Report
Debt Limit Default Is Default, Even Under a “Prioritization” Scheme
Lawmakers shouldn’t fool themselves: prioritization cannot avert financial chaos or soothe creditors.
This page shows a chronological list of all CBPP materials.
Blog
States Should Streamline Medicaid Enrollment and Renewal for Older Adults and People With Disabilities Ahead of Unwinding
As states prepare to “unwind” the COVID-19 pandemic-related Medicaid continuous coverage requirement and resume terminations of coverage as soon as April 1, they should streamline eligibility...
Blog
SNAP Is and Remains Our Most Effective Tool to Combat Hunger
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is our nation’s most effective tool for combating hunger. It plays a critical role in reducing poverty, improving health and economic outcomes,...
Report
Medicare Is Not “Bankrupt”
The program is not on the verge of bankruptcy or ceasing to operate. Such claims demonstrate misunderstanding of Medicare’s finances.
Report
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching 38 million people nationwide in 2019 alone. These...
Resource List
SNAP: State by State Data, Fact Sheets, and Resources
This page contains links to resources and fact sheets organized by state.
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, and the economy.On food assistance, Dottie Rosenbaum, Katie Bergh, and Lauren Hall emphasized the ending of temporary...
Explainer
Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Shift Costs to States
Current LawThe federal government picks up a fixed share of states’ Medicaid costs, averaging about 60 percent across the states.[1] Each state’s share is based on its residents’ average...
Blog
WIC Coverage Steady in 2020 During COVID, But Has Been Falling Longer Term
The share of eligible individuals participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) remained steady in 2020, a testament to the program’s resilience...
Report
Temporary Pandemic SNAP Benefits Will End in Remaining 35 States in March 2023
SNAP’s emergency allotments (EAs) will end after February 2023 issuances, resulting in a benefit cut for every SNAP household in the jurisdictions that still are paying EAs.
Report
States Must Act to Preserve Medicaid Coverage as End of Continuous Coverage Requirement Nears
On April 1, 2023, states will resume reviewing all Medicaid enrollees’ eligibility — a process often called “unwinding” — and will begin ending coverage for those found ineligible.
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused primarily on the federal budget, the economy, state budgets and taxes, and income security.On the federal budget, CBPP President Sharon Parrott offered...
Policy Brief
Increases in TANF Cash Benefit Levels Are Critical to Help Families Meet Rising Costs
Despite recent increases, TANF cash benefits still leave a family of three at or below 60 percent of the poverty line in every state.
Report
Increases in TANF Cash Benefit Levels Are Critical to Help Families Meet Rising Costs
States, which have total flexibility to set benefit levels, have kept them too small to meet families’ basic needs and maintain their financial stability.
Commentary
State of the Union, Budget Offer Opportunities to Put Forward Vision for Stronger, More Prosperous Nation
The forthcoming President’s budget is an opportunity for the President to lay out a vision of the country we want to be and the policy changes that will help us get there.
Blog
Pandemic Unemployment Programs Saved Millions From Severe Hardship, But Permanent UI Needs Reform
In response to massive, rapid job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress in 2020 passed the most expansive set of temporary unemployment benefits in our nation’s history. These steps were...
Report
States Should Follow New York’s Lead and Shut Down Tax-Avoiding “ING Trusts”
For well over a decade, tax advisers have promoted a state income tax avoidance strategy called INGs — incomplete non-grantor trusts — among their wealthy clients. While INGs don’t enable...
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused primarily on health, food assistance, state budgets and taxes, and the economy.On health, Laura Guerra-Cardus and Gideon Lukens emphasized the need for...
Fact Sheet
States Are Using Much-Needed Temporary Flexibility in SNAP to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges
SNAP is essential to helping low-income households put food on the table.
Report
Last 11 States Should Expand Medicaid to Maximize Coverage and Protect Against Funding Drop as Continuous Coverage Ends
Beginning April 1 state Medicaid agencies can once again act on eligibility redeterminations, subjecting a record-high number of people to a process that could lead to unprecedented coverage losses and significantly higher uninsured rates if states don’t adequately prepare.
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we were excited to announce that Ai-jen Poo, President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Executive Director of Caring Across Generations, has joined our board of...
Blog
States Should Protect or Raise Revenue as Uncertainty Looms
In many states policymakers are starting 2023 legislative sessions with calls to layer more tax cuts on top of wasteful ones already enacted over the past two years. But with state revenues slowing and a potential recession looming, such a path could pose serious harm for workers, families, and communities nationwide.
Report
How States Can Best Use Federal Fiscal Recovery Funds: Lessons From State Choices So Far
States are making substantial progress in using Fiscal Recovery Funds.
