TANF’s block grant structure to states, federal policies that take away cash assistance if a parent doesn’t meet a harsh work ...

President Trump last week threatened legal action against the Center for American Progress (CAP) for publishing a report with ...

The long-term outlook for the Social Security trust funds has declined slightly, the latest annual report from the program’s trustees shows. Social Security can pay full benefits for nine more years ...

With only a few weeks left before the start of fiscal year 2026, Congress is considering attaching the Agriculture appropriations bill [1] — which funds, among other programs, the Special Supplemental ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's (SNAP) homeless shelter deduction offers states a flexible tool to provide increased benefits to individuals and families who are without permanent ...

For millennia, Native food systems nourished communities and cultures. From farming to fishing to harvesting wild rice, these food traditions are diverse and rich, molded and shaped by the geographies ...

Black and Hispanic or Latino [1] unemployment rates are consistently higher than white rates, gaps that widen quickly in recessions and narrow much more slowly after an economic recovery begins. These ...

Today’s cash assistance program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), continues to provide very low benefits — at or below 60 percent of the poverty line in every state. Low family grants ...

On January 31, reports began emerging from the Treasury Department that senior civil servants were resisting requests from the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) concerning access to the ...

Years of underfunding have forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) to serve the growing number of beneficiaries with fewer staff, creating customer service woes that the Trump Administration ...

During its first few weeks, the Trump Administration has unleashed a flurry of measures to radically reshape the federal government. Many of these moves are overtly unlawful. This paper identifies the ...

The House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food ...