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Economic security programs, which include SNAP, unemployment benefits, and the Earned Income Tax Credit, have a significant impact in reducing poverty and promoting opportunity for millions of low-income people in the U.S.

We educate policymakers, media, and others about economic security program successes. We also analyze tax and spending proposals for their impact on these programs and on the tens of millions of low-income individuals and families that rely on them to make ends meet.

Safety Net Cut Poverty Nearly in Half Last Year
Safety net programs cut the poverty rate nearly in half in 2015, lifting 38 million people — including 8 million children — above the poverty line, our analysis of Census data released yesterday...

Ryan and Block-Granting the Safety Net
House Speaker Paul Ryan called again today for combining many safety net programs into a mega-block grant to states.  As we explained when he made essentially the same proposal last year, this would...
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