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Posts June 4, 2025

Proposed SNAP cuts would permanently undermine recession readiness and responsiveness

Changes proposed in the budget bill would undermine SNAP's role as an automatic stabilizer during recessions.
Posts May 22, 2025

Work requirements penalize workers in volatile occupations

Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Olivia Howard warn that work requirements, such as those Congress is currently considering adding or expanding in mea…
Papers May 1, 2025

Changes in the safety net over recent decades and their impact

This paper examines the U.S. safety net's evolution, effectiveness, and critiques.
Papers April 7, 2025

A primer on SNAP work requirements

An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on…
Posts September 3, 2024

Trump administration budgets and programs for people of limited means

The Trump administration’s budgets proposed significant cuts to social programs for people with low and moderate incomes.
Posts April 22, 2024

Event recap—Securing the safety net for working-age adults

On April 17, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast to discuss the safety net for non-elderly adults who do not have dependent children and do not receive disab…
Papers April 17, 2024

The safety net should work for working-age adults

Able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) receive minimal support from traditional safety net programs. Many struggle to work because of health conditions…
Papers April 17, 2024

The austere US safety net for poor, non-elderly adults who are not raising children and do not receive disability benefits

The safety net remains starkly inadequate for non-elderly childless adults without disability benefits, leading to higher rates of deep poverty, homelessness, …
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