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.

Key Questions in U.S. Disability Policy
- Manasi Deshpande
- Webinar
- December 5 2018

Moving into and out of rural poverty
- José D. Pacas and Elizabeth E. Davis
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018

Rural-urban disparity in poverty persistence
- Iryna Kyzyma
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018

Child poverty in rural America
- David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018

Jacob Bastian on the Real Costs of the EITC
- Jacob Bastian
- Podcasts
- November 2018

Work Requirements in the Safety Net and the Challenges of Implementation
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Ron Haskins
- Webinar
- October 31 2018

Are rural Americans still behind?
- James P. Ziliak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018

Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty
- Bruce Weber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018

Rural Poverty Fifty Years After The People Left Behind
- Bruce Weber and Ann Tickamyer
- Webinar
- September 12 2018

Heather Hill on Why Disruptions in Income Might Matter for Child Development
- Heather Hill
- Podcasts
- August 2018