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Strategies for Improving Public Benefits Access and Retention

Strategies for Improving Public Benefits Access and Retention
2023
Urban Institute
Author(s): 
Heather Hahn, Eleanor Pratt, Sarah Knowles
Strategies for Improving Public Benefits Access and Retention
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
CCDF: Child Care and Development Fund
EITC: Earned Income Tax Credit
Housing
LIHEAP
Medicaid/CHIP
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Level of Government
State/Provincial
Location
Illinois
Format
Report

This report presents a menu of strategies that have the potential to increase access to individual public benefit programs or a package of benefits. It focuses on Illinois, but the strategies identified are relevant throughout the country.