Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is betting that states can take the lead in reforming the social safety net. The longtime free ...

A study by the Urban Institute found that while hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers qualify for federal safety net programs, ...

A lot of people assume safety net help is only for someone who isn't working. That's not how most of these programs are built. Many are specifically designed for low- and moderate-income workers who ...

Safety-net programs need to not only be budgeted for but also aimed at the right people to ensure receipt of proper health care. The Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision is nearing its conclusion, ...

A new Urban Institute tool tracks how many eligible Americans in each state actually receive taxpayer-funded assistance and the participation gaps are stark. Urban Institute senior fellow Linda ...

America’s broken safety net system has over 80 programs, costs $1.6 trillion annually, and perpetually underperforms. It’s inefficient, costly, and perversely functions like a snare net that traps ...

Rates of people experiencing homelessness plummeted when pandemic-era housing safety net programs and policies were in effect but – after those phased out – rates of people experiencing homelessness ...

Over the last several weeks, West Virginia residents and lawmakers have learned much about the state’s school clothing ...

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President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net ...

Congress was originally planning to approve a new farm bill on or before September 30, 2023, when several major policy provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill were set to expire. That date has come and gone, ...