Brief Findings from the Work Support Strategies Evaluation
Streamlining Access, Strengthening Families
Heather Hahn
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Work Support Strategies was a multiyear, foundation-funded initiative to help eligible low-income families get and keep the full package of work supports, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program, and child care assistance. Through grants, expert technical assistance, and peer learning, the initiative helped Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina reform, modernize, align, and integrate the systems delivering work support programs to increase families' well-being and stability. This brief summarizes the changes the states made, the outcomes of those changes, and what we learned from their experiences.

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Research and Evidence Health Policy Work, Education, and Labor Family and Financial Well-Being Tax and Income Supports Research to Action Nonprofits and Philanthropy Upward Mobility
Expertise Families Nonprofits and Philanthropy Social Safety Net Labor Markets Federal and State Health Care Reform Medicare and Medicaid Upward Mobility and Inequality Early Childhood
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