The Department of Housing and Urban Development has repeatedly sought to cut funding for those solutions and take housing ...
Voters across the country will decide state ballot measures in the November elections that would reduce state lawmakers’ ...
The number of people receiving SNAP food assistance has declined sharply in recent months, even though there is no sign that ...
WIC's recurring, structured appointments create sustained touchpoints for identifying emerging health concerns throughout pregnancy and beyond.
State budget decisions matter to all of us. They shape the quality of life for families and communities across the nation ― ...
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 ...
State legislators need accurate and useful information about the cost of spending- and tax-related proposals to make good decisions about the proposals. Nearly all states produce some sort of cost ...
Years of underfunding have forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) to serve the growing number of beneficiaries with fewer staff, creating customer service woes that the Trump Administration ...
The Trump Justice Department announced on February 20 that it believes the legal protections against firing administrative law judges (ALJs) — independent judges who serve at executive branch agencies ...
As of June 2025, over 70 million people with low incomes in the U.S. got their health coverage through Medicaid. The program is an important source of coverage for many populations, covering roughly 2 ...
This week at CBPP, we focused on health, food assistance, and state budgets and taxes. On food assistance, Joseph Llobrera and Catlin Nchako pointed out that number of people receiving SNAP food ...
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the primary cash assistance program for families with children when they face a crisis or have very low incomes, can play a key role in ensuring that ...