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

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 ...

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

This three-part agenda — legislation, executive action, and tariffs — will reduce the living standards and raise costs for ...

Millions of people would pay higher premiums, deductibles, and other health costs under rule changes the Trump Administration ...

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 ...

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