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.
Full-Time Father or “Deadbeat Dad”? Does the Growth in Father Placement Explain the Declining Share of Divorced Custodial Parents with a Child Support Order?
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, Eunhee Han, Patricia Brown, Steve Cook and Yiyu Chen
- Report
- October 2012
Enhancing the Child Support Knowledge of TANF-Eligible Families and TANF Caseworkers: A Collaborative Strategy for Improving Outcomes for Low-Income Children and Their Families – Outcomes Evaluation
- Rebekah Selekman, Maria Cancian, and Jennifer Noyes
- Report
- October 2012
The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty and Child Support Policy
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Webinar
- September 19 2012
Income volatility trends in the United States and their potential impact on the poor
- Bradley Hardy
- Podcasts
- July 2012
Wisconsin Poverty 101
- Anna Emmerich
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- May 2012
The Role of Child Support in the Current Economic Safety Net for Low-Income Families with Children
- Kristen S. Slack, Lawrence M. Berger, Bomi Kim, Mi Youn Yang
- Report
- May 2012
Disconnected Americans
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
The dynamics of disconnection for low-income mothers
- Pamela Loprest and Austin Nichols
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
From multiple program participation to disconnection in Wisconsin
- Maria Cancian, Eunhee Han, and Jennifer L. Noyes
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
The disconnected population in Tennessee
- Donald Bruce, William Hamblen, and Xiaowen Liu
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012