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2024 Appropriations Agreement Fully Funds WIC and Rejects Harmful Food Package Proposals, Creating Opportunities to Reach More Eligible Low-Income Families
The fiscal year 2024 appropriations law enacted March 9 included full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The $7.03 billion provided for WIC, roughly $1 billion more than...
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CBPP
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on health, federal taxes, food assistance, Social Security, and the economy.
- On health, Jennifer Sullivan, Allison Orris, and Gideon Lukens highlighted that, now entering their second decade, Affordable...
Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Benefit About 6 Million Young Children
The House-passed bipartisan tax bill would expand the Child Tax Credit for 16 million children in families with low incomes — including 5.8 million young children (under age 6) — in its first year, bringing...
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CBPP
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused mostly on President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal.
We also focused on housing. Peggy Bailey testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on proposals to address...
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CBPP
Analyzing President Biden’s 2025 Budget
President Biden will release his fiscal year 2025 budget on Monday, March 11. We’ll be posting our analysis of the budget here. Bookmark and visit this page for more.
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CBPP
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, federal taxes, health, and the economy.
- On the federal budget, we released a commentary from Sharon Parrott on how the State of the Union...
Medicaid Can Help Address Health-Related Social Needs
Access to affordable housing and nutritious foods can have a significant impact on a person’s physical and mental health and ability to thrive. A new CBPP paper highlights guidance from the Centers for Medicare &...
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CBPP
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on health, state budgets and taxes, and the economy.
- On health, Allison Orris, Anna Bailey, and Jennifer Sullivan showed how states can use Medicaid to help address health-related...
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CBPP
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, food assistance, and health.
- On federal taxes, Sharon Parrott, George Fenton, Sarah Calame, and Arloc Sherman pointed out that the modest “lookback” provision in the bipartisan Child Tax...
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Proposes Cut in SNAP Benefits, Reversing Bipartisan Directive to Improve the Thrifty Food Plan
At a House Agriculture Committee hearing on February 14, Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) proposed a funding framework for the farm bill that included a $30 billion cut in SNAP benefits over ten years. Congress...