Topic: Policy
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How Would a State Cost Share Affect SNAP in a Recession?
This report analyzes how proposed state cost-sharing requirements for SNAP would impact benefit access and poverty during a recession, projecting significant risks to low-income households if states are unable to maintain SNAP funding.
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Confidentiality Toolkit
This toolkit provides guidance to protect participant confidentiality in human services research and evaluation, including legal frameworks, risk assessment strategies, and best practices.
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Use of Advanced Automation in SNAP: Feb 2025 Revision
This 2025 memo outlines updated guidelines for state agencies' use of advanced automation in SNAP administration.
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Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements: A Guide for States
This guide explains how states can implement new Medicaid work requirements introduced by H.R. 1, focusing on minimizing harm to eligible clients while preparing for compliance by 2027.
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Human Services Work Requirement Crosswalk as Impacted by the Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA/H.R. 1)
This crosswalk compares provisions in H.R. 1 with existing human services policies, focusing on how proposed federal work requirements could affect programs like TANF, SNAP, and Medicaid.
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Work Requirements Data Sources
A running list of data sources used to demonstrate exemption or compliance for SNAP and Medicaid work requirement reporting.
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Implementing Benefits Eligibility + Enrollment Systems: State Responses to H.R. 1
This report summarizes insights from interviews with seven states on how they are adapting integrated eligibility and enrollment (IEE) systems in response to sweeping federal changes to SNAP and Medicaid under H.R. 1.
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Understanding and Applying for the Rural Health Transformation Program
This blog explains how the Rural Health Transformation Program—established under H.R. 1—will channel $50 billion over five years to states to support rural health care, and outlines how states can apply, qualify, and deploy funds strategically.
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Insights and Successes: American Rescue Plan Act Investments in Unemployment Insurance Modernization
This report details the use of the historic investment of $1 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the Department of Labor and state unemployment (UI) agencies to modernize state UI programs.
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Improving Maternal Health and Well-Being through Medicaid/CHIP Postpartum Coverage Extensions
This policy brief outlines how extending postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage can improve maternal health outcomes, reduce disparities, and strengthen continuity of care during the critical first year after childbirth.
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Building Resilience Action Area 6: Rebuilding and Stabilizing the Funding of State UI Benefits
This section of the Building Resilience plan outlines strategies to improve the long-term solvency and sustainability of state unemployment insurance (UI) trust funds through better funding practices and legislative reform.
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Impact of Paid Family and Medical Leave in Washington
This brief estimates of benefits, costs, interactions with other means tested programs, and impact on poverty for the paid family and medical leave program.