22% of benefit recipients report taking negative actions (declining raises, reducing hours) specifically to avoid losing benefits, quantifying the cliff problem GiveCare's eligibility engine helps users navigate.
62% of recipients report feeling stuck in their current economic situation due to benefit-cliff fears, establishing the emotional and practical urgency of GiveCare's cliff-analysis features.
The report maps specific income thresholds where benefits drop off across major programs, informing GiveCare's cliff-detection algorithms and warning thresholds.
Policy recommendations include graduated phase-outs and income disregards, which GiveCare surfaces to users as part of program-specific guidance.
The study demonstrates that benefit cliffs disproportionately affect caregivers who balance part-time work with care responsibilities, validating GiveCare's caregiver-specific cliff modeling.