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A key assessment of poverty in America is the Official Poverty Measure (OPM), which is calculated by the United States Census Bureau using a range of income and economic data.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-do-we-measure-poverty-and-is-there-a-better-way-to-do-it
SNAP benefits supplement household incomes to help lift people out of poverty.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0264_snap_supplements_income
The majority of SNAP beneficiaries are people from vulnerable populations.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0282_snap_characteristics
Federal outlays for highways and mass transit are projected to outstrip the inflows that finance them.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0283_outlays_inflows_highways
SNAP spending increased during the Great Recession, but is projected to decline below historical levels.
Transfers from programs like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP represent an increasing share of income for low to middle income groups.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0234_transfer_programs_share_income
The decline in purchasing power has important implications for the federal budget and our nation’s infrastructure, and has led some to call for a new effort to address the gas tax.
Most infrastructure spending in the United States comes from state and local governments
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0274_federal_state_local_infrastructure_spending
State and local governments outspend the federal government in every infrastructure category
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0275_infrastructure_spending_by_category
SNAP is the largest federal program aimed at combating hunger and food insecurity among low-income Americans.
