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This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, food assistance, and the economy.

On the federal budget, CBPP President Sharon Parrott released a statement on important investments and significant improvements in year-end appropriations legislation. We also translated into Spanish our backgrounder on the Child Tax Credit.
On health, Allison Orris described how the year-end bill invests in kids’ health coverage and makes tradeoffs in the area of Medicaid continuous coverage.
On food assistance, Zoë Neuberger and Katie Bergh explained why permanent summer grocery benefits are a big win for children in low-income families, despite disappointing tradeoffs.
On the economy, we updated our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are currently available. We also updated our backgrounder tracking the recovery from the pandemic recession.

A variety of news outlets recently featured CBPP’s work and experts. Here are some of the highlights:

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