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A report from the Urban Institute, Why Does Cash Welfare Depend on Where You Live? How and Why State TANF Programs Vary explores state variation in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)—a federally-funded block grant that provides cash assistance to low income families with children. The…
The Federal Reserve Board released its fourth annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households on May 19. The report is based on a Federal Reserve survey of households’ economic well-being and risks to their financial security. Forty-four percent of adults reported that they could not…
A report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), Bank Branch Closures from 2008-2016: Unequal Impact in America’s Heartland, finds that bank closures since the Great Recession have diminished access to financial services in both urban and rural areas. Lack of access to financial…
The progress of efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remain unclear.Proposals to repeal the ACA Medicaid expansion and to convert Medicaid to a block grant or per-capita capped financing model have created controversy within the Republican Party and beyond. The Congressional…