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Perhaps the most significant cost — and the hardest to estimate — will be making up for lost learning time. Schoolchildren have lost many months of in-person learning time that — if not made up — could deliver a lasting blow to their long-term earning potential and America’s economic competitiveness, and it could exacerbate longstanding disparities in educational outcomes between white students and students of color. Distance learning hasn’t worked well for many children, and some a...

President Biden directed federal agencies to review agency actions affecting health care, including “demonstrations and waivers… that may reduce coverage under or otherwise undermine Medicaid or...

Here are the CBPP statements, papers, and blog posts to date on issues raised by the COVID-19...

Employers added just 49,000 jobs in January, today’s jobs report shows, highlighting the need for policymakers to enact significant additional economic relief legislation that prevents key...

In Case You Missed It... February 5, 2021, 5:00 pm | By CBPP Share This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, the economy, immigration, health, housing, food assistance, state budgets and taxes, and family income support. On On On On On On On

Eligibility for some programs is limited to people who are unable to work, and some programs’ definitions of disability do not account for certain physical, mental, or other health conditions that limit the kind or amount of work an individual can do. In some programs, eligibility for non-elderly people who aren’t employed is limited to people receiving SSI or SSDI. But SSI [12] have arduous (and lengthy) disability determination processes, and many people with disabilities don’t receive ...

Image Jenny Sullivan is Director of Housing and Health Integration and leads Connecting the Dots: Bridging Systems for Better Health, a Center initiative that identifies opportunities to strengthen the link between housing and health policy. Before taking this role, she worked on the Center’s State Fiscal Policy team, where she directed work to advance population health and equity through better state budget and tax policies. Prior to joining the Center, she was Director of Policy and Program...

The State Fiscal Project In state capitals across America, policymakers make decisions every day that shape the lives and futures of working families, people who struggle to get...

Rosenbaum is a Senior Fellow and Interim Program Area Lead for Food Assistance, who joined the Center in 2000. Her work focuses primarily on federal and state issues in SNAP as well as issues that...

Neuberger, a Senior Policy Analyst, joined the Center in May 2001. She works on nutrition assistance programs. Neuberger provides analytic and technical assistance on child nutrition programs such...