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Poverty & Economic Mobility

ASPE releases the annual U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines, which are used to determine financial eligibility for some Federal programs. Presented here are the poverty lines for every State and the District of Columbia. You will also find extensive resources on poverty estimates, trends, and analysis, plus historical information on poverty and the Guidelines. More broadly, this section also encompasses issues like poverty and income dynamics, and asset building and financial literacy.

Noteworthy

Case Studies in Supporting Prevention through Human Services Program Integration

Coordinating Integrated Prevention Approaches to Serve the Whole Person

Integrating Services to Strengthen Children, Youth, and Families and Prevent In…

Welfare Indicators and Risk Factors: 23rd Report to Congress

The Fiscal Impact of Refugees and Asylees at the Federal, State, and Local Leve…

Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress

Topic Areas

Poverty Guidelines

Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis

Marginal Tax Rates/Benefit Cliffs

Paid Family Leave

Reports

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Environmental Scan

The "Value Added" of Linking Publicly Assisted Housing for Low-Income Older Adults with Enhanced Services: A Literature Syntheses and Environmental Scan

Performance Improvement 2011-2012

Introduction Section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act authorizes evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded by the Act.

Improving State TANF Performance Measures

Information on Poverty and Income Statistics: A Summary of 2011 Current Population Survey Data

This brief summarizes information on income and poverty in 2010, based on data released by the Census Bureau. Cited statistics include median household income in 2010, the number and rate of all persons in poverty, children in poverty, all persons and children under 50% of the poverty threshold, and African-American and Hispanic children in poverty from 2000 to 2010.

Health Care Coverage and Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility for Child Support Eligible Children

Dynamics of Being Disconnected from Work and TANF

Submitted to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Report Prepared by: Pamela Loprest and Austin Nichols The Urban Institute

Low-Income Single Mothers Disconnected from Work and Public Assistance

This ASPE Research Brief presents information on trends in the rate of being disconnected from both work and public assistance, and the characteristics of the disconnected group compared to all low-income single mothers. The data are from a project examining the characteristics and experiences of low-income single mothers who are not working or receiving public assistance. [6 PDF pages]

Federal Financing of Supported Employment and Customized Employment for People with Mental Illnesses: Final Report

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Status of TANF Leavers in the District of Columbia, Final Report

Toward a Social Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Programs to Expand Supported Employment Services: An Interpretive Review of the Literature

Unlike traditional vocational rehabilitation programs that provide extensive training prior to job placement, Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment (SE) focuses on placing individuals in jobs then tailoring post-placement training and support to the needs of the job.