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.
Pathways to Prosperity and Well-Being: A New Family-Centered Approach to Human Services Delivery
- Leigh Durbahn, Paul Fleissner, Jenny Douville, and Sook Jin Ong
- Webinar
- January 15 2020
Lars Højsgaard Andersen on the Consequences of Lowering Welfare Benefits for Migrants and Their Families
- Lars Højsgaard Andersen
- Podcasts
- January 2020
Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2020
Michael Strain: The American Dream Isn’t Dead
- Michael Strain
- Podcasts
- November 2019
Leslie Hodges on Unemployment Insurance and Material Hardships
- Leslie Hodges
- Podcasts
- October 2019
Policy approaches to reducing poverty and deep poverty among children
- Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2019
Declining Returns to Low-Wage Work in Wisconsin
- Anna Walther
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- September 2019
Understanding benefit cliffs and marginal tax rates
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2019
Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of Investments in Quality Child Care
- Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall
- Podcasts
- August 2019
Recent Changes to State Child Support Guidelines for Low-Income Noncustodial Parents
- Leslie Hodges and Lisa Klein Vogel
- Report
- August 2019