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.
The Basics of SNAP Food Assistance
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP Trends and Antipoverty Impacts
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP, Food Security, and Health
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP and the Low-Income Safety Net
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
The changing geography of poverty
- Alexandra K. Murphy and Scott W. Allard
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
Family Complexity, Inequality, and Public Policy
- Daniel Meyer
- Podcasts
- August 2015
Improving Worker Skills and Job Quality among the Poor
- Harry Holzer
- Webinar
- July 23 2015
Bureaucrats at the Front Lines of Government Service: Born or Made?
- Zachary Oberfield
- Podcasts
- March 2015
How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program
- Sharon Wolf, J. Lawrence Aber, and Pamela A. Morris
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2014–2015) 2015
It’s Not Like I’m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Kathryn Edin, and Laura Tach
- Webinar
- January 21 2015