For this project, NCCP is learning from parents and staff involved in an intervention in a Nashville, Tennessee, community organization offering high-intensity coaching and transitional financial support for low-income households with children. Coaches explain the consequences of losing benefits to adults considering employment decisions alongside their families’ material needs and long-term economic security and mobility, and offer a transitional benefit when resources decline because of increased earnings. NCCP’s study can inform future initiatives designed to help low-income families overcome barriers posed by benefit cliffs.
For more information, please contact:
Karen Chatfield, PhD
kchatfield@bankstreet.edu