The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that ...

The tax plan from President Trump and congressional Republican leaders would end the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) — which allows taxpayers who itemize deductions on their federal ...

Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, at over 80 million enrollees. [2] Its numerous benefits to enrollees include greater likelihood of completing school, higher wages, better ...

Social Security faces a significant — though manageable — long-term funding shortfall, which policymakers should address primarily by increasing Social Security’s tax revenues. If policymakers elect ...

When families are able to meet basic needs such as food, housing, and medical care, parents and other caregivers [2] experience less stress, which allows them to provide the critical support that ...

Some conservative critics of federal social programs, including leading presidential candidates, are sounding an alarm that the United States is rapidly becoming an “entitlement society” in which ...

Families With Children, Older Adults, Veterans Among Those Who Would Be Harmed As Republican lawmakers draft legislation to enact the deep cuts called for in their budget resolution, it appears ...

Federal grantmaking is becoming less efficient, more uncertain, more political, and more open to corruption. Grantees are experiencing slowdowns in the delivery of appropriated funds and may be ...

A few states are considering amending their constitutions to make it even harder to close tax loopholes and otherwise change the tax code to raise more revenue. The proposed amendments would require ...

Low-Income Households in All States Would Feel Sharp Effects Under Proposed Block Grant The House Budget Committee’s budget plan would convert the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, ...

Using information collected by one public benefit program to help enroll low-income people for other benefits for which they qualify makes programs more efficient and reduces hassles for struggling ...