

America's Children in Poverty: A New Look at Who's Poor Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure. The “Lifted Out”
Children who are officially poor but are not classified as poor under the SPM differ from the core poor in three primary ways; their families: 1) have substantially more cash and other income resources (i.e., they are much closer to the official poverty threshold), 2) are more likely to be receiving assistance from safety net programs, and 3) rece