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March 28, 2024
An Early Look at the Child Tax Credit Changes in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
…responses. In the meantime, our early look at H.R. 7024’s changes to the CTC provides some initial evidence to policymakers as they consider the legislation’s merits. Read the full report….
March 21, 2024
Sugary Beverage Consumption Among SNAP Recipients
…could improve health outcomes for low-income households. This is just the latest rejection by Washington policymakers of proposals designed to improve nutritional outcomes for SNAP participants. Despite opposition to restrictions…
February 29, 2024
The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI
…the face of these advances and the uncertainties they generate, students and incumbent workers should focus on developing balanced skill “portfolios” that support flexibility and adaptation, and policymakers should empower…
February 29, 2024
Addressing the False Claims from Industry Groups on Pilot Testing SNAP Restrictions
…that respond to the needs of policy makers and managers and help ensure that nutrition assistance programs achieve their goals effectively.” The House Agriculture appropriations bill will fund a study…
February 7, 2024
Solving Benefit Cliffs in SNAP
…loss of benefits. His findings should point policymakers toward several necessary SNAP reforms. SNAP is one of the country’s largest safety net programs, providing over $107 billion in benefits to…
February 7, 2024
Child Tax Credit Bill Would Increase Marriage Penalties for Working Single Mothers
…in which taxes fall or transfers rise as a result of marriage. Policymakers have expressed growing concern over marriage penalties, in light of declining marriage rates and the growing prevalence…
January 29, 2024
Let’s Not Turn the Child Tax Credit Into Welfare
…policymakers will ultimately have to decide what the CTC should be: Is it tax relief for families, or is it a welfare program? The newly proposed CTC changes are part…
December 1, 2023
Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change
…and lay out core design principles and recommendations for the future. At a time of rapid technological transformation, policymakers, employers, educators, intermediaries, and philanthropies must collaborate to build a system…
December 1, 2023
Cities Use Covid Funds to Run Guaranteed-Income Experiments
…let it expire amid legitimate concerns over excess federal spending. Lawmakers also worried that the child tax credit would severely inhibit workforce participation. University of Chicago researchers estimate that if…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…not been good — for children, for families, or for the United States.” But for policymakers in Utah, what are the practical implications of this truth? That is, what can…