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How Fixing SNAP’s Payment Error Rate Formula Would Change State Cost Shares
…in additional federal savings, illustrates the potential federal savings once the transition provisions no longer apply, starting with FY2027 payment error rates that determine FY2030 cost shares. As policymakers consider…
Op-Ed
The Ongoing Battle to Defend Welfare Reform
…for upper-income families) that didn’t depend on whether parents worked or not. In other words, policymakers should provide unconditional cash aid to low-income families without a work requirement attached, just…
Op-Ed
Congress Shouldn’t Create Another Newborn Benefit
A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently introduced the Supporting Newborn Parents Act of 2026, which would provide parents up to $2,000 when a child is born. The impulse is understandable. Babies…