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This week at CBPP, we focused on poverty and inequality, food assistance, health, family income support, housing, federal taxes, and the economy.
- On poverty and inequality, Joseph Llobrera, Lauren Hall, Matt Broaddus, Catlin Nchako, Alicia Mazzara, Erik Gartland, Will Fischer, Kris Cox, Samantha Waxman, Harjot Sodhi, Stephanie Hingtgen, and Liz Schott released a major new paper on the frayed and fragmented state of economic security programs for low-income, non-elderly adults without minor children and Llobrera and Hall authored an executive summary of the paper. Hingtgen, Matt Saenz, and Claire Zippel detailed how gaps in economic support for non-elderly adults without children leave millions in poverty. Danilo Trisi and Saenz examined how economic security programs reduce poverty and racial and ethnic inequities. We also updated our fact sheet tracking the COVID-19 recession’s effects on food, housing, and employment hardships and Zippel wrote on hardship rates remaining high.
- On food assistance, Dottie Rosenbaum showed how food assistance in President Biden’s COVID relief plan would reduce hardship and provide economic stimulus. Zoë Neuberger explained how the Biden Administration’s investment in WIC (formally the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) could improve maternal and child health and reduce racial disparities. Neuberger and Steven Carlson updated their report explaining how WIC has addressed the nutrition and health needs of low-income families.
- On housing, Will Fischer released a statement noting that the Biden Administration’s reversal of harmful Trump Administration housing policies will advance housing justice.
- On federal taxes, Roxy Caines explained why it’s even more important this year that tax filers are aware of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
- On health, Hannah Katch discussed a Biden Administration executive order directing federal agencies to reconsider the Trump Administration’s policy encouraging states to take Medicaid coverage away from people who don’t meet harsh work requirements.
- On family income support, Laura Meyer and LaDonna Pavetti detailed improvements needed in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to help parents find better work and benefit from an equitable recovery.
- On the economy, we updated our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available and our chart book tracking the post-Great Recession economy.
Chart of the Week — Unlike Other Groups, Poverty Among Non-Elderly Adults Without Children Hasn’t Fallen
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:
Can an ‘Activist HUD’ Make Housing a Human Right?
Bloomberg
January 29, 2021
A Bold Proposal to Ease Child Poverty Is the Essence of Bidenomics
The New Yorker
January 26, 2021
How Democrats Plan to Get Stuff Done Without Eliminating the Filibuster
Slate
January 26, 2021
Why ‘tax the rich’ policies may make sense in a K-shaped economy
CNBC
January 26, 2021
Biden’s Health Care Moves
New York Times
January 25, 2021
Democrats working on legislation to provide $3,000 payments per child amid pandemic
CNN
January 24, 2021
How Biden’s executive order could reduce hunger today — and long after the pandemic is over
Washington Post
January 23, 2021
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