This week we focused on poverty and inequality, family income support, health, food assistance, state budgets, taxes, and the economy.

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This week at CBPP, we focused on poverty and inequality, family income support, health, food assistance, state budgets and taxes, federal taxes, and the economy.
* On poverty and inequality, Danilo Trisi and Matt Saenz reported ([link removed]) that deep poverty among children rose in the first decade of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, then fell as other programs strengthened. Trisi and Saenz outlined ([link removed]) these findings in a policy brief.
* On family income support, we updated our report ([link removed]) and policy brief ([link removed]) suggesting that states invest more of their TANF dollars in basic assistance for families. We also updated ([link removed]) our fact sheets outlining how states spend funds under the TANF block grant.
* On health, Jessica Schubel described ([link removed]) how the President’s 2021 budget previews administrative actions that would weaken Medicaid. Judith Solomon showed ([link removed]) why Medicaid block grants would affect more than healthy adults.
* On food assistance, Zoë Neuberger explained ([link removed]) how policymakers can boost very young children’s nutrition and health by enrolling more low-income families in WIC.
* On state budgets and taxes, Paul N. Van de Water, Chye-Ching Huang, and Robert Greenstein explained ([link removed]) how the Medicaid fee proposal from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy would create an unintended incentive for job discrimination. Elizabeth McNichol described ([link removed]) how states are looking to expand opportunity by taxing more wealth and high incomes.
* On federal taxes, Chuck Marr highlighted ([link removed]) the Congressional Black Caucus’s push for an Earned Income Tax Credit for childless workers, then and now, in honor of Black History Month.
* On the economy, we updated ([link removed]) our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available.

Chart of the Week — Deep Poverty Rose Among Children in Single-Mother Families in Decade After 1996 Law Created TANF ([link removed])

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A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:

Social Security Poverty Reduction Significant Among The Non-Elderly Says Think Tank ([link removed])
Forbes
February 26, 2020

Behind our sluggish response to coronavirus, an unnecessary battle over funding ([link removed])
Washington Post
February 25, 2020

Equity is essential to economic opportunity ([link removed])
Fortune
February 25, 2020

Trump administration’s “public charge” rules go into effect ([link removed])
Marketplace
February 24, 2020

Housing advocates decry Trump budget cuts ([link removed])
The Hill
February 23, 2020

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