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Budget and Tax Reform Tax Credits for Individuals and Families Fiscal Recovery Funds in the American Rescue Plan

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Priorities for Spending the American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

May 7, 2021 | CBPP

The American Rescue Plan is not only an extraordinary federal policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its severe attendant hardships, but also a historic opportunity to begin undoing...

American Rescue Plan Act Includes Much-Needed K-12 Funding

March 15, 2021

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3 Principles for an Antiracist, Equitable State Response to COVID-19 — and a Stronger Recovery

April 29, 2021

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How States Can Best Use Federal Fiscal Recovery Funds: Lessons From State Choices So Far

April 22, 2022

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Fiscal Recovery Funds in the American Rescue Plan

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State Cuts Continue to Unravel Basic Support for Unemployed Workers

June 27, 2022 | Nick Gwyn

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States Can Center Equity to Strengthen Their Economic Relief and Recovery Spending

April 25, 2022 | Ed Lazere and Maya El Jawhari

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States Can Thoughtfully Implement Grocery Tax Reforms to Help Families and Improve Equity

February 3, 2022 | Eric Figueroa and Iris Hinh

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State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly for Communities of Color

July 27, 2021 | Cortney Sanders

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Many States Are Creating or Expanding Tax Credits to Help Families Afford the Basics

August 10, 2022

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Hawai’i Is Leading the Way for Girls’ Youth Justice

July 29, 2022

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Public Engagement and Transparency Is Key to States and Localities Using Federal Aid to Advance Racial Equity

July 5, 2022

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Robust COVID Relief Achieved Historic Gains Against Poverty and Hardship, Bolstered Economy

June 14, 2022

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States Should Spend Recovery Funds Equitably as Second Round of Aid Rolls In

May 20, 2022

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Murray-Kaine Proposal to Expand, Improve Child Care Would Benefit Families and the Economy

May 18, 2022

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Many States Are Creating or Expanding Tax Credits to Help Families Afford the Basics

Several states have created or improved tax credits this year — particularly state earned income tax credits (EITCs) and state child tax credits (CTCs) — to support families struggling to...

Hawai’i Is Leading the Way for Girls’ Youth Justice

For the first time since 1961, there are zero girls incarcerated in Hawai’i, showing it’s possible to have a juvenile justice system focused not on locking girls away but on a robust system...

Public Engagement and Transparency Is Key to States and Localities Using Federal Aid to Advance Racial Equity

As states and localities continue to decide how to use the remainder of $350 billion in flexible federal recovery funds (FRF) from the American Rescue Plan, they should actively engage...

State Cuts Continue to Unravel Basic Support for Unemployed Workers

The share of jobless individuals receiving benefits through the regular federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system has declined over several decades (excluding the temporary...

Robust COVID Relief Achieved Historic Gains Against Poverty and Hardship, Bolstered Economy

The COVID relief effort was robust and featured a number of successful policy innovations. As a result, the nation achieved historic gains against poverty and lowered...

States Should Spend Recovery Funds Equitably as Second Round of Aid Rolls In

Many states are using the American Rescue Plan’s flexible federal aid to build an inclusive recovery by addressing the long-standing health, economic, and fiscal inequities exacerbated by...

Murray-Kaine Proposal to Expand, Improve Child Care Would Benefit Families and the Economy

A new proposal would increase the number of families in every state who can afford child care, improve the quality of child care in every state, and establish a pilot program so that some states can...

Flexible Recovery Funds Offer States a Tool to Advance Environmental Justice

States are taking steps to advance environmental protection and environmental justice using flexible State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) provided through the American Rescue Plan. With a...

Tax Cuts' Drain on Revenues Would Stifle Oklahoma's Economic Growth

Editor’s note: This originally ran as an opinion piece in the Oklahoman. We're reproducing it here, with links added for context. Bills the Oklahoma House has passed to cut...

States Can Center Equity to Strengthen Their Economic Relief and Recovery Spending

As states make decisions about how to allocate the rest of their recovery funds, they should make investments that center racial and economic equity to support the people and communities hardest hit...

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