Brief Stabilizing Young People Transitioning to Adulthood
Opportunities and Challenges with Key Safety Net Programs
Gina Adams, Heather Hahn, Amelia Coffey
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This synthesis brief builds on five separate briefs examining key safety net programs and explores the extent to which key federal safety net programs help meet young people’s basic needs for housing, food, health care, and income during this transitional life stage. It presents findings from an initial exploration of issues relevant to young people, based on a quick review of literature and conversations with safety net and youth policy experts as well as youth-serving practitioners.

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Research and Evidence Health Policy Family and Financial Well-Being Work, Education, and Labor Tax and Income Supports
Expertise Social Safety Net Transition-Age Young People K-12 Education Families Aging, Medicare, and Long-Term Care Taxes and the Economy Early Childhood
Tags Families with low incomes Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Welfare and safety net programs Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) School breakfast and lunch Earned income tax credit Hunger and food assistance Children and youth
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