During the COVID-19 pandemic, operational changes have been made to WIC. Unless we indicate otherwise, this Policy Basics describes how WIC operates independent of the changes during the...

Executive Summary: Tribal Sovereignty and Food Insecurity For millennia, Native food systems nourished communities and cultures. From farming to fishing to harvesting wild rice, these food...

Most families and individuals who meet the program’s income guidelines are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program).

Cómo saber si usted puede obtener asistencia del SNAP Si usted desea obtener asistencia del SNAP, comuníquese con su oficina local de servicios humanos. Los funcionarios trabajarán con...

Substantial relief and recovery measures helped fuel an economic recovery beginning in May 2020 that made the deepest recession in the post-World War II era also the shortest.

Earlier this month, HUD announced an Important policy change to adjust Housing Choice Voucher subsidy caps that better reflect recent increases in market rents.

Read in English Nota: El Congreso cambió temporalmente algunos aspectos del SNAP durante la pandemia del COVID-19. Este documento describe algunas de las características...

The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages. (See “Policy Basics: Unemployment Insurance.”) Under...

There is pressure on Congress from business interests to delay a corporate tax increase; Congress should not consider any business tax breaks without also expanding the Child Tax Credit.

SNAP is essential to helping low-income households put food on the table.

Congress faces mounting pressure from some current and retired public employees to repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), provisions...

The experience of other states, including its neighbor Montana, shows that if Wyoming expands Medicaid, it will dramatically increase coverage while providing the state with fiscal savings for many years to come.

Many states have used Fiscal Recovery Funds to respond directly to the impacts of the pandemic.

Today’s Census figures show government policies prevented massively higher financial hardship and lack of health insurance in 2021.

The newly proposed rule is critical because as of 2021, of about 28.9 million uninsured people in this country, 7.3 million were eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid.

The figures will show the impact of extraordinary government efforts to bolster economic security and health coverage in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including new data on the reduction in child poverty due to the expanded Child Tax Credit.

Congress in the bipartisan 2018 farm bill directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), which is used to set benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition...

Who Qualifies for SSI and What Benefits Do They Receive? The vast majority of SSI beneficiaries — 85 percent — are eligible due to a severe disability (including blindness). In April 2022,...

Parolin provides some of the strongest evidence so far that TANF’s decline was primarily driven by less participation among families meeting the eligibility criteria and by lower benefits, and not less need for assistance.

The Inflation Reduction Act moves toward a fairer tax system, makes health coverage and prescription drugs more affordable, and addresses the global challenge of climate change.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s revenue package would increase IRS funding to reduce the tax gap, require corporations to pay a 15 percent minimum tax, and narrow the carried interest loophole.

Over the last 25 years, the national TANF average monthly caseload has fallen dramatically even as poverty and deep poverty remained widespread.

Nearly half of the 574 federally recognized tribes are now served by a Tribal TANF program, which enables them to better meet community needs, deliver services in ways that honor their culture, and take advantage of additional flexibilities.

Deficits (or Surpluses) For any given year, the federal budget deficit is the amount of money the federal government spends (also known as outlays) minus the amount of money it collects from taxes...