Safety Net Effective at Fighting Poverty But Has Weakened for the Very Poorest — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

As mounting job losses threaten to push more Americans into poverty and make poor families still poorer, a new examination of the public benefits system finds that it is more effective in reducing poverty than previously known but has become less effective over the past decade in protecting Americans from deep poverty. Safety Net Effective at Fighting Poverty But Has Weakened for the Very Poorest — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Shared via AddThis