Vulnerable Families Research Program
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| The Interaction Between the Minimum Wage and the Federal EITC Increases in the minimum wage are widely assumed to be beneficial for low-income workers, but it is important to consider the effect an increase might have on eligibility for other benefits, particularly the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This fact sheet… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Income, Safety Net, Tax, Wages |
| Data Snapshot: Fewer Young Adults Lack Health Insurance Following Key ACA Provisions The share of people without health insurance has dropped dramatically since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but declines have been most dramatic among young adults age 19 to 25. In 2008, one-in-three 23-year-olds were uninsured, likely reflecting… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health Insurance, Poverty, Young Adults |
| The USDA Summer Food Service Program in Coös County, New Hampshire In this report, author Jean Bessette examines the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) operating in 2017 in four communities in Coös County, New Hampshire. She reports that the SFSP provides benefits to Coös County on multiple… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Health |
| Data Snapshot: EITC Continues to Reach Families in Poor Places Recent proposals in the House and Senate (for example, the Grow American Incomes Now Act) focus on amplifying the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)—a refundable tax credit for low-income workers—to compensate for growing wage inequity. We find that the share of EITC… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Safety Net |
| Data Snapshot: Declines in Child Poverty Continue in 2017 The official poverty measure indicates that child poverty declined by 1.1 percentage points between 2016 and 2017, according to analyses of the latest American Community Survey data released today. By 2017, child poverty across the nation was still 0.4 percentage… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Urban |
| Working Families’ Access to Early Childhood Education Although the Upper Valley has more than 200 licensed child care providers, the corresponding number of licensed slots is about 2,000 short of the estimated number of young children who likely need early care and education. Early childhood is a critical developmental… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Employment, Family |
| Child Care Expenses Make Middle-Class Incomes Hard to Reach Most Americans believe that through hard work and saving they can secure an economically sound, middle-class lifestyle.1 But for many working families, the high price of child care makes this goal extremely challenging.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family |
| Data Snapshot: Both Rural and Urban SNAP Recipients Affected by Proposed Work Requirements With the expiration of the current Farm Bill on September 30, 2018, the House and Senate are working in conference committee to reconcile their versions of its replacement. A major difference between the two is the House’s inclusion of a more intensive work… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Food Assistance, Rural, Safety Net, Urban |
| Parental Substance Use in New Hampshire Hidden in the shadows of New Hampshire’s opioid epidemic are the children who live with their parents’ addiction every day. They fall behind in school as the trouble at home starts to dominate their lives, they make the 911 calls, they are shuttled about to live with… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Drugs, Rural, Substance Abuse, Urban |
| Full-Time Employment Not Always a Ticket to Health Insurance The majority of Americans—55.7 percent in 2016, according to the Census Bureau—access health insurance through employer-based plans.1 However, employment does not always result in health insurance coverage, and not all those who report working full time, year round… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health, Health Insurance |
