Design supportive social welfare

Framework graphic with the entry point 'Simplify Access to Benefits & Services' highlighted

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Government units structure social welfare to allow long-term sustainable exit from entrenched poverty or deep and persistent socioeconomic disadvantage.

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Number/percentage of social welfare recipients transitioning out of supportive social welfare
Number/percentage of former social welfare recipients reapplying to the benefits
Food insecurity
Number/percentage of social welfare recipients finding sustainable, appropriate, and fairly paid jobs

EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY

Initiatives address the underlying root causes of financial strain, supporting individuals and families who otherwise would rely largely on government unit benefits for a long period of time; i.e., the positive effects of social welfare on financial wellbeing go beyond the time people were enrolled in the programs.

SAMPLE INDICATORS

Number/percentage of people feeling their financial situation is worsening
Levels of financial stress (e.g., stratified by sex, gender, race/ethnicity, or household income)
Poverty levels