The budget plan that House Republicans passed today paves the way to take Medicaid health coverage and food assistance ...

We use the TANF-to-poverty ratio (TPR) to examine changes over time in access to TANF by families experiencing poverty. We ...

Starting April 14, phone service will no longer be an option for retirees and survivors applying for benefits, or for ...

The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage for millions of people and has driven ...

A long-time allowable spending category in TANF enables states to provide short-term assistance to families experiencing a ...

House and Senate Republicans are working overtime to rush through a federal budget plan that would cut off large portions of ...

The “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the second Trump Administration have led a myriad of attacks on the IRS, ...

The Trump Administration and DOGE have proposed eliminating phone access for critical Social Security services, including ...

Congress is speeding down a path to a deeply harmful budget and tax “reconciliation” bill that showers tax cuts on ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, Social Security, the economy, federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, and health.On the federal budget, we released a ...

Communities across the country have been reeling in recent weeks as billionaire Elon Musk, the DOGE team he leads, and the ...

Food is an essential human need. The United States has the resources to ensure everyone has enough to eat and no one goes ...