Why do we need SingleStop USA?

Just look at the numbers. More than twenty million families in the U.S. live in poverty*. But each year $65 billion set aside by the government to help low-income households goes unclaimed. Many families simply don't realize they qualify for these services. Others don't even know these benefits exist. And some grow frustrated or confused by the complicated application process. Recent data confirms the public benefits system is vastly underused, especially by the working poor. According to a study by the Urban Institute, only 7% of these families claim all four of the major supports that they qualify for--tax credits, Medicaid, food stamps and child care--and a shocking 25% of those households receive no benefits at all, despite their eligibility.

For families living on the economic brink, resources such as food stamps, medical access, childcare and tax credits are a stabilizing force that improves their long-term prospects. The public benefits system currently cuts the number of impoverished people in the U.S. in half, but it is still not reaching millions of people that it is intended to serve. Unclaimed funds send the message that people don't need these critical services and resources. Clearly, they do.

SingleStop USA spans this divide and offers millions of Americans the opportunity to create better lives for themselves.

*Below 200% of the federal poverty level.