Jul
6
2009
Safety Net: new from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Posted by Carolyn Spohrer at 9:19 AM Press Releases
In a new article written by Arloc Sherman:
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.