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January 19, 2023 | Report/Brief | Lorena Roque

Despite Surge in Organizing, Union Membership Rates Dropped in 2022

Despite the surge in union organizing activity in 2022, union membership unfortunately decreased last year.

January 12, 2023 | Report/Brief | Isha Weerasinghe

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Mental Health Wins Undermined for Black and Brown Youth

This brief provides an overview of the key mental health provisions in the act, gives a timeline of expected implementation, and offers recommendations for mental health policies that center equity.

January 12, 2023 | Report/Brief | Deanie Anyangwe

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: A Dangerous New Chapter in the War on Black Youth

This brief offers context on the youth criminalization crisis in the United States. We then outline a series of harmful elements in the BSCA.

January 9, 2023 | Report/Brief | Emily Andrews

Addressing Economic Inequity with a Whole-of-Government Approach: Recommendations for Aligning Federal Subsidized Employment Investments

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November 29, 2022 | Report/Brief | Suzanne Wikle

State Opportunities to Provide Health Care Coverage for Child Care Professionals

Like other workers with low incomes, child care workers often lack access to affordable coverage options. States have policy options available to ensure affordable health coverage for low-income workers, including child care professionals.

October 13, 2022 | Report/Brief | Ashley Burnside

Advancing Disability Equity and Access in TANF and SNAP for People with Long COVID

This report recommends concrete actions policymakers and program administrators can take to improve accessibility of public programs for people with Long COVID and other disabilities.

October 5, 2022 | Report/Brief | Parker Gilkesson

Executive Summary: A Community-Driven Anti-Racist Vision for SNAP

This report makes recommendations that can make substantive changes to SNAP, helping to redress the racist underpinnings of the program.

September 28, 2022 | Report/Brief | Parker Gilkesson

A Community-Driven Anti-Racist Vision for SNAP

This report highlights recommendations to make substantive changes to SNAP, helping to redress the racist underpinnings of the program. These critical changes are necessary to move SNAP toward becoming an anti-racist program.

September 14, 2022 | Report/Brief | Priya Pandey

Historic 2021 Decline in Child Poverty Proves Effectiveness of Federal Investments

The release of 2021 poverty and health insurance coverage data from the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrates how government action in response to the pandemic stabilized households, uplifted millions of people from poverty, and brought uninsurance rates to historic lows.

September 12, 2022 | Report/Brief | Ashley Burnside

Child Tax Credit: Key Findings from July 2022 National Survey

Two recent surveys of low- to moderate-income parents in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico demonstrate the importance of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), finding that the CTC is reaching a majority of families and increasing their ability to afford basic necessities.

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