A “pocket rescission” involves transmitting a rescission request so late in the fiscal year that the funds would expire ...
Everyone deserves affordable, safe energy to meet their everyday needs. But average electricity bills have risen close to 6 ...
Congress has passed a short-term funding measure to fund the government into December, but it still must pass full-year funding bills for fiscal year 2027. While the Senate has not yet introduced any ...
New research finds that 1 in 3 people applying for SNAP benefits are denied not because they are ineligible, but because they don’t make it through the complex process.
Final 2027 funding must prevent a loss of rental assistance and advance other important housing priorities. This week at CBPP, much of our analysis focused on poverty, income, and health coverage data ...
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On Tuesday, September 15, the Census Bureau will release its 2025 Current Population Survey data on poverty, income, and health insurance. Additional health insurance data from the Census Bureau’s ...
At a moment when the cuts enacted in last year’s harmful Republican reconciliation law have begun to take away food assistance and health coverage from millions of people, today’s Census data are a ...
No one in our country should go hungry, and SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) has been our nation’s most effective anti-hunger program for decades. However, sweeping cuts to SNAP ...
As children head back to school, it’s important to remember the role SNAP plays in supporting their healthy development. SNAP helps ensure that children have enough food and improves their health and ...
This week at CBPP, we focused on income security, poverty and inequality, and food assistance.