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This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, the federal budget, housing, health, and the economy.
- On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Zoë Neuberger emphasized that hundreds of thousands of young children and postpartum adults would be turned away from WIC under House and Senate funding levels.
- On the federal budget, David Reich pointed out that the partisan House appropriations bills underfund non-defense priorities and are a sharp break from the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement.
- On housing, Sonya Acosta noted that the House and Senate appropriations bills prioritize rental assistance, though the House bill makes sharp cuts.
- On health, we updated our resource tracking states’ unwinding from continuous Medicaid coverage.
- On the economy, we updated our backgrounder on how many weeks of unemployment compensation are available per state.
Chart of the Week — WIC Participation Exceeds President’s Budget Estimates
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:
Niños pequeños y adultos posparto serían rechazados de WIC bajo los niveles de financiación de la Cámara y el Senado: CBPP
El Diario NY
July 28, 2023
A year after Dobbs, House GOP proposes taking food from hungry babies
Washington Post
July 27, 2023
House Republicans take aim at toddlers and new moms in push for budget cuts
Daily Kos
July 27, 2023
Kids make up half of Missourians who lost Medicaid in first month of reviews
Missouri Independent
July 27, 2023
These Covid-19 pandemic-era relief programs are expiring soon
CNN
July 25, 2023
Rising rents, not mental-health issues or addiction, are driving homelessness, advocates say
MarketWatch
July 24, 2023
Everything Old Is New Again? The Latest Round of Health Policy Proposals Reprises Existing Ideas
KFF Health News
July 24, 2023
Code for America, Minnesota speed up Medicaid renewals
State Scoop
July 24, 2023
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