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The Benefits Cliff Dilemma: Navigating Wage Increases and Public Benefits

The Benefits Cliff Dilemma: Navigating Wage Increases and Public Benefits
2023
Financial Health Network
Author(s): 
Julianna Samper, Adam Hartmann, Amelia Josephson
The Benefits Cliff Dilemma: Navigating Wage Increases and Public Benefits
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
Medicaid/CHIP
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SSDI: Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI: Supplemental Security Income
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Level of Government
Local/Municipal
Location
Format
Case Study

The goal of the brief is to encourage policy makers and employers to consider benefits cliffs as they look to create mandatory wage increases, with a look at a legislative action in NYC.