13 million people in poverty are disconnected from the social safety net. Most of them are white.
“More than a quarter of people living in poverty in the U.S. receive no help from food stamps and other nutrition programs, subsidized housing, cash benefits, or child care assistance, according to a new Urban Institute analysis examining the reach of the social safety net. That means 13 million people at the poverty line, with household incomes below $25,100 a year for a family of four, are disconnected from federal programs for the neediest Americans. Among the very poorest Americans — families of four making less than $13,000 a year — nearly a third receive no benefit from the federal safety net.”