BEYOND THE NUMBERS
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Happy New Year from CBPP. This week, we focused on housing, food assistance, and the economy.
- On housing, we updated our backgrounder on project-based vouchers.
- On food assistance, we updated our quick guide to SNAP eligibility and benefits.
- On the economy, we updated our backgrounders tracking the post-Great Recession economy and how many weeks of unemployment compensation are currently available.
Chart of the Week – Letting Child Credit Expansion Expire Would Mean Higher Child Poverty for All Racial/Ethnic Groups and Wider Disparities
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:
The U.S. is on the verge of a major health-care achievement, and no one seems to have noticed
Washington Post
January 7, 2022
Wage increases outpacing rent increases in some parts of the country
Marketplace
January 6, 2022
What West Virginians need from Biden’s social spending plan
NPR
January 5, 2022
As Congress returns, priority must be saving children
NJ.com
January 4, 2022
The Cruel Failure of Welfare Reform in the Southwest
ProPublica
December 30, 2021
What Happened To Poverty in America in 2021
PBS Frontline
December 22, 2021
States have billions of federal COVID relief aid to spend. Some haven’t spent a dollar.
McClatchy
December 22, 2021
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