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How many people participate in the social safety net?
How many people participate in the social safety net?
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Data point (United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Office of Health Policy)
- Author(s):
- Macartney, Suzanne E., author
Ghertner, Robin, author - Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Human Services Policy, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy, January 20, 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Public Assistance -- statistics & numerical data
Safety-net Providers -- statistics & numerical data
Adult
Child
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2019, 99.1 million people participated in one of the 10 programs discussed in this data point representing 30 percent of the U.S. population. More than one in four working‐age adults (27 percent) and nearly one of every two children (49 percent) participated in a safety net program. Nearly one in eight adults (12 percent) and one in three children (33 percent) participated in multiple safety net programs. The most common program combinations include either Medicaid, the earned income tax credit, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Among beneficiaries, 47 percent of adults and two out of three children (67 percent) participated in multiple programs. Among people in the United States who received a benefit from two or more programs, most were children or older adults (56 percent).
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918591687806676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918591687806676