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December 23, 2025
The Policy Lessons from Minnesota’s Massive Welfare Fraud
…thus direct financial concern about fraud—to states. States will argue they can’t afford that, especially under current program terms. But history shows block grants and related changes cause caseloads and…
December 2, 2025
What To Do About Benefit Cliffs?
…Authors of the report “Stranded by the Safety Net: How to Fix the Benefit Cliff Problem” include Joshua Bandoch, Nic Dunn, Leslie Ford, Angela Rachidi, Erik Randolph, and Matt Weidinger. …
December 2, 2025
Stranded by the Safety Net: How to Fix the Benefit Cliff Problem
Key Points The safety net for low-income families aims to offer temporary and targeted assistance so that, among other things, work-capable individuals and families can achieve their economic goals. Too…
September 25, 2025
The Golden Age of Public Housing—and Why It Didn’t Last
…create housing families can afford and to make the best use of remaining public and subsidized housing, it’s important to understand why “the projects” briefly flourished as working-class apartments and…
September 23, 2025
Why the USDA Is Justified in Ending the Food Security Survey
…related to access to quality or quantity of food, including anxiety about affording food, not being able to afford the types of food people want, and the more severe, cutting…
September 8, 2025
A Hidden Explanation for the Wealth Gap on Racial Lines That Emerges in the Push to Promote Public Housing
…legendary Crawford Grill, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, of the Negro baseball league. Yet it was taken for granted that “slums” were to be judged only by their apparent and superficial…
August 8, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Includes Conservative Welfare Reforms Worth Expanding
…state share can and should grow in the future, and similar cost-sharing efforts should apply to other federally-funded programs. Uncle Sam has proven he can’t afford his benefit promises, and…
August 7, 2025
Perspective on the OBBBA’s SNAP Cuts
…program going if the House or Senate bill ultimately becomes law.” Pennsylvania received $4.3 billion from the federal government through SNAP to help low-income Pennsylvanians afford food in FY 2024, while reporting…
June 17, 2025
Work Requirements For Medicaid Could Increase Income and Reduce Poverty
…think we can’t afford the bill’s tax cuts. And I think the bill should make people who lose their Medicaid coverage after being sanctioned for not working eligible for ACA…
May 19, 2025
The Case for Shifting More Welfare Costs to States
…states simply cannot afford to bear additional benefit costs. For example, the Center on Budget Policy Priorities argued in March 2025 that expecting states to bear some SNAP costs “would…