Some measures of poverty in 2023 reached or remained at all-time lows except for 2020 and 2021, when pandemic relief measures ...

The Census Bureau has released nationwide figures for poverty, income, and health insurance coverage in 2023 from its Current ...

Interpreting this year’s poverty figures requires caution: a temporary quirk in the poverty thresholds may understate ...

Each year, thousands of families participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have their benefits ...

States only spend a little over one-fifth of their combined federal and state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...

An unprecedented $190 billion federal investment in education during the COVID-19 pandemic improved academic achievement and ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes, health, income security, and the economy.On state budgets and taxes, Anna Phillips called on lawmakers to enact ...

More than 50 million K-12 public school students are returning to classes for the start of a new academic year. At the same time, some states are cutting a major source of funding for ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, food assistance, and poverty and inequality.

Food insecurity increased in 2023, from 12.8 percent in 2022 to 13.5 percent in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest food insecurity report finds. Food insecurity has risen two ...