BEYOND THE NUMBERS
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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.
Chart of the Week — La ampliación del crédito tributario por hijos hizo que la pobreza infantil bajara en 2021
(English version: Child Tax Credit Expansion Drove Child Poverty Sharply Downward in 2021)
A variety of news outlets recently featured CBPP’s work and experts. Here are some of the highlights:
Congress Won’t Lift Ban on Savings for People on Disability
HuffPost
December 21, 2022
Child tax credit expansion left out of congressional omnibus package
Maine Beacon
December 21, 2022
Americans will soon be able to save a lot more for retirement — but it might help the wealthy the most
Business Insider
December 20, 2022
IRS Gets $275 Million Funding Cut from Fiscal 2022 Levels
Bloomberg Tax
December 20, 2022
Congress reaches deal to keep Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program funded
NBC News
December 20, 2022
Miles de familias latinas resultarían afectadas si no se extiende el Crédito Tributario por Hijos: esto debes saber
Univision
December 19, 2022
Mississippi Left $47 Million in Aid To Poor Families Unspent, Prompting Calls For Reform
Mississippi Free Press
December 16, 2022
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