Means-tested programs limit eligibility to individuals and families whose incomes and or assets fall below a pre-determined threshold (means test). They are generally financed by tax revenues and may take the form of entitlements (e.g., Medicaid, SNAP/Food Stamps) or have spending caps (e.g., State Child Health Insurance Program, housing subsidies, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families).
Does Child Medicaid Access Improve Long-Term Educational Outcomes?
- Lincoln Groves
- Podcasts
- February 2016
How Did the Safety Net Support Kids with Unemployed Parents during the Great Recession?
- Julia Isaacs
- Podcasts
- January 2016
The Basics of SNAP Food Assistance
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP Trends and Antipoverty Impacts
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP, Food Security, and Health
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
SNAP and the Low-Income Safety Net
- Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy Smeeding, and James Ziliak
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2015
The changing geography of poverty
- Alexandra K. Murphy and Scott W. Allard
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2015
Family Complexity, Inequality, and Public Policy
- Daniel Meyer
- Podcasts
- August 2015
Bureaucrats at the Front Lines of Government Service: Born or Made?
- Zachary Oberfield
- Podcasts
- March 2015
It’s Not Like I’m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Kathryn Edin, and Laura Tach
- Webinar
- January 21 2015