women
- Marci Ybarra
- Webinar
- October 18 2017
Deep poverty in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2017
Extreme Poverty after Welfare Reform
- Scott Winship
- Podcasts
- July 2017
Weighing the Benefits of a Universal vs. Targeted Child Safety Net
- Christopher Wimer and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- May 17 2017
Linking Data Science and Behavioral Science to Build Better Poverty Policy
- James Guszcza and Justin Sydnor
- Webinar
- January 18 2017
The Decentralization of the U.S. Safety Net
- Sarah Bruch, Marcia Meyers, and Janet Gornick
- Webinar
- December 14 2016
Restoring the Entrails of Welfare Reform
- Zachary Parolin and Michael Wiseman
- Discussion Paper
- November 2016