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来源类型 | REPORT |
规范类型 | 报告 |
Implications of a New Poverty Measure for Program Funding Formulas and Benefits Eligibility | |
Mark Greenberg | |
发表日期 | 2009-08-24 |
出版年 | 2009 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | Report from Mark Greenberg discusses how a new measure of poverty would affect funding formulas and benefits eligibility. |
摘要 | Read the full report (pdf) In any effort to develop an improved poverty measure for the United States, questions arise to how a new measure might affect allocation of federal funds to states and localities, and eligibility for and benefit amounts under federal means-tested programs. The recently filed Measuring American Poverty (MAP) Act, H. R. 2909 directs the adoption of a “modern” poverty measure drawing from recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences. The MAP Act explicitly states that the creation of a “modern” poverty measure under the bill would have no direct effect on allocation of funds or program eligibility and benefits, leaving those issues for subsequent legislative responses on a program-by-program basis if Congress chose to do so. The MAP approach would address the question in the short-run, but there remains a longer-run question: over time, how should a revised measure affect allocation of funds and program eligibility and benefits? While allocation of federal funds and issues relating to program eligibility and benefits are sometimes treated as presenting a single issue, they are analytically distinct and present different questions. Under current law, a number of federal funding streams allocate funds, in whole or in part, based on the numbers of individuals or households below poverty or some percentage of poverty in a jurisdiction. In addition, a number of programs use a percentage of poverty as a basis for determining program income eligibility. Typically, the Census Bureau’s poverty thresholds are used for calculating the number of people in poverty and poverty rates, while HHS poverty guidelines, a simplified version of the Census thresholds, are often used for determining program eligibility. This memo:
The principal conclusions are:
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主题 | Poverty |
URL | https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2009/08/24/6577/implications-of-a-new-poverty-measure-for-program-funding-formulas-and-benefits-eligibility/ |
来源智库 | Center for American Progress (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/434668 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mark Greenberg. Implications of a New Poverty Measure for Program Funding Formulas and Benefits Eligibility. 2009. |
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