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.
Options to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2021
Katherine Magnuson on the American Families Plan and Child Care as Infrastructure
- Katherine Magnuson
- Podcasts
- May 11 2021
Kathryn Anne Edwards on Women Leaving the Labor Force in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Kathryn Anne Edwards
- Podcasts
- April 8 2021
Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns
- Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak, edited by Mitchell McFarlane
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- April 2021
Timothy Smeeding on Proposals for a Refundable Monthly Child Tax Credit
- Timothy Smeeding
- Podcasts
- March 04 2021
Jacob Faber on How a New Deal Era Program Shaped America’s Racial Geography
- Jacob Faber
- Podcasts
- February 18 2021
The Well-Being of Essential Workers and Parents in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Jevay Grooms and Anna Gassman-Pines
- Webinar
- February 10 2021
Impact of Government Programs Adopted During the New Deal on Residential Segregation Today
- Jacob Faber, and edited by Anna Sucsy
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- February 2021
Analysis of the Unemployment Insurance Waiting Period in Wisconsin
- Jeffrey Smith, Yonah Drazen, Steven Cook, and Hilary Shager
- Report
- November 30 2020
Shared Placement and Post-Divorce Economic Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- November 2020