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, state taxes, food assistance, and the economy.On the federal budget, Joel Friedman explained why the House Republican...
Blog
House Republican Rules Package Designed to Enable Skewed Priorities
The House Republican majority recently adopted a rules package to guide that chamber’s legislative action that would put up steep barriers to investments in critical national needs while paving the way for ever more tax cuts, inevitably tilted toward the wealthy and profitable corporations.
Blog
SNAP Linked to Better Health Throughout Life and Lower Health Care Costs
SNAP is one of our most effective tools to reduce hunger and food insecurity, which occurs when a lack of resources causes household members to struggle to afford enough food for an active, healthy...
Blog
Tax-Related Migration Is Grossly Exaggerated: a Research Preview
This blog post previews key findings from a forthcoming update to CBPP research on the effect of taxes on interstate migration. Like its predecessors, the latest update will...
Blog
House GOP’s First Bill: A Misleading Gambit to Protect Interests of Wealthy Tax Cheats
The debate should focus on one accurate and alarming number: the IRS has 2,284 fewer skilled auditors to handle the sophisticated returns of wealthy taxpayers than it did in 1954.
Blog
In Case You Missed It...
This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes.
On state budgets and taxes, Iris Hinh updated our paper on how states can best use federal fiscal...
Blog
In Case You Missed It...
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...
Blog
Year-End Bill Invests in Kids’ Health Coverage, Makes Tradeoffs in Area of Medicaid Continuous Coverage
The year-end omnibus spending bill includes important investments in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including requiring states to provide 12 months of continuous...
Blog
Permanent Summer Grocery Benefits Are a Big Win for Children in Low-Income Families, Despite Disappointing Tradeoffs
The recently released year-end budget legislation includes a permanent Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program to provide grocery benefits to the nation’s low-income families with school-age...
Statement
Important Investments, Significant Disappointments in Year-End Legislation
Finalizing a year-end omnibus bill is an important accomplishment for Congress, and the bipartisan bill released today includes several key investments, including significant, permanent advances in...
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, income security, and the economy.
On food assistance, Steven Carlson and Joseph Llobrera detailed how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Report
Rebuilding IRS Would Reduce Tax Gap, Help Replenish Depleted Revenue Base
A decade of budget cuts has severely undermined the agency’s ability to perform its fundamental jobs of enforcing the nation’s tax laws.
Chart Book
The Need to Rebuild the Depleted IRS
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...
Testimony
Legislative Hearing on Opportunities for Improving TANF in Mississippi
Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to share my expertise with you today.
I am a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan policy think tank that focuses on...
Report
SNAP Is Linked With Improved Health Outcomes and Lower Health Care Costs
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...
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, food assistance, and the economy.
On federal taxes, Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby noted how efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit...
Report
Corporate Lobby’s New Math Doesn’t Add Up for Kids
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.
Video
SNAP: Fighting Hunger & Feeding Futures
SNAP, the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, is the primary source of nutrition assistance for many low-income people. The program improves food security, offers nutrition benefits that...
Report
Year-End Tax Policy Priority: Expand the Child Tax Credit for the 19 Million Children Who Receive Less Than the Full Credit
Policymakers should not enact any year-end corporate tax breaks without expanding the Child Tax Credit.
Policy Basics
The Child Tax Credit
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).
Report
Success of the IRS Rebuilding and Tax Gap Reduction Effort Depends on Sufficient Funding Through Annual Appropriations
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...
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
Recently at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, the federal budget, housing, and the economy. On federal taxes, Chuck Marr, Samantha Jacoby, and Jabari Cook highlighted how the...
Blog
Congress Should Finish 2023 Appropriations Now, Rather Than Punting Until the Next Session
Before ending its session, Congress should finish appropriations for fiscal year 2023, which began on October 1, by enacting a comprehensive bill (known as an omnibus), rather than enacting a...
Blog
Final 2023 Funding Bill Should Support, Expand Housing Vouchers
As Congress finalizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills that among other things will fund critical Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs and services, it should prioritize Housing Choice...
Blog
Child Tax Credit Expansion Is Especially Important to Rural Families
Under current law, an estimated 3 million children living in rural areas are left out of the full $2,000 Child Tax Credit because their families’ incomes are too low. Rural communities would...
Blog
In Case You Missed It…
This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, the federal budget, food assistance, and the economy.
On federal taxes, Chuck Marr, Kris Cox, Sarah Calame, Stephanie Hingtgen, George...
Blog
After Years of Budget Cuts, Increased Funding Would Help Social Security Administration Restore Staff and Improve Customer Service
As Congress works to fund the government for fiscal year 2023, policymakers should significantly increase funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA). In the continuing resolution (CR) that...