The United States went through its longest, and by most measures worst economic recession since the Great Depression between December 2007 and June 2009. This ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Eighty-three years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. To mark the occasion, we’ve updated our backgrounder on Social ... Read more
*/ Eighty-three years after President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935, Social Security remains one of the nation’s most successful, ... Read more
The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages. (See “ Introduction ... Read more
The law will cost approximately $1.5 trillion over the next decade and deliver windfall gains to wealthy households and profitable corporations, further widening the gap between those at the top of the income ladder and the rest of the nation. Read more
The “Universal Savings Accounts” proposal included in the new tax framework from House Republican leaders would drain federal revenues substantially, distribute its tax benefits overwhelmingly to the nation’s wealthiest households, and not likely boost private savings much at all. Read more
A new Cityscape paper authored by CBPP analysts offers insights about how states and localities can create new rental assistance programs, or improve ... Read more
Several states have proposed using Medicaid’s “waiver” authority to sharply reduce the number of people who would be covered by expanded Medicaid. Read more
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance issued in January 2018 allows states — for the first time — to take Medicaid coverage away ... Read more
