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 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

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