The article examines the effects of Arkansas’s Medicaid work requirements, finding substantial coverage losses and no significant increase in employment, compounded by widespread confusion among beneficiaries about the policy.
This event convened policy experts and state leaders to explore how states can operationalize new Medicaid work reporting mandates—covering technical, legal, and implementation challenges.
This blog analyzes how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will dramatically shift SNAP costs onto state governments, projecting massive budget increases and fiscal strain.
This article offers three human‑centered strategies to help state agencies implement expanded work reporting requirements in SNAP and Medicaid under H.R. 1 with minimal burden on clients and staff.
This webinar presentation outlines the essential communication requirements and outreach standards for states preparing for Medicaid work reporting mandates starting in 2027.
This report provides detailed guidance for states on how to verify compliance with and exemptions from Medicaid work reporting requirements established under H.R. 1.
This report examines Georgia’s Medicaid demonstration testing work requirements—the only such active program in the nation—and provides detailed findings on administrative costs, implementation challenges, and federal oversight weaknesses.
This document is a caseworker-facing flowchart for use in screening SNAP applicants and participants to determine if they are subject to work requirements.
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
This report explains how states can continue to voluntarily implement key Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment improvements—originally required by two federal rules—despite a ten-year moratorium enacted in July 2025 that blocks their mandatory enforcement
This slide deck describes the main mechanisms in a dynamic analysis of H.R. 1, explains the changes to SNAP, and explains the macroeconomic effects and budgetary feedback of those changes.
This blog discusses how the “Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1) contains provisions that undermine SNAP and warns that states will be burdened by its fiscal and administrative impact.
