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.
Natural Disasters, the Poor, and the Louisiana Road Home Program
- Jesse Gregory
- Podcasts
- September 2013
Reducing the effects of poverty through early childhood interventions
- Katherine Magnuson
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2013
Emergency savings for low-income consumers
- J. Michael Collins and Leah Gjertson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
Thinking about Decision Making in the Context of Poverty
- Crystal Hall
- Podcasts
- May 2013
The Role of Economic Support in Child Maltreatment Prevention
- Kristen Shook Slack
- Webinar
- April 30 2013
The EITC and Tax Refunds for Low-Income Tax Filers
- Damon Jones
- Podcasts
- December 2012
Multiple-Partner Fertility and Disadvantaged Families
- Marcy Carlson
- Podcasts
- November 2012
The Balance Sheets of Low-Income People
- J. Michael Collins
- Podcasts
- October 2012
The Wisconsin Mothers with Young Children Study (WiscMoms): Report on a Pilot Survey of Formal and Informal Support of Children in Complex Families
- Lawrence Berger, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Jessica Price
- Report
- October 2012