Safety Net
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Share of Tax Filers Claiming EITC Increases Across States and Place Types Between 2007 and 2010 In this brief, Authors Beth Mattingly and Elizabeth Kneebone use Internal Revenue Service tax filing data to show that the share of tax returns claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increased between 2007 and 2010, as did the size of the average credit claimed… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Safety Net, Tax |
| The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Children’s Health This brief examines the impact of state-level adoption of Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) on a set of health-related outcomes for children, including: (1) health insurance coverage, (2) use of preventive medical and dental care, and (3) health status measures… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Health, Safety Net |
| Lack of Protections for Home Care Workers: Overtime Pay and Minimum Wage This brief examines overtime hours and hourly wages among home care workers (home health aides and personal care aides) and compares them with hospital and nursing home aides. These aides engage in similar work for their clients, even though they work in different… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Health Insurance, Safety Net, Wages |
| Reliance on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continued to Rise Post-Recession This brief uses data from the 2007, 2009, and 2010 American Community Survey to provide an up-to-date look at changes in SNAP receipt over the course of the recession. The author reports that receipt of SNAP continued to rise in 2010, increasing 4 percentage points… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Food Assistance, Safety Net |
| More Poor Kids in More Poor Places: Children Increasingly Live Where Poverty Persists The authors of this brief examine child poverty rates using decennial census data from 1980, 1990, and 2000, as well as American Community Survey five-year estimates between 2005 and 2009, to identify those counties where child poverty has persisted. They find… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Urban |
| One Million Additional Children in Poverty Since 2009: 2010 Data Reveal Nearly One in Four Southern Children Now Live in Poverty American Community Survey (ACS) data released on September 22, 2011 allow for a detailed look at child poverty by state and place, adding to the understanding of the economic landscape described by the Current Population Survey (CPS) data released last week. While… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Safety Net |
| TANF in Rural America: Informing Re-authorization In 1996 welfare reform ushered in a new era in which cash assistance for poor parents became both temporary and conditional on activities to promote economic independence through work. Cash assistance from TANF relieves, but does not eliminate, poverty because… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| Rural and Central City Residents with Multiple Children Likely to Be Hardest Hit by Proposed WIC Cuts This brief uses data from the 2007 and 2010 Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement to describe the distribution of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) receipt across the population and to detail… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Urban |
| Long-Term Foster Care—Different Needs, Different Outcomes This brief examines where foster children are living four years after removal from their homes and the characteristics of these children and their placements. Understanding whether child characteristics such as age or emotional or behavioral problems are associated… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Family, Safety Net |
| Household Reports of Energy Assistance Receipt Increased 48 Percent During Recession: Proposed Cuts Threaten Vulnerable Families This brief examines heating assistance usage and the implications of President Obama's 2012 budget proposal to cut $2.5 billion from the $5.1 billion energy assistance fund for low-income families at a time when families are struggling with higher energy costs… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Housing, Poverty, Safety Net |
