The effectiveness of the SNAP program is hampered by complex administrative processes that create significant barriers for potential participants.

Child poverty and the glaring differences in poverty rates across racial and ethnic groups remain...

The city and the New York attorney general, along with other municipalities around the country, filed lawsuits in federal court.

The harmful 2025 Republican reconciliation law takes away access to public benefit programs for certain people granted humanitarian-related immigration status.

Everyone, regardless of factors such as income, race, or ZIP code, deserves to be able to meet their basic needs. Cash assistance provided through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is...

Every family in our nation should be able to afford their basic needs and have a foundation of financial stability that can lead to long-term opportunity for parents and children. But TANF has not del...

TANF is the main program that provides cash support for families with the lowest incomes, and it has failed to provide that support to many families who need it and to move families to economic securi...

Although TANF’s model is not successful in moving families to economic stability, Republicans adopted some of its approach in the harmful 2025 reconciliation law, expanding SNAP’s harsh work requireme...

"The decisions are devastating for our clients, and for those of us who accompany vulnerable immigrants through the legal system," said Anna Gallagher, CLINIC's executive director. "As Catholics, we b...

In normal times, today would have been a jobs day. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been forced to delay the release until December 16 due to the lingering impacts of the Trump admini...

The judge said the administration "erred" in its interpretation of federal law.

For the last five years, I’ve given the same answer in response to questions about any one-month increase in the Black unemployment rate. Given the relatively small sample size used to calculate the n...

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

People are encouraged to prepare paperwork and documentation now before modifications to the program begin.

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The Georgia Budget Primer examines state spending related to health, education, human services and criminal legal systems in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

Yesterday, the Senate passed a budget bill that will create a weaker and more unequal U.S. economy. It is even more radical than the House version, with deeper Medicaid cuts that will destroy rural ho...

Food banks do not have the capacity to alleviate the spike in hunger that would be created by cuts to SNAP.