15 safety net programs most working families never realize they qualify for

Your rent goes up, groceries cost more, and your paycheck doesn’t get the memo. You’re working, you’re trying, and you still ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

SNAP’s “Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility” Supports Working Families and Those Saving for the Future

About 6 million people will lose SNAP food assistance if BBCE is eliminated — more than 4 million of them, including 1.8 ...
Forbes

Congress Could Expand Child Credit For Low- And Middle-Income Families

Cute and playful female child jumping in a puddle of water on the street wearing yellow rubber boots and a raincoat. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) increased the maximum CTC from $2,000 per ...
The Hechinger Report

Funding cuts, shifts in aid could make college harder to afford for low-income families

Low-income college students, whose proportion of enrollment is already dropping, could soon face new obstacles to going to and graduating from college. Credit: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo The Hechinger ...