How Do States’ Safety Net Policies Affect Poverty?

Posted by on October 17, 2011

How Do States’ Safety Net Policies Affect Poverty?

Using Georgia, Illinois, and Massachusetts as illustrative examples, this report by the Urban Institute examines how states’ narrow, medium, or broad policies on cash, non-cash, and tax elements of the safety net affect poverty rates among non-elderly adults and children.

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412398-How-Do-State-Safety-Net-Policies-Affect-Poverty.pdf


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