As Congress considers whether to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour, data from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) shows that a full-time job at low wages often does not provide nearly enough to support a family. NCCP releases a report today, When Work Doesn't Pay: What Every Policymaker Should Know, that reveals that even though the government provides "work support" benefits to help minimum-wage and other low-wage workers provide for their children, the structure of these benefits can result in unintended consequences-families can actually end up worse off when they earn more. This is because extra income can cause a family to lose a benefit that's of greater value than additional earnings.