On the first day after the 115th Congress was sworn in, Republican leaders fired their opening salvo in a plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

For the first time in 2017, many early filers—more than half of those claiming the EITC and Child Tax Credit (CTC)—will wait longer for their refunds.

The Washington, DC Council has approved a new paid family and medical leave bill with a wage replacement that is the most responsive of any in the country to the needs of low-income workers.

The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture recently released a report summarizing findings from a two-year series of hearings on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

In this blog post for the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, Olivia Golden explains the five top threats to child welfare from ACA repeal.

In this commentary, Liz Ben-Ishai asserts the importance of the FAMILY Act, especially for communities of color and immigrant communities.

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of people with health insurance has reached an all-time high. Twenty million more people are now insured than prior to the ACA. Despite this success, we’ve heard the “repeal and replace” mantra since the ACA was passed…

As the public debates key work supports like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Work Support Strategies’ (WSS) final evaluation report provides crucial evidence about what works and what doesn’t to support low-income people.

Family homelessness is primarily driven by the high cost of housing. Research shows that providing families with priority access to long-term housing subsidies is extremely effective at reducing rates of homelessness.

The limited amount of dedicated federal funds states receive for these SNAP E&T programs is not nearly enough to serve all SNAP recipients who are unemployed or under-employed.