Work Requirements and Safety Net Coverage

Chloe N. East, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver
Michael Karpman, Principal Research Associate, Health Policy Division, Urban Institute
Chima Ndumele, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University

Work requirements for safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid are intended to promote employment among safety net program participants. However, research indicates work requirements can make it difficult to access and maintain those benefits, even among those who are eligible. In this webinar, our panelists will discuss the stated goals of work requirements and how they function in practice, as well as what they mean for the experiences of eligible individuals and families.

Recording of the Webinar 

Reference Papers:

Expanding Federal Work Requirements for Medicaid Expansion Coverage to Age 64 Would Increase Coverage Losses by Michael Karpman, Jennifer M. Haley and Genevieve M. Kenney
New Evidence Confirms Arkansas’s Medicaid Work Requirement Did Not Boost Employment by Michael Karpman, Jennifer M. Haley and Genevieve M. Kenney
Lessons from Launching Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas by Ian Hill and Emily Burroughs
New Hampshire’s Experiences with Medicaid Work Requirements: New Strategies, Similar Results by Ian Hill, Emily Burroughs and Gina Adams
Expanded SNAP Work Requirements Would Reduce Benefits for Millions of Families by Laura Wheaton and Linda Giannarelli
A primer on SNAP work requirements by Lauren Bauer and Chloe N. East
Efficacy of Safety Net Work Requirements for Parents by Chloe N. East and Elizabeth Cox
The Effect of Means-Tested Transfers on Work: Evidence from Quasi-Randomly Assigned SNAP Caseworkers by Jason Cook and Chloe N. East
The Disenrollment and Labor Market Effects of SNAP Work Requirements on Parents by Jason Cook and Chloe N. East
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Work Requirements and Safety-Net Program Participation by Chima Ndumele, Hannah Factor Matthew Lavallee Anthony Lollo Jr. and Jacob Wallace
SNAP work requirements have biggest effect on those least able to work  by Chima Ndumele & Jacob Wallace