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Mon, 13 May 2013 22:00:06 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog: North Carolina Should Reinstate Its EITC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 13 May 2013 16:10:53 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit Extend to the Next Generation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:37:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: SSI, Helping the Poorest Elderly and Disabled Americans http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:12:59 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: In Case You Missed It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:43:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: SSI Provides Critical Support for Disabled Kids and Their Families http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:07:38 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget Would Make Safety Net Less Effective in Promoting and Supporting Work http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:18:31 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Ryan Budget Would Undermine Safety Net's Work Supports House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan justifies the massive cuts he proposes in programs for low- and moderate-income Americans in part by claiming that the current safety net “can create a powerful disincentive to get ahead.”[1] He uses this argument to defend converting both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) into block grants at substantially shrunken funding levels relative to current law. These claims, however, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/IQpQRB8ETUA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3938 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:30:51 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3938 Off the Charts Blog: Three Facts: What SNAP Means for Families and Communities http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:42:48 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Chairman Ryan Gets 66 Percent of His Budget Cuts from Programs for People With Low or Moderate Incomes House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget plan would get at least 66 percent of its $5 trillion in non-defense budget cuts over ten years (relative to a continuation of current policies) from programs that serve people of limited means, standing a core principle of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission on its head. Not much has changed on this front from Chairman Ryan’s budget plan of a year ago. Then, too, Chairman Ryan proposed very deep cuts, the bulk of which … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/KrWuJxiJ5j4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3925 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:37:00 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3925 Off the Charts Blog: Why Deficit Reduction Must Protect Effective Low-Income Programs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:09 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Deficit Reduction Should Not Increase Poverty and Hardship Executive Summary With President Obama and lawmakers of both parties vowing to achieve further deficit reduction, the stakes are high for low- and moderate-income Americans. If policymakers heavily target programs that serve vulnerable Americans, they will run the risk of increasing poverty and hardship and reducing opportunity for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, limiting their future educational and employment prospects. If, however, policymakers take a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/1xpNZ8ImnwQ/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:54:03 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 Off the Charts Blog: 5 Ways TANF Work Requirements Could Better Promote Work http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:04:28 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Comparison of Benefits for Poor Families to Middle-Class Incomes Is Deeply Flawed Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) recently posted to the Senate Budget Committee website a document that implies that programs targeted to low-income people provide lavish benefits that raise the typical poor household’s standard-of-living above that of the typical middle-income household.[1] The Sessions release, however, is deeply flawed; it substantially overstates the assistance that poor households receive. Means-tested programs do not raise poor households anywhere close to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/YLn54hkpcmw/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3907 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:59:56 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3907 Off the Charts Blog: After Cutting Jobless Benefits, North Carolina Takes Aim at Working-Family Tax Credit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:39:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Minimum Wage Proposal an Essential Step Toward Making Work Pay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:12:20 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Greenstein on Deficit Reduction and the Safety Net http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:07:50 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Testimony of Robert Greenstein, President, Before Senate Budget Committee I appreciate the invitation to testify today on the impact of federal budget decisions on families and communities. This is an important matter. As you know, the nation will have to make tough decisions to put the budget on a more sustainable fiscal course. The issue is not only whether policymakers act to secure adequate deficit reduction, but also how that is done. On Monday, we issued an analysis that finds (based on the new Congressional Budget Office projections, with … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/4yqhDqWe4uE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:43:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 Off the Charts Blog: Building a Better TANF Program http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:17:17 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Working Family Tax Credits Deserve Bipartisan Praise — and Action http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:37:16 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Greenstein: Safety Net Lifts Millions Out of Poverty and Has Positive Long-Term Effects http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:31:21 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Commentary: How Effective Is the Safety Net? Nicholas Kristof published an important column in the New York Times recently about young children in some poor communities who face greatly diminished opportunities by the time they’re just 2 years old.[1] “Many low-income children never reach the starting line,” he notes. Kristof points out that there are no magic bullets and that we need well-designed studies and careful research to give us more information about what works. He cites, for example, evaluation … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/E-gab5dlkSU/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3898 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:19:56 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3898 Testimony of Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Before the House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Kline and ranking member Miller, I thank you for inviting me to testify today on issues directly in the wheelhouse of this committee: education, skills, and jobs. My testimony begins by looking at the current jobs situation with an emphasis on educational investments. I then discuss ways in which recent budget cuts are threatening the educational support critical to a productive workforce. Finally, I specify a range of policy ideas that I urge the committee to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/a70HKIJd5Uo/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3897 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:55:46 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3897 Off the Charts Blog: Bernstein: Don't Let Deficit Focus Crowd Out Education and Job Creation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:03:33 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Important Improvements to Two Key Tax Credits, Explained http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:28:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Reality Doesn't Match Rhetoric on Low-Income Program Spending http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-PovertyAndIncome/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:15:08 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184