About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 ...

McCaffrey, Senior Policy Analyst on the Housing and Income Security team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research and policy institute in ...

Late last night, the House Agriculture Committee voted to advance a deeply flawed farm bill that turns its back on the millions of low-income families struggling to afford groceries in the wake ...

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...

Our nation faces serious long-term fiscal challenges. Addressing them will require policymakers to recognize several realities.

The Trump Administration has radically slashed the federal civilian workforce, sidestepping Congress and causing disruptions, slowdowns, and fragility in a range of critical public services that ...

Make a gift that will help lift people out of poverty. Give monthly and make an even bigger difference. Over the last four decades, the Center has played a significant role, in collaboration with ...

Meeting the needs of new and expecting parents and young children, such as ensuring access to nutritious food and preventive health services, improves maternal and child health outcomes. Both Medicaid ...

The House-passed Republican reconciliation plan would cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through 2034, based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ...