Category: Low Income
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Affordability Challenges Drive Food Insufficiency in the Pandemic In this data snapshot, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege find that getting food is a problem for people experiencing food insufficiency during the pandemic, but affording food is the biggest challenge.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Food Assistance, Low Income, Poverty | Publication |
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Are Income Tax Breaks for Seniors Good for State Economic Growth? In this brief, authors Ben Brewer, Karen Conway, and Jon Rork discuss the findings of their recently published study that investigates, directly, the impact on state economic growth of expanding income tax breaks for seniors.
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Income, Low Income, Seniors, Tax | Publication | |
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Bringing Solar Energy to Low- and Moderate-Income Communities The U.S. solar photovoltaics industry has taken off over the past decade, but without deliberate action low- and moderate-income communities could be left behind.
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Center for Impact Finance, Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Climate Change, Community Development Finance, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Low Income | Publication |
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CDFIs Can Make the SBA PPP Loan Program Work for Smaller, Minority-Owned, and Women-Owned, Small Businesses As currently being implemented by the Small Business Administration, the loans made available through the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, part of the CARES Act recently enacted to address the COVID-19 crisis, are likely to significantly bypass smaller small businesses and those that are minority- or women-owned.
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Center for Impact Finance, COVID-19 | Community Development, Community Development Finance, COVID-19, Economic Development, Housing, Low Income | Publication |
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Child Poverty in Rural America: New Data Shows Increases in 41 States A study by the Carsey Institute, based on U.S. Census Bureau data, found that in forty-one states, a higher percentage of rural children live in poverty than did in 2000. While the national poverty level in 2006 was relatively stagnant compared to 2005's poverty level, the situation is clearly becoming worse for rural kids.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Low Income, Poverty, Rural | Publication |
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Childcare Remains Out of Reach for Millions in 2021, Leading to Disproportionate Job Losses for Black, Hispanic, and Low-Income Families Using data from the late summer through the fall of 2021, this brief documents recent racial and income disparities in reports of inadequate access to childcare and identifies the employment-related consequences of these shortages.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice | African Americans, Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Employment, Family, Hispanics, Low Income, Race, Unemployment | Publication |
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Clean Energy Project Development for Low-Income Communities Scaling clean energy in low-income communities through solar and deep efficiency retrofits presents financing challenges, but that is only part of the problem. Drawing on research conducted by the Carsey School’s Center for Impact Finance, this white paper outlines a road map depicting the ecosystem needed to deliver clean energy projects to underserved communities.
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Low Income | Publication |
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Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Eligibility by New Hampshire State Legislative District This brief translates New Hampshire free and reduced-price lunch eligibility data from the school level to the state House of Representatives legislative district level so that legislators have another resource for understanding the distribution of low-income families across the state and the extent to which child nutrition programs are especially relevant in their districts.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, New Hampshire | Children, Food Assistance, Low Income, New Hampshire, Poverty, Safety Net | Publication |
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How Far Would You Drive for Fresh Food? How Some Rural New Hampshire Residents Navigate a Dismal Food Landscape Lack of access to food stores with healthy and affordable food is one of the central obstacles to eradicating hunger in America. Approximately 23.5 million Americans live more than a mile from a supermarket, which makes accessing healthy food more challenging. Among low income populations, especially those with young children and limited transportation, this distance can severely limit access to affordable and healthy foods. This brief reports the challenges that eighteen rural New Hampshire mothers face to secure healthy, affordable, and quality foods and suggests ways to help address these challenges.
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New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Food Assistance, Low Income, New Hampshire, Rural, Safety Net | Publication |
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Kidogo: Addressing the Childcare Needs of Low-Income Families in East Africa To unlock the potential of this region’s millions of children, Kidogo, an innovative East African social enterprise, is harnessing the power of social sector franchising. Kidogo partners with women running informal daycares in Kenya’s urban slums to better the condition and profitability of their micro-businesses. By working with local women entrepreneurs, “Mamapreneurs,” and drastically improving the quality of Kenya’s early childhood care and education, Kidogo is altering the course of low-income families to help stop the generational cycle of poverty.
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Changemaker Collaborative | Child Care, Children, Education, Income, Low Income, Poverty, Women | Publication |
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Low-Income Families in New Hampshire New Hampshire boasts the nation's lowest percentage of people living in poverty and maintains strong national rankings in other quality-of-life measures. But 48,000 New Hampshire families with low incomes struggle to make ends meet, this issue brief finds. The brief identifies characteristics that heighten families' risk of a lower income and documents recent trends in the economic status of low-income families in the state.
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New Hampshire | Family, Low Income, New Hampshire, Poverty | Publication |
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Low-Skill Workers in Rural America Face Permanent Job Loss Global economic competition and other factors have cost rural America 1.5 million jobs in the past six years. This brief analyzes job displacement figures from around the country between 1997 and 2003. The loss of rural jobs was particularly large in the manufacturing sector, and the rate of loss was higher in the rural Northeast than in the rest of rural America. The key causes fueling the trend have been the push for cost savings through automation and cheaper labor overseas.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Employment, Low Income, Rural | Publication |
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Share of Childless Adults Eligible for EITC Triples Under American Rescue Plan In this fact sheet, author Jess Carson explores how changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit in 2021 affect childless tax filers. Findings show that the share of childless adults who can claim a credit has tripled under the new provisions, and that the biggest driver of widened access is lowering the minimum age for eligibility.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Income, Low Income, Poverty, Safety Net, Tax, Wages | Publication |
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Social Service Delivery in Two Rural Counties When low-income residents struggle to make ends meet, non-profit social service agencies can help fill the gaps. In doing so, these agencies must find sufficient funding, retain qualified staff, and craft efficient service delivery mechanisms that are respectful of clients and communities. Some of the challenges that service providers encounter are exacerbated by rural characteristics, such as vast geographic distances and the lack of economies of scale. Yet in some ways rurality is beneficial, as small communities can facilitate community engagement and providers can engage natural supports in their service delivery work.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Low Income, Poverty, Safety Net | Publication |
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Subprime and Predatory Lending in Rural America: Mortgage lending practices that can trap low-income rural people This brief examines predatory mortgage loans and the harmful impact they have on rural homeowners and their communities. The report finds that minorities and low-income people are more likely to fall victim to higher-cost loans. The brief includes recommendations for policy changes at the state and federal levels, as well as advice on identifying and avoiding predatory loans.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Family, Low Income, Rural | Publication |
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The Poverty-Reducing Effects of the EITC and Other Safety Nets for Young Adult Parents In this brief, Jess Carson explores the poverty-reducing effects of key federal safety net programs among 18-24 year old (“young adult”) parents.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Family, Food Assistance, Low Income, Safety Net, Young Adults | Publication |
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Urban and Rural Children Experience Similar Rates of Low-Income and Poverty Data in this brief shows that the percentages of children living in low-income areas and poverty over the past fifteen years in rural and urban America are converging.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Low Income, Poverty, Rural, Urban | Publication |
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“BackPack” Food Programs Linked to Higher Test Scores for School Children In this brief, authors Michael Kurtz, Karen Conway, and Robert Mohr summarize their recently published article at the Economics of Education Review, which aimed to understand how BackPack Programs relate to academic success.
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Children, Education, Food Assistance, Low Income | Publication |