The real reasoning behind Medicaid work requirements
Lecia Imbery,
March 9, 2018
Back in January, I wrote a piece for this blog about a move by the Trump administration to allow states to impose work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Since then, three states – Kentucky, Indiana, and Arkansas – have received federal approval to allow them to establish work requirements for adult...
Rallying for the Dreamers
David Elliot,
March 5, 2018
Dreamers and their advocates gathered Monday in at least a dozen communities throughout the U.S. as a Trump-imposed six-month deadline for resolving their immigration status came and went with no action from Congress. In September, President Trump announced his administration was phasing out DACA, giving Congress until March 5 to...
The Human Needs Report: Spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and more
Lecia Imbery,
March 5, 2018
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress’s spending and budget work, immigration proposals, gun control measures, and much more. Click here for a PDF version. Appropriations Work Continues as Congress Approaches March 23 Deadline Appropriators continued negotiations through the weekend...
A bit of good news for some Dreamers, but a real solution is needed
Lecia Imbery,
February 28, 2018
Dreamers, whose lives have been turned upside down in the past few months, received a small amount of good news on Monday. That’s when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to speed up the legal fight over ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The notice came just one...
Condescension in a box: The Trump administration’s SNAP proposal
David Elliot,
February 27, 2018
Earlier this month, as part of its overall budget plan, the Trump administration proposed a radical restructuring of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. The changes would involve $213 billion in cuts over a decade, and one fundamental change would mean that just over 80...
