All families should receive the child support payments intended for them, which help cover essentials for children, such as housing costs, diapers, and school supplies. But when a family ...

Although some states have been adopting policies that redirect or “pass through” child support payments to families, other states continue to keep all collections intended for some of the families ...

More than 19 million children under age 17 receive less than the full $2,200 Child Tax Credit because their families’ incomes ...

TANF is the main program that provides cash support for families with the lowest incomes, and it has failed to provide that ...

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

The harmful Republican reconciliation law enacted last July made unprecedented cuts to food assistance through SNAP, including a provision slashing federal funding for SNAP benefits and imposing these ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has ...

U.S. families are grappling with increased costs for many necessities: groceries, housing, health care, utilities, gasoline, and more. Although Donald Trump pledged as President that he would improve ...

A strong federal tax system can be a foundation for policies that expand opportunity, promote fairness, and foster broadly shared success. But it requires a modern, well-resourced infrastructure that ...

Testimony of Brendan Duke, Senior Director for Federal Budget Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Senate Budget Committee Thank you, Chair Graham, Ranking Member Merkley, and ...

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars a year — for the first time in ...