Economic Support

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.

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Key Questions in U.S. Disability Policy

  • Manasi Deshpande
  • Webinar
  • December 5 2018
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Moving into and out of rural poverty

  • José D. Pacas and Elizabeth E. Davis
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • December 2018
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Rural-urban disparity in poverty persistence

  • Iryna Kyzyma
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • December 2018
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Child poverty in rural America

  • David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • December 2018
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Jacob Bastian on the Real Costs of the EITC

  • Jacob Bastian
  • Podcasts
  • November 2018
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Work Requirements in the Safety Net and the Challenges of Implementation

  • Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Ron Haskins
  • Webinar
  • October 31 2018
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Are rural Americans still behind?

  • James P. Ziliak
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • October 2018
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Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty

  • Bruce Weber
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • October 2018
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Rural Poverty Fifty Years After The People Left Behind

  • Bruce Weber and Ann Tickamyer
  • Webinar
  • September 12 2018