INCOME & WORK SUPPORTS UPDATE
April 2023

Work requirements won’t lead to better employment or economic outcomes [[link removed]]
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and 14 other Republicans recently introduced a harmful bill that would increase the amount of people subject to time limits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Despite evidence proving that expanded work requirements and time limits are ineffective in supporting long-term economic stability, the bill is anticipated to be one of many attempts to lower nutrition spending in this year’s Farm Bill reauthorization. To make SNAP equitable, we must end time limits altogether.

We must continue to update the Thrifty Food Plan to ensure SNAP benefits are sufficient [[link removed]]
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated the Thrifty Food Plan for the first time in nearly 50 years. This update resulted in a 21 percent increase in SNAP benefits per person, or roughly an extra $36 per month. Congress must reject any attempts to roll back this update and instead consider shifting to a less restrictive food plan to reflect the cost of healthy meals more accurately.

Medicaid Renewal Experience Will Vary Across States. What Will We Learn? [[link removed]]
This month marks the first time in more than three years that states can disenroll people from Medicaid. Yet as many as 6.8 million people expected to lose coverage are likely still eligible for Medicaid. We should assess Medicaid—and states—over the coming year on how well they ensure the program reaches people who are eligible.

In the News
MARCH 31, 2023 | WAPT-JACKSON
The Steal Effect: The Impact of Mississippi’s TANF Scandal
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MARCH 22, 2023 | AGRI-PULSE
Pandemic’s end brings SNAP work requirements back into effect
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March 17, 2023 | Ethnic Media Services
Issues at Stake in Looming Budget Wars [[link removed]]

March 16, 2023 | NBC News
With ‘skimming’ on the rise, senator urges USDA to require updated technology for SNAP cards [[link removed]]

March 16, 2023 | CALMATTERS
California colleges rush to get more students on food assistance before pandemic rule ends [[link removed]]

March 13, 2023 | Last Week Tonight
TANF: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [[link removed]]

Upcoming Events

Reducing Hunger on College Campuses through Collaboration and Commitment
April 20, 2023, at 01:00 PM ET / 10:00AM PT

College students are one of the most at-risk populations for food insecurity, which harms their educational and professional goals and contributes to lower attendance and completion rates. With temporary expansions set to expire on May 11, 2023, how can we ensure all students in need can access nutritional support? In this webinar, speakers will address the root causes of hunger on college campuses and demonstrate how a lack of comprehensive federal policies contribute to this issue. Register here [[link removed]].

Key publications and blogs
April 4, 2023 | Christian Collins and Alejandra Londono Gomez
Unionizing Home-Based Providers to help Address the Child Care Crisis [[link removed]]

March 31, 2023 | Isabel Coronado and Emily Kim
Prison Abolition–But Make it Indigenous [[link removed]]

March 29, 2023 | Kayla Tawa
On Trans Day of Visibility, Listen to Young People [[link removed]]

March 29, 2023 | Shira Small and Alejandra Londono Gomez
Family-Friendly Applications are Key to Equitable Access in Child Care [[link removed]]

March 8, 2023 | Jace Peterkin
The Omnibus Spending Package Left Out Mental Health Reform [[link removed]]

What we’re reading
Urban Institute | The Next Reconstruction: Examining the Call for a National Reparations Program [[link removed]]

The Uncertain Hour | Season 6: the Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex [[link removed]]

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute: Center for Children and Families | Why North Carolina is Finally Getting to ‘Yes’ on Medicaid Expansion [[link removed]]

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy | Race-Conscious Tax Policy Discourse is Shifting the Conversation About the Tax Code [[link removed]]

Kaiser Family Foundation | Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for the Unwinding of the Pandemic-Era Continuous Enrollment Provision [[link removed]]

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