Projections of poverty and program eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic Macartney, Suzanne, author. Ghertner, Robin, author. Giannarelli, Linda, author. Wheaton, Laura, author. Morton, Joyce, author. Shantz, Kathryn, author. COVID-19 -- economics Poverty -- trends This brief provides projections for August to December 2020, the period following the expiration of the major CARES Act and FFCRA economic security benefits. We project poverty rates for the 2020 annual poverty rate, as well as the poverty rate over the August to December period. We project eligibility for three federal programs that serve low income households in need: Medicaid/CHIP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, October 2020 United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101775164-pdf 101775164 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101775164 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0