Sound investments that reduce early childhood adversity can strengthen the foundations of physical and mental health, delivering lifelong benefits.[2] Extensive research finds that the ...

The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people ...

New, high-quality research quantifying the powerful impact of federal non-defense research and development shows why the ...

Tax laws work best when they are transparent, apply fairly to everyone, and can raise the revenue required to meet the needs of our communities. Tax loopholes that allow well-resourced people ...

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

The government funding deadline is fast approaching. With the Trump Administration’s continued efforts to impound and rescind funding, complicating Congress’s ability to reach an agreement on funding ...

Programs assisting low- and moderate-income people are not driving the nation’s long-term fiscal problems, contrary to assertions from some policymakers. Despite this, the first two Trump budgets as ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs. It ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore ...

The Republicans’ harmful megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, 2025, will raise costs for families and take away health coverage, food assistance, and other essentials from people ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These fact ...