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Bookmark or Share- Who Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits? - Census.govCash assistance: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Shelter assistance: Rental subsidies (including Section 8 Housing vouchers and public housing) and energy assistance (including the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). Social insurance: Social Security, Medicare and unemployment ...
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Eligibility & AccessConstance Newman and Erik Scherpf, “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Access at the State and County Levels: Evidence From Texas SNAP Administrative Records and the American Community Survey,” ERR-156, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2013.
- How the Census Bureau Measures PovertyThe official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps). For historical information, see the History of the Poverty Measure page in the About section of the Poverty subtopic site.
- About Program Income and Public Assistance - Census.govPublic assistance refers to assistance programs that provide either cash assistance or in-kind benefits to individuals and families from any governmental entity. There are two major types of public assistance programs; social welfare programs and social insurance programs.
- Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021In 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, government assistance removed 29.6 million people from official poverty, 6.2 million more people than in 2019. This reflects expanded unemployment benefits in response to the recession in 2020. The number of people kept out of official poverty by government assistance fell to 25.7 million in 2021.
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