2010 KIDS COUNT in Delaware Issue Brief: Benefit Cliffs
Date
2010
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University of Delaware Center for Community Research and Service, Newark, DE
Abstract
Description
Research conducted by the National Center for Children in Poverty has found that the programs created to assist people in poverty can also trap them as they try to become self-sufficient. Called the “cliff effect,” the phenomenon occurs when individuals in poverty find their work support benefits reduced if their income increases. In this issue brief, we use the Family Resource Simulator to examine what these cliffs look like in
Delaware and give recommendations for how to tweak the system so that work does pay.
Keywords
Benefits, Benefits cliffs, Child poverty, Poverty, Cliff effect, Income inequality, Working poor, Unemployment, SNAP, Public benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SCHIP, School Breakfast and Lunch Program, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, TANF, Energy Assistance, LIHEAP, Rent assistance, Housing assistance
Citation
Kids Count in Delaware Issue Brief: Benefits Cliffs. (2010). Newark, DE: Center for Community Research & Service; University of Delaware.