A bipartisan bill from Reps. John Larson and Vern Buchanan and Senators Ron Wyden and Bill Cassidy would clarify that the Social Security ... Read more
Federal rental assistance can substantially improve adults’ health and children’s chances for long-term success, but millions that need it don’t receive it due to funding limitations. Read more
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy organization that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, ... Read more
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) limits most working-age adults not raising minor children to three months of food assistance out of every 36 months unless they are working at least 20 hours a week or otherwise exempt. This law allows states to seek temporary waivers from the time limit for higher-unemployment areas. Every state but Delaware has sought a waiver at some point. Read more
Today, the Trump Administration issued a draconian rule in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) that will cut off basic food assistance for nearly 700,000 of the nation’s poorest and most destitute people. Read more
Employer-sponsored coverage often works well, allowing many people to enroll in comprehensive health benefits using employer contributions that make premiums affordable. But the picture can be quite different for low-income workers. Read more
Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit, as several proposals before Congress would do, could benefit hundreds of thousands of American ... Read more
In 1967, economic security programs lifted above the poverty line just 4 percent of those who would otherwise be poor. By 2017, that figure had jumped to 43 percent. Read more
