Various laws, regulations, and guidance that federal policymakers put in place since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic expand access to testing, vaccination, and treatment for the virus.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) cut the nation’s uninsured rate nearly in half from 16 percent to 9 percent, but 29 million people remain uninsured, including about 18 million who are already...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits broadly to low-income households that meet the program’s eligibility requirements, but its coverage of non-elderly adults not...

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States have critical policy choices to make: they can exacerbate inequities and damage the economy, or they can set another course.

The number of households having difficulty putting food on the table grew sharply over the past year due to COVID-19’s far-reaching health and economic impacts and remains high relative to pre-pandemic levels.

Table of Contents Overview Why Is It Worthwhile to Enroll More Medicaid and SNAP Participants in WIC? How Medicaid Participants Can Benefit From Participating in WIC How SNAP...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, federal policymakers created a temporary paid family and medical leave program in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which passed with strong...

Rural communities — both nationally and in most states — will benefit disproportionately from the American Rescue Plan’s temporary expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.

To fund the investments that would help build a more equitable recovery, President Biden is expected to ask the wealthiest households to pay a fairer amount in federal taxes. With the nation’s...

Beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Administration should make additional, permanent changes to make it easier for more people to enroll in coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces.

La ley expande el Crédito Tributario por Hijos para que toda familia elegible en Puerto Rico con un hijo o más pueda reclamarlo y provee una importante suma de fondos anuales para que Puerto Rico pueda expandir considerablemente su programa del Crédito Tributario por Trabajo.

The Act extends the Child Tax Credit to families of all sizes in Puerto Rico and provides funding to substantially expand Puerto Rico’s local Earned Income Tax Credit.

Vouchers help more than 2 million low-income households afford decent, stable housing, usually by helping them rent a modest unit of their choice in the private market.

A decade of budget cuts has severely undermined the agency’s ability to perform its fundamental jobs of enforcing the nation’s tax laws.

What Is the Housing Voucher Program? Individuals and families with low incomes use vouchers to help pay for privately owned housing. The program is federally funded and run by the Department of...

This budget request marks an important break from more than a decade of underinvestment across a range of areas.

To make further strides toward universal coverage an essential priority for recovery legislation, Congress should make broader, permanent improvements to marketplace coverage.

The current crisis calls for a permanent subsidized employment program that can respond to short-term needs and support workers who are disadvantaged even in good economic times.

What Is TANF? Congress created the TANF block grant through the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as part of a federal effort to “end welfare as we know...