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Poverty and Income Security

The share of people living in the United States in families with income below the official federal poverty threshold has fluctuated between about 11 percent and about 15 percent over the past several decades. CBO analyzes a wide variety of federal programs that aim to reduce poverty, alleviate some of poverty's adverse consequences, and enhance income security.

Sub-Topics:

  • Food and Nutrition Programs
  • Medicaid and CHIP
  • Social Security
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  • Taxes for Low-Income Households (EITC)
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Policy Choices for Long-Term Care

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June 1, 1991

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Testimony on the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test

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May 23, 1991

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The Economic Effects of Uncompensated Changes in the Funding of Social Security

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April 1, 1991

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Testimony on Growth Trends in Foster Care

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March 19, 1991

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Short-Term Responses to the Recession: The Extension of Unemployment Insurance Benefits

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February 1, 1991

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Sources of Support for Adolescent Mothers

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September 1, 1990

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Testimony on the Budgetary and Economic Implications of Proposals to Exempt Social Security Finances from the Balanced Budget Act's Deficit Calculations and of S. 2016, a Bill to Return Social Security to a Pay-As-You-Go-System

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February 28, 1990

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Testimony on the Family Incomes of Long-Term Recipients of Unemployment Insurance

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February 22, 1990

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Testimony on S. 2016, a Proposal to Reduce the Social Security Payroll Tax and Return Social Security to a Pay-As-You-Go System

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February 8, 1990

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Testimony on CBO's Position on the Treatment of Social Security in the Deficit Reduction Process

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November 2, 1989

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