As the nation’s largest affordable housing development program, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has substantial influence on where low-income families are able to live. ... Read more
As the nation’s largest affordable housing development program, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit has substantial influence on where low-income families are able to live. Read more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) used faulty measures to distribute funds last year among navigator groups, which provide outreach and enrollment assistance ... Read more
The federal government is responsible for conducting a fair and accurate census every ten years, but that’s in jeopardy for 2020: inadequate and delayed funding ... Read more
Health coverage under Ohio’s Medicaid expansion continues to improve the physical and mental health, financial well-being, and ability to work of low-income Ohioans, according to ... Read more
Disability Insurance (DI) is an integral part of Social Security. It provides modest but vital benefits to workers who can no longer support themselves on account of a serious and long-lasting medical impairment. The following charts provide important background information. Read more
This week at CBPP, we focused on health, family income support, state budgets and taxes, Social Security, and the economy. On health , Judith Solomon ... Read more
Under the TANF block grant, states get a fixed amount of federal funding each year and must also contribute some state funding. In drafting the 1996 law, federal policymakers gave states broad flexibility in how they can spend these federal and state TANF funds on the theory that states would invest the savings from declining cash assistance caseloads into work programs and work supports, such as child care or transportation. But that isn’t what happened. Read more
