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.
A New Era in Poverty Policy? The Social Safety Net in the Second Trump Administration
- Peggy Bailey, Pamela Herd, Josh McCabe, Angela Rachidi
- Webinar
- January 22 2025
Kathryn Thompson on Quality of Care for Pregnant Black Medicaid Enrollees
- Kathryn Thompson
- Podcasts
- December 18 2024
Examining the Long-Term Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Low-Income Households
- David Calnitsky, Mariana Amorim, Randall Akee
- Webinar
- December 11 2024
Colleen Heflin on SNAP and Reauthorization of the Farm Bill
- Colleen Heflin
- Podcasts
- November 19 2024
Access to Financial Systems and Advancing Well-Being for Vulnerable Communities and Individuals
- Julie Birkenmaier, Megan Doherty Bea, and Karen Murrell
- Webinar
- October 30 2024
Katherine Michelmore On Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Housing Stability for Low-Income Families
- Katherine Michelmore
- Podcasts
- October 02 2024
Noncustodial Parents’ Child Support and Custodial Parents’ Income Packages: Comparing the Great Recession and COVID-19 Recession Eras
- Marci Ybarra, Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Laura Cuesta, and Anna Walther
- Report
- October 2024
Approaches to Reducing Administrative Burdens in Accessing and Maintaining Services from Government Agencies and Public Programs
- Carolyn Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, Meredith Dost, and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- September 25 2024
Anna Godøy and Jennie Romich on the Impacts of Increasing the Minimum Wage for Working Parents and Child-Care Workers
- Anna Godøy and Jennie Romich
- Podcasts
- August 16 2024