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.
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2020
Evictions and Housing Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Lavar Edmonds, April Hartman, and Marah Curtis
- Webinar
- September 2 2020
Estimating Poverty in the Covid-19 Era
- Jennifer Romich, Linda Giannarelli, Zachary Parolin, Bradley Hardy, and Pamela McCauley
- Webinar
- July 15 2020
Implementing Virtual Human Services: Lessons from Telehealth
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2020
Administrative Burdens in the time of COVID-19
- Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- May 27 2020
Considerations for Successful Virtual Case Management in Human Service Delivery
- Joe Raymond, Lauren Supplee, and Gerrie Cotter
- Webinar
- April 28 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
Sarah Halpern-Meekin on “Social Poverty”
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- April 2020
Cutting Child Poverty in Half: Directions for Policymakers
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2020
Angela Guarin: Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers “Trade” Earlier Families for New Ones?
- Angela Guarin
- Podcasts
- February 13 2020