This week at CBPP, we focused on housing, food assistance, federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, family income support, and Social Security.

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This week at CBPP, we focused on housing, food assistance, federal taxes, state budgets and taxes, family income support, and Social Security.
* On housing, Douglas Rice stressed ([link removed]) that strengthening housing vouchers should be a priority in 2020 funding bills.
* On food assistance, Zoë Neuberger described ([link removed]) efforts to streamline WIC applicant and participant certification processes.
* On federal taxes, Chuck Marr explained ([link removed]) that the Working Families Tax Relief Act would raise incomes for about 46 million households across the country.
* On state budgets and taxes, Eric Figueroa highlighted ([link removed]) Arizona’s move to lower tuition for students who are undocumented.
* On family income support, LaDonna Pavetti noted ([link removed]) that quality work opportunities and direct financial assistance, not work requirements, stabilize families.
* On Social Security, we updated ([link removed]) our backgrounder on Supplemental Security Income.

Chart of the Week — 21 States Plus DC Have Inclusive Higher Education Policies for Immigrants ([link removed])

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

Florida's shrinking spending on school capital projects ([link removed])
Tampa Bay Times
August 29, 2019

Poverty Doesn’t Sell, but We Wrote About It Anyway ([link removed])
American Prospect
August 27, 2019

Welfare Reform Was a Disaster for the Poor. Trump Wants to Make It Even Worse. ([link removed])
Mother Jones
August 24, 2019

Trump’s War on Medicaid ([link removed])
Vox
August 16, 2019

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