WIC's recurring, structured appointments create sustained touchpoints for identifying emerging health concerns throughout pregnancy and beyond.
In May, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed rule that would upend the federal grantmaking process by ...
On November 3, voters in Washington State will decide whether to protect landmark legislation enacted in March that will ...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), members of Congress from both parties, and the courts have all agreed the ...
A “pocket rescission” involves transmitting a rescission request so late in the fiscal year that the funds would expire ...
This week at CBPP, we focused on governance, state budgets and taxes, and food assistance. On governance, Sam Berger, Jacob Leibenluft, and Devin O’Connor explained that Congress can restore funding ...
Congress created the TANF block grant through the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, as part of a federal effort to “end welfare as we know it.” TANF ...
State budget decisions should matter to all of us. State budgets affect the quality of life of workers, families, and communities across the nation ― they decide the fate of roads, schools, health ...
Few budgetary concepts generate as much unintended confusion and deliberate misinformation as the Social Security trust funds. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that are just as ...
Harsh Medicaid work requirements in the Republican reconciliation legislation will put 9.9 million to 14.9 million people at risk of losing Medicaid coverage in 2034. (See Table 1 for state estimates ...
Some 2.2 million fewer people were enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces as of February 2026 compared to December 2025, after Republicans chose to not extend premium tax credit (PTC) ...
For any given year, the federal budget deficit is the amount of money the federal government spends (also known as outlays) minus the amount of money it collects from taxes (also known as revenue). If ...