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Income Supports
Income support policies provide monetary payments to individuals or families with children. Most often, these policies are recurring income supplements with the goal of preventing or mitigating poverty. Income supports vary in how they are provided, how often they are received, and who is eligible.
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Cash transfers can reduce child poverty, narrow racial disparities in poverty, and have positive impacts on household resources and child and parent health.
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