This year, the IRS is under threat, and the agency will have less bandwidth and fewer resources to process tax returns and provide support to the taxpayers who need it. Lawmakers should invest in the IRS, not deplete it.
California is on its way to repealing its maximum family grant rule, effectively granting Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance to thousands of poor children who were previously capped from receiving benefits.
Last week, a bipartisan group of House Members introduced H.R.2518, the “Student Right to Know Before You Go” Act of 2015. The legislation would help students, families, and policymakers the information improve postsecondary education decisions.
Black girls are entering the “school-to-prison pipeline” at alarming rates, according to a report from the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies and the African American Policy Forum.
Today, the House and Senate both reintroduced the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, which was originally introduced in 2013. The Act would advance high-quality, comprehensive early care and education access for young children across the country.
SNAP time limits affecting able-bodied adults without dependents or "ABAWDS" put millions at risk of losing access to needed nutrition assistance. However, localized pilot programs seek to provide ABAWDs opportunity to participate in work activities.
Two new reports from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and the CLASP-led Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative offer practical, high-impact lessons on integrating systems through policy and technology reform.
This policy brief explores state policy choices in establishing minimum hour work requirements for subsidy eligibility; requiring verification of job schedule and hours; and matching children’s child care hours precisely to parents’ work hours.
In November 2014, with broad bipartisan support, Congress reauthorized the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) for the first time since 1996. In addition to protecting the health and safety of children in care and improving the quality of care, the new law contains provisions…
