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.
Emergency Savings for Low-Income Households
- J. Michael Collins and Ida Rademacher
- Webinar
- October 29 2014
Roles and Resources in Complex Families
- Lawrence Berger
- Podcasts
- October 2014
Building human capital and economic potential
- Carolyn J. Heinrich and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Building Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Kids, Marriage, and Work: Behavioral Decisions Around the EITC
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- August 2014
Measuring progress in the fight against poverty
- Gregory Acs
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Work-exempt TANF participants
- Marci Ybarra
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Whose money matters?
- Alexandra Killewald
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among the poor
- J. Michael Collins, Hallie Lienhardt, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2014