Vincent Fusaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 648551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Fusaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Fusaro |
| SIGNATURE | FUSARO V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2238-4434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
State policy variation and emergency rental assistance take-up during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic threatened to exacerbate an existing U.S. rental housing affordability crisis. In response, the federal government implemented the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA), transferring nearly $47 billion to state and local governments to provide financial assistance to vulnerable renter households. Programs varied in several dimensions, including in novel policies, such as the use of self-attestation and proxies in lieu of…
Rental assistance, housing insecurity, & well-being: Spillover effects of emergency rental assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic
The relationship between housing insecurity and adolescent academic outcomes: Evidence from a 15-year longitudinal study
Introduction Many families in the United States experience housing insecurity, which has been shown to interfere with child academic experiences. Less is known, however, about how the timing, frequency, severity, and nature of housing insecurity affect children’s educational outcomes.Methods We use data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of a diverse sample of American families, to investigate…
Rental Arrears and Perceived Risk of Eviction among U.S. Renter Households by Household Composition, Race, and Ethnicity 2020 to 2024
This visualization presents trends in the estimated proportion of U.S. renter households in arrears and their perceived risk of eviction from August 2020 through June 2024 constructed using the Household Pulse Survey, a nationally representative repeated cross-sectional survey fielded by the U.S. Census Bureau. The proportion of renter households in arrears fell following the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic and an increasing fraction of…
Did Emergency Rental Assistance Support Housing Stability During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Differential Effects Across Risk Strata
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Food Insufficiency in Families with Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Risk and Protective Factors
SNAP, Hardship, and Mental Health in U.S. Households with Children: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
When Cash Safety Nets Fade: SNAP-Participating Households with Children Without Cash Income
Shelter From the Storm: State Eviction Moratoria, Implementation Context, and Eviction Filings During the First Two Years of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Forty-four state governments enacted eviction moratoria freezing or tempering the eviction process during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to forestall evictions. Combining data on state and federal eviction policies with data on eviction filings at the census tract level in 27 municipal areas from very late December 2019 through March 2022, we estimated correlated random effects Poisson models to examine effects of the moratoria. We found that…
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tanf) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective
It has been more than two decades since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, also referred to as “welfare reform”) replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (or AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as the nation’s “welfare” program for low-income families with children. PRWORA ended entitlement to cash aid for families, added time limits and work requirements to cash assistance r…
State Variation in Tanf Expenditures: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is a federal block grant to the states, with a required state contribution. Although often viewed as a cash assistance program with work requirements and services targeted at extremely low-income families with children, only about one-quarter of all state and federal TANF funds are now used for traditional cash aid. Uses of funds vary widely by state, and alternatives range from refundabl…
Communities Moving Ahead, Falling Behind: Evidence from the Index of Deep Disadvantage
Using a multidimensional index weighting factors related to income, health, and social mobility—the Index of Deep Disadvantage (IDD)—we rank the well-being of disadvantaged U.S. counties (initial scores below the median IDD) when they were on the cusp of the Great Recession and then again well into the recovery. We compare the characteristics of counties that saw improvements to those that saw declines. We find that a clear majority of counties w…
State Politics, Race, and “Welfare” as a Funding Stream: Cash Assistance Spending Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Race and racism have long been identified as influences on state cash assistance policy under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF; “welfare” in the United States) and its predecessor programs. TANF is structured as a flexible block grant with a state contribution requirement and cash benefits now account for only about one‐quarter of all program expenditures. Both proportion of effort devoted to cash assistance and change over time sinc…
Food insecurity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: Prevalence and correlates
To reduce food insecurity in Nepal, interventions should focus on improving women's education and wealth, especially among Dalit and those residing in the Far- and Mid-Western regions
The Decline of Cash Assistance and the Well-Being of Poor Households with Children
Since the early 1990s, the social safety net for families with children in the United States has undergone an epochal transformation. Aid to poor working families has become more generous. In contrast, assistance to the deeply poor has become less generous, and what remains more often takes the form of in-kind aid. A historical view finds that this dramatic change parallels others. For centuries, the nature and form of poor relief has been driven…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Lifetime Prevalence of Homelessness in the United States
Homelessness in the United States is often examined using cross-sectional, point-in-time samples. Any experience of homelessness is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, so it is also useful to understand the incidence of homelessness over longer periods. We estimate the lifetime prevalence of homelessness among members of the Baby Boom cohort (n = 6,545) using the 2012 and 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally represent…
Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes
The social welfare system in the United States cannot be fully understood without also considering the tax system. Tax revenues fund redistributive programs and publicly supported social services. Who gets taxed, for what reasons, and at what rates shapes the distribution of economic resources. The tax system incorporates important cash transfer programs. With respect to those with low incomes, for example, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is …
Who's Left Out: Characteristics of Households in Economic Need Not Receiving Public Support
The American welfare state is often referred to as a social safety net, yet many in economic need do not receive public benefits. This article examines the characteristics of low-income households in the United States that do not participate in any of several public cash or near-cash support programs. Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2008 panel—a representative sample of U.S. households—households below the federal pove…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Lifetime Prevalence of Homelessness in the United States
Homelessness in the United States is often examined using cross-sectional, point-in-time samples. Any experience of homelessness is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, so it is also useful to understand the incidence of homelessness over longer periods. We estimate the lifetime prevalence of homelessness among members of the Baby Boom cohort (n = 6,545) using the 2012 and 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally represent…
State Politics, Race, and “Welfare” as a Funding Stream: Cash Assistance Spending Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Race and racism have long been identified as influences on state cash assistance policy under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF; “welfare” in the United States) and its predecessor programs. TANF is structured as a flexible block grant with a state contribution requirement and cash benefits now account for only about one‐quarter of all program expenditures. Both proportion of effort devoted to cash assistance and change over time sinc…
