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Center on Budget retweeted
State leaders in Georgia have long directed TANF $ away from cash support to families in poverty. This latest development shows the state has extended that funding far beyond what TANF $ can be used for. atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/10…
As 2027 marketplace open enrollment approaches, people facing higher premiums may turn to subpar health products outside the marketplace. But these products lack benefits and consumer protections that are standard in ACA plans: cbpp.org/blog/health-coverag…
Sharing data between SNAP and Medicaid can help states reduce coverage losses and administrative burdens from the 2025 reconciliation law’s Medicaid work requirement, helping eligible people keep their health coverage: cbpp.org/blog/accessing-snap…
Center on Budget retweeted
The revised UI reform proposal released today by Sen Wyden recognizes one of the best ways to address potential job dislocations from AI is to shore up our current system that helps all jobless workers:
finance.senate.gov/imo/media…
This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, housing, state budgets and taxes, the economy, and food assistance: cbpp.org/blog/in-case-you-mi…
Center on Budget retweeted
About 2 million kids have lost SNAP since deep cuts were enacted last year. The ripple effects: Kids losing SNAP also lose automatic enrollment for free meals at school. And as more kids lose SNAP, their schools may be forced to drop Community Eligibility. washingtonpost.com/education…
Center on Budget retweeted
New @CenterOnBudget fiscal policy paper.
The U.S. has 2 deficits:
1. A fiscal deficit
2. An investment deficit—our failure to adopt policies making folks better off.
Fiscal policy should reduce both—not reduce one deficit by growing other. More revenue can do just that.
As our nation faces both a federal budget deficit and a federal investment deficit, policymakers should focus on raising revenue to address both challenges, expand opportunity, and build a more shared prosperity: cbpp.org/research/federal-bu…
As our nation faces both a federal budget deficit and a federal investment deficit, policymakers should focus on raising revenue to address both challenges, expand opportunity, and build a more shared prosperity: cbpp.org/research/federal-bu…
Center on Budget retweeted
I have a new piece on the state of the economy - is it bad? No. Is it good? Also, no. cbpp.org/research/economy/th…
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New from @ClaraEWilson: State and local governments need flexibility and sufficient revenue to respond to pressing challenges in both good times and bad. Yet, some November measures would do the opposite. cbpp.org/research/state-budg…
Center on Budget retweeted
In the wake of unprecedented cuts in last year's Republican reconciliation law, SNAP participation & spending have been falling — and the decline is much deeper than the Congressional Budget Office initially projected.
cbpp.org/blog/congress-must-…
ALT Graph showing actual monthly SNAP participation from July 2024 to July 2026, with horizontal lines showing actual average participation in fiscal year 2025 (42.1 million), CBO's projected fiscal year 2026 average participation (39.3 million), and projected fiscal year 2026 participation based on actual data (37.6 million).
Center on Budget retweeted
In the year after the Republican reconciliation law was enacted, the number of people receiving SNAP fell by more than 20% in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, and Oklahoma. Using more recent state data, add Indiana, Kansas, and Texas.
NEW: In the year after the Republican reconciliation law enacted deep cuts, 5.5 million people lost access to SNAP nationwide, including an estimated 2 million children. It's increasingly urgent for Congress to act before even more families lose SNAP. cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
Center on Budget retweeted
NEW: In the year after the Republican reconciliation law enacted deep cuts, 5.5 million people lost access to SNAP nationwide, including an estimated 2 million children. It's increasingly urgent for Congress to act before even more families lose SNAP. cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
About 5.5 million people, including about 2 million children, have lost SNAP since the 2025 reconciliation law was enacted. As participation losses far exceed CBO’s estimates, Congress should delay the law’s SNAP cost shift to states: cbpp.org/blog/congress-must-…
The economy: Is it bad? Well, it’s not good.
Economic growth has slowed, inflation has risen, and wages aren’t keeping up with prices. @gbenga_ajilore explains how Trump Administration policies are contributing to the slowdown: cbpp.org/research/economy/th…
HUD has made repeated attempts to cut funding for proven solutions to homelessness, which would take housing assistance away from 100k or more formerly homeless people. Here are five ways HUD’s funding notices undermine effective homelessness solutions: cbpp.org/research/housing/fi…
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Criminals have been exploiting outdated EBT card technology to steal SNAP benefits from unsuspecting low-income families. Since December 2024, the victims of this theft have had no recourse & federal action to prevent it has largely stalled — for a deeply infuriating reason:
ALT The main thing Congress has done about SNAP theft is to abandon a previous effort to help victims. The federal government had, since late 2022, been replacing people’s stolen funds, just as banks are required to do if your debit card is hacked. As a result, 753,929 households were compensated. In December 2024, a bipartisan spending agreement that included a provision to extend these reimbursements through 2028 was on the brink of becoming law. But Elon Musk, who had been named a leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, attacked the legislation more than 100 times on X, pushing to “defund everything.” (Musk did not reply to a request for comment.) Trump then sank the deal. Victims of SNAP theft can no longer get any of their benefits replaced. And with the government off the hook for losses, there is now less incentive to put money into the solution.
New: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it. propub.li/4dCgOc8
Center on Budget retweeted
Last year's Republican reconciliation law made unprecedented cuts to SNAP, including:
▪️complex & burdensome new requirements
▪️deep cuts to administrative funding
▪️extreme new penalties for administrative mistakes
The entirely foreseeable result ⤵️
People relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Medicaid could face long delays when trying to get help from Franklin County Job and Family Services, call center data shows. nbc4i.co/4scbAtM
Ballot Measures Restricting State Revenues and Citizen Initiatives Would Impede Needed Investments and Supports: cbpp.org/research/state-budg…
This week at CBPP, we focused on health, food assistance, and state budgets and taxes: cbpp.org/blog/in-case-you-mi…
