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This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.

On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that congressional action is urgently needed to delay a massive shifting of SNAP costs onto states, risking benefits for millions of families with low incomes.
On state budgets and taxes, Michael Mitchell explained that states should reduce or eliminate criminal fines and fees, which are unreliable, inefficient revenue sources that harm low-income residents.
On health, Allie Gardner detailed ways in which the Trump Administration is seeking to restrict access to gender-affirming care for young people.
On federal taxes, we updated our backgrounder on the Child Tax Credit.

The Center was active on social media this week. Here are some of our posts:

Jennifer Sullivan posted a thread to Bluesky ahead of this week’s House vote to extend the premium tax credit enhancements.
After the House voted to extend premium tax credit enhancements for three years, Sullivan posted a thread to Bluesky noting the bipartisan vote shows strong support for immediate action to make health care more affordable for millions.
Gbenga Ajilore posted a YouTube shortexplaining takeaways from the December 2025 jobs report.

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

Trump administration's fraud claims spotlight long-standing vigilance issue
NPR
January 9, 2026

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