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tanf) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective
It has been more than two decades since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, also referred to as “welfare reform”) replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (or AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as the nation’s “welfare” program for low-income families with children. PRWORA ended entitlement to cash aid for families, added time limits and work requirements to cash assistance r…
State Variation in Tanf Expenditures: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is a federal block grant to the states, with a required state contribution. Although often viewed as a cash assistance program with work requirements and services targeted at extremely low-income families with children, only about one-quarter of all state and federal TANF funds are now used for traditional cash aid. Uses of funds vary widely by state, and alternatives range from refundabl…
Who's Left Out: Characteristics of Households in Economic Need Not Receiving Public Support
The American welfare state is often referred to as a social safety net, yet many in economic need do not receive public benefits. This article examines the characteristics of low-income households in the United States that do not participate in any of several public cash or near-cash support programs. Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2008 panel—a representative sample of U.S. households—households below the federal pove…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Lifetime Prevalence of Homelessness in the United States
Homelessness in the United States is often examined using cross-sectional, point-in-time samples. Any experience of homelessness is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, so it is also useful to understand the incidence of homelessness over longer periods. We estimate the lifetime prevalence of homelessness among members of the Baby Boom cohort (n = 6,545) using the 2012 and 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally represent…
Read My Lips: Why Americans Are Proud to Pay Taxes
The social welfare system in the United States cannot be fully understood without also considering the tax system. Tax revenues fund redistributive programs and publicly supported social services. Who gets taxed, for what reasons, and at what rates shapes the distribution of economic resources. The tax system incorporates important cash transfer programs. With respect to those with low incomes, for example, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is …
The Decline of Cash Assistance and the Well-Being of Poor Households with Children
Since the early 1990s, the social safety net for families with children in the United States has undergone an epochal transformation. Aid to poor working families has become more generous. In contrast, assistance to the deeply poor has become less generous, and what remains more often takes the form of in-kind aid. A historical view finds that this dramatic change parallels others. For centuries, the nature and form of poor relief has been driven…
Food insecurity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: Prevalence and correlates
To reduce food insecurity in Nepal, interventions should focus on improving women's education and wealth, especially among Dalit and those residing in the Far- and Mid-Western regions
State Variation in Tanf Expenditures: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is a federal block grant to the states, with a required state contribution. Although often viewed as a cash assistance program with work requirements and services targeted at extremely low-income families with children, only about one-quarter of all state and federal TANF funds are now used for traditional cash aid. Uses of funds vary widely by state, and alternatives range from refundabl…
Communities Moving Ahead, Falling Behind: Evidence from the Index of Deep Disadvantage
Using a multidimensional index weighting factors related to income, health, and social mobility—the Index of Deep Disadvantage (IDD)—we rank the well-being of disadvantaged U.S. counties (initial scores below the median IDD) when they were on the cusp of the Great Recession and then again well into the recovery. We compare the characteristics of counties that saw improvements to those that saw declines. We find that a clear majority of counties w…
State Politics, Race, and “Welfare” as a Funding Stream: Cash Assistance Spending Under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Race and racism have long been identified as influences on state cash assistance policy under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF; “welfare” in the United States) and its predecessor programs. TANF is structured as a flexible block grant with a state contribution requirement and cash benefits now account for only about one‐quarter of all program expenditures. Both proportion of effort devoted to cash assistance and change over time sinc…
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tanf) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective
It has been more than two decades since the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA, also referred to as “welfare reform”) replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (or AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as the nation’s “welfare” program for low-income families with children. PRWORA ended entitlement to cash aid for families, added time limits and work requirements to cash assistance r…
Shelter From the Storm: State Eviction Moratoria, Implementation Context, and Eviction Filings During the First Two Years of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Forty-four state governments enacted eviction moratoria freezing or tempering the eviction process during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to forestall evictions. Combining data on state and federal eviction policies with data on eviction filings at the census tract level in 27 municipal areas from very late December 2019 through March 2022, we estimated correlated random effects Poisson models to examine effects of the moratoria. We found that…
SNAP, Hardship, and Mental Health in U.S. Households with Children: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic
When Cash Safety Nets Fade: SNAP-Participating Households with Children Without Cash Income
The relationship between housing insecurity and adolescent academic outcomes: Evidence from a 15-year longitudinal study
Introduction Many families in the United States experience housing insecurity, which has been shown to interfere with child academic experiences. Less is known, however, about how the timing, frequency, severity, and nature of housing insecurity affect children’s educational outcomes.Methods We use data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study of a diverse sample of American families, to investigate…
Rental Arrears and Perceived Risk of Eviction among U.S. Renter Households by Household Composition, Race, and Ethnicity 2020 to 2024
This visualization presents trends in the estimated proportion of U.S. renter households in arrears and their perceived risk of eviction from August 2020 through June 2024 constructed using the Household Pulse Survey, a nationally representative repeated cross-sectional survey fielded by the U.S. Census Bureau. The proportion of renter households in arrears fell following the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic and an increasing fraction of…
Did Emergency Rental Assistance Support Housing Stability During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Differential Effects Across Risk Strata
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Food Insufficiency in Families with Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Risk and Protective Factors
State policy variation and emergency rental assistance take-up during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic threatened to exacerbate an existing U.S. rental housing affordability crisis. In response, the federal government implemented the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA), transferring nearly $47 billion to state and local governments to provide financial assistance to vulnerable renter households. Programs varied in several dimensions, including in novel policies, such as the use of self-attestation and proxies in lieu of…
Rental assistance, housing insecurity, & well-being: Spillover effects of emergency rental assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic
Homelessness and Social Issues (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Finance (7 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (7 works) · Cash (6 works) · Demographic economics (6 works)