This chart book provides background on the depletion of the IRS. For more on how to rebuild the IRS, see: Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue...

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A substantial body of research links the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, with lower health care costs and improved health...

If year-end legislation must include the corporate tax breaks alongside the Child Tax Credit expansion, then a fair package should accurately portray how both corporations and children would fare under it and not rely on fuzzy math.

Policymakers should not enact any year-end corporate tax breaks without expanding the Child Tax Credit.

Earlier this year policymakers took step one in a two-step funding process designed to rebuild the IRS with the goals of improving customer service and reducing the tax gap, by enacting $80 billion...

Enacted in 1997 and expanded multiple times with bipartisan support since 2001, the Child Tax Credit helps families manage the cost of raising children. Under current law the credit is worth up to $2,000 per eligible child (under age 17 at the end of the tax year).

Understanding which policies states have implemented can help federal policymakers update those program rules.

Collaboration between the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) is an...

All states make information regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program,[1] including their applications, state policy manuals or...

Closing the housing affordability gap will require a comprehensive housing strategy, including developing new units, preserving existing affordable housing, and expanding rental assistance. Expanding the Housing Choice Voucher program, as the 2023 House-passed HUD funding bill calls for, would most immediately help renters absorb cost increases.

Payroll taxes have become an increasingly important part of the federal budget over time.

No single piece of legislation establishes the annual federal budget. Congress makes spending and tax decisions through a variety of legislative actions in ways that have evolved over more than two centuries.

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.

Implementing this guidance will be crucial in helping create more equitable child support and child welfare programs that put the needs of children first.

Los legisladores deberían hacer posible que el crédito esté completamente disponible para las familias sin ingresos o de bajos ingresos en un año dado — esto se conoce a menudo como “reembolso por completo” (en inglés full refundability).

Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration to honor the history, culture, and contributions of the Hispanic community.[1] Hispanic people make up the nation’s second largest racial or ethnic...

Income security programs, such as one-time or monthly cash payments and savings accounts, help people with low incomes emerge from the worst of the pandemic.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, popularly known as WIC, provides nutritious foods, counseling on healthy eating, breastfeeding support, and health care referrals to approximately 6 million low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding individuals, infants, and children at nutritional risk — and leads to long-term benefits.

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...

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...