What is SingleStop USA?

SingleStop USA is a revolutionary initiative to slash poverty nationally with an approach that is simple, effective and ultimately paradigm-shifting.

SingleStop bridges the information gap separating low-income families from life-changing public benefits, tax credits and other essential services that remain untapped and inaccessible. These basic resources - food, health insurance, child care and tax refunds - increase the likelihood that families are healthy and stable, with parents who work and children who attend school.

SingleStop USA is the ambitious nationwide expansion of SingleStop NY, a remarkably successful program launched by the Robin Hood Foundation to connect the working poor in New York with government funds and services intended for them.

Incorporated as a non-profit in March, 2007, SingleStop USA encompasses the existing New York program, as well new efforts throughout the country. In its first five years, SingleStop USA will deliver $2 billion in benefits to up to a million households.

These efforts change the way America combats poverty by focusing on prevention rather than intervention. Benefits provide a cushion against the small setbacks - a sick child, car trouble, temporary job loss - that can become catastrophes in the lives of the working poor.

Major Funders:

The Atlantic Philanthrophies • Robin Hood Foundation
Charles Schwab Foundation • Blue Ridge Foundation New York
Tipping Point Community • The Heckscher Foundation for Children
Nicholson Foundation • The Atticus Foundation
The MCJ Amelior Foundation • The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
The Charles & Helen Schwab Foundation
The Community Foundation of New Jersey
Marin Community Foundation • The Kresge Foundation
Walter and Elise Haas Fund • Durst Family Foundation

  AIG is our Founding National Corporate Partner.